Mexico’s “Bishops” Exploit Cristero Martyrs to Conceal Their Apostasy
The Mexican “Bishops’ Conference” (CEM) released a message titled “Church in Mexico: Memory and Prophecy” on November 13, 2025, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Calles Law that triggered the Cristero Resistance (1926-1929). While superficially honoring the 200,000 martyrs who died shouting “¡Viva Cristo Rey!”, the document systematically obscures their true legacy. The conciliar sect’s “bishops” reduce the Cristeros’ fight for Christ’s Social Kingship to a generic “defense of faith,” omitting all references to the regnum Christi over nations demanded by Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925). Worse still, they pledge obedience to antipope Leo XIV – the latest usurper in the line of conciliar apostates – while promoting the Guadalupe event despite its syncretic origins contradicting Catholic Mariology.
Betrayal of the Cristero Martyrs’ Sacrifice
The “bishops” claim the Cristeros affirmed that “Christ is King, not the oppressive state,” but deliberately avoid quoting their full battle cry: “¡Viva Cristo Rey y la Virgen de Guadalupe!” This omission exposes their syncretism. The Cristeros fought not merely for “freedom to believe” (a modernist concept condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus, Errors 15-17, 77-79), but for the public reign of Christ as King of Mexico. As Pius XI declared: “He must reign in the minds of men, in their wills, in their hearts, and in their bodies” (Quas Primas §33).
The message asks: “Have we accommodated ourselves to a culture that seeks to relegate faith to the private sphere?” Yet these same “bishops” operate under Mexico’s 1992 Religious Associations Law – a Masonic compromise recognizing the state’s supremacy over the Church. They never demand the abolition of Article 130 of Mexico’s Constitution, which still declares churches “subjects of law” under state control. This hypocrisy mirrors Vatican II’s heresy of religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), which St. Pius X condemned in advance as “the ruin of religious orders… the universal apostasy” (Letter to Cardinal Respighi, 1910).
The Masonic “Guadalupe” Deception
Promoting the 500th anniversary of the “Guadalupe event” as a “remembrance of reconciliation” confirms the conciliar sect’s embrace of syncretism. The alleged apparition to Juan Diego – whose historical existence lacks credible evidence – bears all marks of an indigenous pagan cult repackaged as Catholicism. The image’s symbolism (black ribbon indicating pregnancy, crescent moon beneath feet) directly correlates to Aztec fertility goddess Tonantzin, whom natives worshipped at Tepeyac. Nowhere do the “bishops” mention that the 16th-century Archbishop Zumárraga never documented the apparition, or that the first written account appeared in 1648 – over a century later.
This syncretism violates the First Commandment and Canon 1258 of the 1917 Code, which forbade Catholics from participating in non-Catholic worship. Yet the message praises Guadalupe as “a bridge between cultures and races” – precisely the religious indifferentism condemned by Pius XI: “That false opinion which considers all religions to be more or less good and praiseworthy” (Mortalium Animos §2).
Naturalism Masquerading as Pastoral Concern
The “bishops” decry violence and migration while remaining silent about the spiritual causes of Mexico’s crisis:
– No condemnation of abortion (legal in all 32 states since 2023)
– No call for restoration of the Sacrament of Matrimony against “divorced and remarried” sacrileges
– No mention of Eucharistic reparation amid widespread communion-in-hand abuses
Instead, they parrot UN-style social activism: “We cannot remain neutral when human dignity is at stake.” But true human dignity, as defined by Leo XIII, comes solely from membership in Christ’s Mystical Body: “Justice therefore forbids, and reason itself forbids, the State to be godless” (Libertas §21). Their focus on “public policies… without genuine dialogue” reveals a democratic mentality anathema to Catholic monarchy.
Obedience to Antipope Leo XIV: Final Apostasy
The document’s gravest betrayal is its pledge of unity with antipope Leo XIV – Jorge Bergoglio’s successor in the line of conciliar usurpers. These “bishops” declare his words “challenge us because we know that unity among us is not a guaranteed fact,” ignoring that true unity exists only under the Roman Pontiff, not the Modernist occupiers of Vatican II. By submitting to Leo XIV, they participate in what St. Pius X called “the synthesis of all heresies” (Encyclical Pascendi §39).
The Cristero martyrs died for Christ the King, not for conciliar apostates who preside over the annihilation of the Faith. Until Mexico’s Catholics recognize the Sede Vacante and return to true bishops consecrated before 1968, their “commemorations” remain a sacrilegious farce.
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‘Christ is King, not the oppressive state’: Mexico’s bishops recall Cristero legacy (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 15.11.2025