EWTN’s ‘Hidden Gems’ Commodifies North American Martyrs to Legitimize False Saint Kateri and Lay-Run Shrine
The National Catholic Register portal (July 13, 2026) publishes a promotional piece by Joseph Pronechen previewing an EWTN “Hidden Gems” episode featuring the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Martyrs in Auriesville, New York. The article details the July 14 broadcast—coinciding with the feast of the false saint “St. Kateri Tekakwitha”—showcasing the shrine’s “Coliseum” church, dramatizations of the Jesuit martyrs, and the site’s transition from Jesuit administration to a lay-run nonprofit under “Bishop” Edward Scharfenberger. The piece functions as a travelogue for religious tourism, highlighting architecture, drone footage, and lay board members like Kathryn Jean Lopez and William Baaki. This article exposes the conciliar sect’s strategy of commodifying the blood of true pre-conciliar martyrs to legitimize a false saint canonized by an antipope and a shrine usurped by laymen under a false bishop, all broadcast on a paramasonic media network.