Christ the King Excluded as Mexican Church Invokes Mary Amid Cartel Chaos

The article from EWTN News reports that amid violent cartel retaliation following the death of a drug lord, Catholic authorities in Mexico—including self-styled “Cardinals” Aguiar Retes and Robles Ortega—organized prayers and displayed Marian images (Our Lady of Zapopan and Guadalupe), urging calm while collaborating with secular government statements. Parishes suspended Masses, and priests used social media. The response centered on Marian intercession and vague appeals to “social peace,” utterly omitting Christ’s Social Kingship, the duty of Catholic states to enforce divine law, and the sacramental life as the true source of peace. This naturalistic, pastoral strategy epitomizes the post-conciliar Church’s apostasy: replacing the reign of Christ with sentimental devotions and collaboration with godless powers, while remaining silent on the Modernist errors that have destroyed Mexican society.