Philip of Jesus after which they were pierced with spears. Philip was beatified in 1627 by Urban VIII, and, with his companions, canonized 8 June, 1862, by Pius IX. He is the patron saint of the city of Mexico. In 1949 a Mexican film "Philip of Jesus" portrayed his life and death. It was directed by Julio Bracho with the actor Ernesto Alonso playing Philip. Philip of Jesus Saint Philip of Jesus (Spanish: San Felipe de Jesús) was a Mexican Catholic missionary who became one of the Twenty-six Martyrs of Japan, the first Mexican saint and patron saint of Mexico City. Philip was
Jesus for President that Christians should engage with government because God works through such institutions providentially. Joan Braune of "America", a Jesuit magazine, writes that "Jesus for President" implicitly supports Christian anarchism. In December 2008, Mark Tooley, then director of the Institute on Religion and Democracy's (IRD) United Methodist committee, wrote an opinion piece about "Jesus for President" in the conservative magazine "The Weekly Standard". Tooley is heavily critical of the book and of Claiborne, writing, "On so many different levels, Claiborne lacks moral and spiritual perspective." Tooley argues that "Jesus for President" is selective in its quotations from Church Fathers and instead