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Why did Catholic priests and missionaries (especially the Franciscans) oppose secularization of mission lands?
O Over 20,000 Indians were assigned to work on those missions, and priests did not want to lose their labor.
Priests held the paternalistic view that Indians were "child-like" might go back to "devil worship" without strict supervision on the mission.
O The mission priests opposed this change because without "slaves of Christ", the missions' economic system would fall apart.
O Catholic priests believed that if Indians worked for Mexicans outside of the missions, they would be treated better and would suffer less abuse.

Over 20,000 Indians were assigned to work on those missions, and priests did not want to lose their labor.
Priests held the paternalistic view that Indians were "child-like" might go back to "devil worship" without strict supervision on the mission.

Why were Catholics opposed to secularization?

The Mexican government decided to engage in the secularization of mission lands to give back lands to Native Americans and this worried the Catholics who felt that self-governance would lead the Natives to going back to their traditional beliefs.

They also did not want to lose the over 20,000 Natives Americans that were working in their missions and providing important labor.

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