Posted on 07/13/2025 2:13:21 PM PDT by ebb tide
In the early half of the 20th century, beginning in 1917, Mexico’s government began persecuting Catholics. A new constitution outlawed Catholic teaching, banned religious orders, and claimed all Church property for the government. Violent persecution within less than a decade. The priest Luis Bátiz Sainz was arrested for teaching catechism and celebrating Mass and was executed by firing squad. Miguel de la Mora, another priest, was executed while praying the rosary. Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán was arrested while celebrating Mass in secret and hanged. While distributing ashes on Ash Wednesday, Pedro de Jesús Maldonado was attacked by soldiers and tortured and killed in his own church.
Jesuit priest Miguel Pro was captured by federal police and executed by firing squad. When asked his final words, Pro cried out, “Viva Cristo Rey!” In an attempt to stamp out Catholicism and spread fear, the Mexican government photographed the well-known priest’s execution and had it published on the front page of newspapers. Far from driving Catholics away from the sacraments, however, the stunt actually sparked an increased fervor among Mexican Catholics, who refused to stay away from Mass. One young Catholic, 15-year-old José Luis Sánchez del Río, was captured by government soldiers and told to renounce his faith. When he refused, the soles of his feet were cut off and he was made to march to his own grave. All he had to do to avoid death was reject Christ. Instead, he followed in Miguel Pro’s footsteps and cried out, “Viva Cristo Rey!”
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Their lives aren’t in any danger from attending mass.
Do they even contribute to the collection?
The lying Dems are pushing that they are, from Tim Walz’s warning about masked agents in unmarked vans grabbing people from their crying children and sending them to torture dungeons. Imagine even one person, let alone a voting majority, voting for Walz for Governor. I have no respect for such lowlifes.
As to going to mass to avoid mortal sin, why not have support groups accompany them as the men who walked to the hospital together in the movie Malcolm X (Denzel Washington).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNl62mCbMik
I would suggest asking the Cristeros.
Why not, we were all dispensed for a lie by ignorant bishops and pope, mocked.
Their same ignorance enticed and helped these victims come hete illegally. They ought dispense AND APOLOGIZE TO THEM AND US ALL.
No, they should have to attend mass so the ICE agents can arrest them.
Crucify Them.
It works every time.
How much more evidence is needed for some to see that the purported Catholic hierarchy isn’t....Catholic?
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