Greene 's novel tells the story of a renegade Roman Catholic ' whisky priest ' (a term coined by Greene) living in the Mexican state of Tabasco in the 1930s, a time when the Mexican government was attempting to suppress the Catholic Church. That suppression resulted in the Cristero War, so named for its Catholic combatants ' slogan Viva Cristo Rey (long live Christ the King).
where does the power and the glory take place
in the Mexican state of Tabasco