The Reign of Mary, Issue No. 199, Summer 2026
Letter from the Editor
By Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
Operation “Warp Speed” Novus Ordo Style:
Bergoglio’s Marriage Annulment Rules Ten Years Later
by Francis del Sarto (reprinted with permission from Novus Ordo Watch)
On May 15, 2020, the United States government launched Operation Warp Speed. Its goal? To manufacture and distribute an injection that would purportedly immunize citizens from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Operation Warp Speed is a fitting name for the accelerated procedure to obtain marriage annulments introduced by the Vatican II Church ten years ago by Argentinian apostate Jorge Mario Bergoglio (aka “Pope Francis”). Not that the “annulment” process needed a push, mind you. In 1968 there were only 338 declarations of nullity issued in the entire United States. By 2006 roughly 27,000 marriages in the US were declared invalid. How’s that for the “New Evangelization”?...
My Time with His Excellency, Archbishop Ngo-Dinh-Thuc (Part II)
By Eberhard Heller
The moving ceremonies in which Padre Carmona and Padre Zamora were consecrated bishops of the Catholic Church required the utmost concentration and attention from everyone involved. They made one forget the outwardly poor circumstances in which they took place — Mgr. Ngô-dinh-Thuc conducted the ordinations in his apartment. I will never forget these consecration ceremonies, nor the joy that gripped everyone when, at the end of the consecration, Mgr. Ngô-dinh-Thuc loudly intoned the “ad multos annos” (“for many years”). The joy was followed by relief, for after all, we had been under great stress for days. With the two newly-consecrated bishops — back in “civilian” — we then walked for hours through Toulon, sat at the harbor and observed the ships, all the while talking and the talking was in Spanish, Italian and Latin....
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A Promise Kept: An Artist Tells the Story of the Recently Painted Murals of St. Joseph’s Church
By Tecla Dallaire
As a child and survivor of Vatican II, my tender faith was tested with a promise I made to God. In 1962 I was enrolled in a Catholic school when being a Catholic meant we were enriched by nearly two thousand years of beauty, tradition, and faith. My school was run by nuns who told stories about Jesus and taught me how to pray and love God. Every Friday the students went to...
God Knows Best
By Rev. Fr. Francisco Radecki, CMRI
The sWhy does God take so long to answer prayers? He hears our prayers, but doesn’t always answer them immediately. God may have something better in store later, or He may give the individual a chance to practice virtue if the prayer is answered later. Our Lord told His followers to be like little children for a reason. We are His children. God wants people to be simple, trusting and happy. When children are with their parents and difficulties arise, the children have an implicit knowledge that somehow mom or dad will work things out and everything will be fine. Catholics need to have that same kind of filial trust in God. When a grandchild asks grandma for candy, she may instead give him or her something better: a piece of fruit or money. It may not be exactly what the child wanted, but it may be better in the end. One needs to have firm confidence....
Mary Help of Christians
By Mother Mary Dominica, CMRI
Sacred Scripture places before us in these opening lines of the Bible the narration of the first day of the creation of the natural world in which we live. This description seems analogous to the new creation, the restoration of supernatural life to the human race, after it had been lost to us by the selfish rebellion of our first parents. Spiritually there was darkness over the whole world; the Spirit of God moved over the chosen Virgin. And God said Be Light made, and the second person of the Blessed Trinity, the Light of the World, was made flesh in the womb of the Virgin
Mary. And then God divided the light from the darkness as He had foretold to the Tempter: “I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel” (Gen. 3:15)....
American Heroes of the Catholic Faith: 19th Century Catholic Writers
By Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI
Everyone knows the value of a good, inspiring Catholic book. There are many examples of saints (such as St. Ignatius) and others who completely changed their lives as a result of good reading, and we all, no doubt, have experienced the inspiration and motivation that comes from spiritual reading. These books provide not only inspiration, but they also form our mind to correct Catholic
thinking. When we think of good Catholic authors, St. Alphonsus Maria Liguori, St. Francis de Sales, St. Louis Marie de Montfort, Thomas a Kempis, and Louis of Granada are some of the many writers who come to mind....
Time Wasted or Time Used Wisely
By Rev. Fr. Dominic Radecki, CMRI
Time is the most valuable possession we have, yet many persons are more careless of it than of anything else” (Elliot Ross, Five Minute Sermons, p. 228). In his book, The Eternal Priesthood, Cardinal Manning wrote, “Next to grace, time is the most precious gift of God. Yet how much of both we waste. We say that time does many things. It teaches us many lessons, weans us from many follies, strengthens us in good resolves, and heals many wounds. And yet it does none of these things”....
World Watch:
“Pope” Leo Promotes a Scandalous Bishop
Rome Denies Priest’s Request
Francis’ Will and a Dominican Nun
The “Catholic” Vampire Novel
Ultra Progressive Elected by German Bishops
Leo Shocks Spanish Bishops
Another Travesty of Justice in China
The Rejection of Latin
Bizarre “Marriage” in Argentina
Heroic Rescue of Drowning Child
and more...