Mexico’s Spiritual Crisis: Cardinal’s Naturalism Masks Ecclesial Apostasy
The EWTN News portal (February 4, 2026) reports that “Cardinal” José Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara urged Mexicans to demand authorities prosecute criminals while commemorating the Cristero War centennial. The article portrays ecclesiastical authority reduced to social activism, omitting the regnum sociale Christi (social reign of Christ) as the sole solution to Mexico’s violence.
Betrayal of the Cristero Martyrs’ Legacy
Robles’ commemoration of the 1926 Calles Law centennial constitutes theological treason when he states:
“Failing to respect the fundamental right to religious freedom was the cause of the uprising of the Cristero War.”
This modernist distortion ignores Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925), which established that nations owe cultus publicus (public worship) to Christ the King. The Cristero martyrs died not for “religious freedom” in the secular sense, but for Mexico’s duty to constitute itself as a Catholic state. The 1917 Mexican Constitution’s Article 130 – which declared churches “public utilities” subject to state control – directly violated the Syllabus of Errors’ condemnation of state supremacy over the Church (Errors 39-55). By reducing their sacrifice to a protest against bureaucratic restrictions, Robles insults the 25 Cristero saints canonized before 1958, including Blessed Miguel Pro who proclaimed “Viva Cristo Rey!” before his execution.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Order
The cardinal’s prescription for violence reveals post-conciliar heresy:
“Peace is born and nurtured in the heart of each and every person… being at peace in our own hearts, in harmony with God.”
This echoes Rousseau’s social contract theory, contradicting Leo XIII’s Immortale Dei (1885): “There is no power but from God” (Romans 13:1). Authentic Catholic teaching holds that social peace flows from states recognizing their subjection to the Divine Law, not psychological self-regulation. Robles omits the Church’s duty to demand Mexico’s conversion – a silence proving the conciliar sect’s apostasy from Boniface VIII’s Unam Sanctam (1302): “It is necessary for salvation that every human creature be subject to the Roman Pontiff.”
Sociological Reduction of Crime
When Robles attributes teenage gang recruitment to families not providing “acceptance, support, or protection,” he embraces the modernist heresy condemned in Pius X’s Lamentabili (1907). Proposition 22 rejected the claim that “Dogmas… are only an interpretation of religious facts which the human mind has acquired by laborious effort.” By framing crime through secular sociology rather than original sin’s effects, the cardinal denies the praeambula fidei (preambles of faith). Pius XI’s Divini Redemptoris (1937) explicitly linked communism to diabolic influence, yet Robles avoids naming Marxism’s role in Mexico’s cartels – a silence revealing complicity with anti-Church forces.
False Humanism Replaces Justice
The article’s statistics about Mexico’s “93.2% impunity rate” conceal the theological crisis: When Robles demands authorities “bring criminals to justice” without invoking poena temporalis et aeterna (temporal and eternal punishment), he reduces justice to bureaucratic process. Contrast this with St. Augustine’s City of God (XIX.15): “Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but gangs of criminals on a large scale?” True shepherds would call Mexico to national repentance and enthronement of the Sacred Heart – not procedural complaints to corrupt officials.
The Masonic Roots of Modern Mexico
Robles’ refusal to name Freemasonry’s role in the Cristero persecution exposes his conciliar sect’s complicity. The Calles Law directly implemented Masonic anti-clericalism condemned in Leo XIII’s Humanum Genus (1884): “Freemasons… demand that the Church submit to their will.” By celebrating “religious freedom” instead of Mexico’s subjugation to Christ, the cardinal perpetuates the Masonic project. Authentic Catholics recall Pius IX’s condemnation of Mexican anti-clericals in Quanta Cura (1864), supporting Emperor Maximilian’s Catholic monarchy against Masonic revolutionaries.
Source:
Cardinal encourages Mexicans to demand authorities bring criminals to justice (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 05.01.2026