The Reign of Mary, Issue No. 194, Fall 2024

 
Letter from the Editor
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI

12 Tips for Sede Apologists
by Rev. Fr. Joseph Appelhanz
We traditional Catholics want to share our faith with others. This is a great act of charity. We recognize the evils of the Vatican II counterfeit religion for what they are. We see millions of souls, misguided and ill-informed. These souls are in great need of our help. With the rise of social media, our ability to reach out to others has grown exponentially. Information can be shared quickly as well as over long distances. We must seize this opportunity. It is necessary, however, that we go about it in the correct way. ...

Getting to Heaven
by Rev. Fr. Francisco Radecki, CMRI
One of life’s most important lessons was learned in kindergarten: that there is a time and place for everything. If you follow the rules, life is good; if you go against them, trouble follows. Life on earth is really quite simple. God put human beings on earth so they can know, love and serve Him in this life and then, as a reward, be happy with Him forever in Heaven. If individuals keep the Ten Commandments and avoid mortal sin, they are happy in this life and in the next...
 

Excommunicated! The Life and Thoughts of Rev. Fr. Joaquin Sáenz
Part VIII: Progressivism in Action
by Antonio Rius Facius, Translated by Rev. Fr. Ephrem Cordova, CMRI
During the following months, the strained relationship between the Archbishop, his Secretary Chancellor and Fr. Sáenz seemed to soften. On July 7, the Mother Superior of the Congregation of Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament petitioned the Bishop for authorization for Fr. Joaquín Sáenz Arriaga to continue, for the third time, the following triennium as ordinary confessor of the community, a request that was granted on August 10th. In those days his book Cuernavaca and Religious Progressivism in Mexico appeared. The publication of this new work by Fr. Sáenz opened the doors to amazement. What was happening in that suffragan diocese of Mexico was very serious and symptomatic of a problem with implications for the moment indecipherable. The lucidity and knowledge of the priest discovered the problem and anticipated its origin, its results and future consequences, as is easy to see in the simple statement of the book’s chapters...

American Heroes of the Faith: Rose Marie Ferron
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
On the 17th of September each year we celebrate the feast of the Stigmata of St. Francis. This saint, who so resembled Our Lord in his life of poverty and renouncement of the world, was the first person so favored as to bear the likeness in his body of the wounds of Jesus. Some assert that St. Paul, who said: “Let no man give me trouble, for I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in my body” (Gal. 6:17) was favored with the stigmata. If so, the wounds were apparently not visible. In the case of St. Francis, however, after he received these marks in 1224, they oozed blood and remained visible for the remainder of his life. Since the time of St. Francis, there have been dozens of stigmatists — men and women who were favored with the miraculous appearance on their bodies of the wounds of the Passion. But did you know that there was a stigmatist in the early 20th century in the United States? ...

The Origin of the Miraculous Medal
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
After the crucifix and the Brown Scapular, the Miraculous Medal is likely the most popular sacramental worn by Catholics. Along with the Rosary and the Brown Scapular, it shares the special distinction of having been designed in heaven itself. In 1830, the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared three times to St. Catherine Laboure, a 24-year-old novice of the Daughters of Charity in Paris, France. Our Lady revealed to her the model of a medal which she ordered to be struck, promising great graces to those who should wear it: “A medal must be struck upon this model; those who wear it when it is blessed, and repeat this prayer with devotion, will be in a special manner under the protection of the Mother of God.”...

Madonna of the Americas
When Hernando Cortes conquered the Aztecs of Mexico in 1521, he was most anxious to obtain missionaries to convert the native tribes. Accordingly, a group of 12 Franciscan friars arrived in Mexico in 1524 and at once dedicated themselves zealously to the conversion of the natives, learning their language and teaching them the Catholic Faith. Despite their efforts, however, relatively few were converted over the next 10 years. Among their first converts, however, was an obscure man, born into the servant caste and given the name Singing Eagle. At his baptism he took the two Christian names of Juan and Diego (Spanish for John and James). In 1931 Juan Diego was 57 years of age. His wife Maria Lucia had died a few years previously, leaving him no children. He did, however, have an uncle, also a Christian named Juan Bernardino, to whom he was most devoted...

World Watch:
Francis Adds Non-Catholic “Saint” to Roman Martyrology
Asylum Seeker Desecrates Black Madonna
Francis Pays Personal Visit to Notorious Abortionist
Francis Greets Kentucky’s Transgender Hermit
Liberal Judge Strips Father of His Parental Rights
Olympian punished for Making Sign of the Cross
Francis Tells Grandmother Not to Worry about Baptism for Grandchild
UK Parliament Approves Euthanasia Bill
Maximilian Kolbe’s Views of Freemasonry
Francis Gets an Earful from Belgian King
Vatican Unveils Jubilee Year Mascot
Francis Appoints Timothy Radcliffe to Become a “Cardinal”