The Reign of Mary, Issue No. 169, Summer 2018

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° Letter from the Editor

° Pastoral Exhortation
Episcopal Warning Concerning the Dangers to One’s Faith Posed by Feeneyism
by the Most Rev. Bishop Mark A. Pivarunas, CMRI
An unfortunate situation has arisen with a former seminarian who, following the errors of the late Fr. Leonard Feeney (excommunicated by Pope Pius XII in 1953), has obstinately rejected the teachings of the Catholic Church on baptism of desire,...

° On the 60th Anniversary of the Death of Pope Pius XII
A Brief Biography of This Great Pope
On March 4th 1876, Monsignor Giuseppi Pacelli baptized his two-day old nephew with the imposing name Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni...

° Paul VI Soon to Be “Canonized”
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
We all knew the charade of canonizing the infamous Paul VI would arrive eventually. Well, this ceremony is now scheduled to take place in the Vatican on October 14 of this year. Incredible! Giovanni Battista Montini, the man who is most responsible for the destruction of the Faith through the implementation of Vatican II, is now soon to be called “St. Paul VI”!....

° Portugal in the Design of Divine Providence (Part 2)
A Lecture Delivered at the 2017 Fatima Conference by Rev. Fr. Brendan Hughes, CMRI
The next militant era in Portugal’s history was its war to maintain independence from Spain. The great general Blessed Nuno Alvares Pereira customarily attended three Masses a day and obliged his soldiers to attend one...

° “To All My People...”
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
As the 19th century dawned, France lay in a devastated state — politically, economically and spiritually. The French Revolution with its Reign of Terror had spread desolation over the land. Although the reign of Napoleon Bonaparte had restored some semblance of order and national pride among the people, the moral devastation remained....

° American Heroes of the Faith
Sanctity Among the Natives
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
Among American Catholics, the memory of the North American Martyrs is greatly revered, and their feastday is annually celebrated on September 26. These eight Jesuit martyrs — six priests and two lay Brothers — were martyred by the Iroquois Indians in the 1640s and canonized by Pope Pius XI in 1930....

° In Season — Out of Season
“My Kingdom is Not of This World...”
by Rev. Fr. Casimir Puskorius, CMRI
Venerable religious and dear parishioners, I would like to begin my sermon today by talking about royalty. This is something that is a little difficult for us Americans to grasp, because when our founding fathers revolted against England, we established a purely republican form of government with no vestige of monarchy...

° Servus Mariae
Serve Ye the Lord with Gladness!
by Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
In the world in which we live, there is much sadness and sorrow. These words are often used interchangeably, but in reality, they are very different. Even Christ experienced sorrow, but never sadness. “Sadness, melancholy, depression, low spirits, dejection...are all the same thing — [they] may be unavoidable at times, but are always unprofitable”...

Spiritual Aids for Confraternity Members for the months of October, November and December

° World Watch (short news stories compiled by The Reign of Mary staff):
The Silence of Francis
Catholic Priests Speak Out
It’s All the Devil’s Fault!
Rally of Reparation for Display of Satanic Statue
Italian Government to Limit Sunday Shopping
Supreme Court Rejects Catholic Foster Care Request
The De-Christianization of St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Francis Orders Official Change to New Catechism: Death Penalty Now Inadmissible
Canada Clamping Down on Religious Freedom
Spanish Actor Arrested for Blasphemy
The Insanity Continues
Church Roof Collapses in Rome