Amazing as it is, and for whatever reason, these outrages have occurred without a cry of protest upon the part of many of the world's most well known religious leaders. Like the Priest and the Levite (in the story of the good Samaritan) who ignored the plight of the man who was beaten and robbed by thieves, they too have "passed by on the other side." It is not well known that one of the first countries to become a victim of the war on religion during the 20th century, and the first country in this hemisphere to be betrayed into Communism, was Mexico. To realize the full import of this, it is necessary to review some of Mexico's history leading up to these events. Before the 19th century, primarily through the efforts of the Catholic Church, the inhabitants of Mexico were elevated to a settled Christian people, unified by a common faith, and possessing the arts and industries of a self-sustaining civilization. This was no less than a miracle of transformation from hostile nomadic tribes, speaking different languages, and ruled by the Aztecs who annually sacrificed tens of thousands of human beings upon their polytheistic altars. The University of Mexico was established in 1553, almost a hundred years before Harvard. From the sixteenth to eighteenth century, it produced a series of native poets, dramatists, historians, jurists, scientists, and journalists of such excellence that North America had little comparable. Mexico had the first printing press in the new world. It was engaged in printing catechisms, 107 Babylon's War Against God