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Joe In Black Ministries Podcast
1094. JIBM: When Mexico Outlawed Catholicism | May 21, 2025

Joe In Black Ministries Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 69:21


Send us a textFr Joe Krupp talks about Cristeros.Check out the JIBM Web site at:  https://www.joeinblackministries.com/Please use the following link if you would like to financially support Church of the Holy Family: https://pushpay.com/g/hfgrandblanc?sr...

Terra Ignota
30-III-25 La contrarrevolución de los Cristeros, con D. Javier Olivera Ravasi

Terra Ignota

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 104:47


Entre 1926 y 1929, México fue escenario de una auténtica guerra de religión a manos de oligarquías de corte masónico, anticristiano, modernista y liberal. Paso a paso, las libertades de los católicos se fueron pisoteando, a la vez que se intentaba arrancar de la identidad mexicana su raíz cristiana y su catolicismo. Ante las leyes persecutorias dirigidas contra la Iglesia y sus fieles, un amplio sector del laicado católico -tras agotar primero los medios pacíficos- recurrió a las armas para defender la libertad, el bien y la verdad. Esta iniciativa, tomada incluso en contra del parecer de buena parte de una jerarquía eclesiástica pasiva y amedrentada, llevaría a una lucha valerosa digna de ser contada como el Tercer Libro de los Macabeos. Al grito de «¡Viva Cristo Rey y Santa María de Guadalupe!», los católicos mexicanos emprendieron la defensa de los derechos divinos frente a un estado guiado por una ideología laicista y anticristiana. Mártires, confesores, guerreros y fieles cristianos pusieron en jaque a un gobierno entero, evidenciando a la vez la connivencia de gentes diplomáticas y aburguesadas dadas a vender la Paz en aras de una aparente tranquilidad. Nos acompaña hoy el padre Javier Olivera Ravasi, sacerdote, abogado y escritor de “La Contrarrevolución cristera: Dos cosmovisiones en pugna” (Biblioteca Homo Legens, 2025: https://homolegens.com/libro/la-contrarrevolucion-cristera/). El padre Ravasi dirige también el canal de YouTube “Que No Te La Cuenten” ( @QNTLC ). Emitido en YouTube el 30 de marzo de 2025: https://youtube.com/live/Yk5TVVyMxXM Bienvenidos a la Terra Ignota. __________________________________________ Recuerda darle a suscribirse para no perderte futuros contenidos. Y si te gusta, te animamos a compartirlo con tus amigos y conocidos. Puedes adquirir el libro La Contrarrevolución Cristera del padre Javier Olivera Ravasi en la web de Homo Legens: https://homolegens.com/libro/la-contrarrevolucion-cristera/ Puedes acceder a todas las plataformas de Terra Ignota desde https://linktr.ee/TerraIgnota (iVoox, Spotify, Discord y mucho más). ¡Échanos una mano convirtiéndote en Patrón! https://www.patreon.com/terraignota Para adquirir productos del podcast: https://tienda.terraignota.es En https://www.arenashop.es tenéis descuentos usando el código IGNOTEROS

Relatos De Horror (Historias De Terror)
Los Ecos De Los Cristeros (Historias De Terror)

Relatos De Horror (Historias De Terror)

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2024 27:01


Esta es una interesante historia que tiene que ver con esta situación que se vivio en México hace ya mucho tiempo y vaya que nos deja pensando que incluso en lugares como los del relato ocurren o pueden suceder cosas de tal magnitud. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pablo Munoz Iturrieta
0167 - Los CRISTEROS y la batalla por la LIBERTAD RELIGIOSA

Pablo Munoz Iturrieta

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2024 90:12


YouTube sesión 12: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nxdRLmlo20 Curso: https://pablomunoziturrieta.com/2021/12/27/curso-online-y-gratuito-politica-secularismo-y-libertad-religiosa/  ➡️ Apoya mi trabajo por Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PabloMunozIturrieta ➡️ Apoyame por YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbEeo_9iVsOxTlr0Xi9NycQ/join 

QNTLC
CRISTIADA en MÉXICO - Preparando los 100 años

QNTLC

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 81:17


El libro sobre los Cristeros mexicanos del Padre Javier puede conseguirse aquí. Colabore con la Fundación San Elías en este link. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/qntlc/support

Radio HM
En Perspectiva: Los cristeros de México

Radio HM

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2024 28:05


«En perspectiva» cuenta hoy con la participación de Montse Castillo, quien nos ofrece un testimonio que nos acerca a un hecho histórico ocurrido en México entre los años 1926 y 1929, la revolución cristera, que en realidad fue una persecución religiosa contra la que los cristeros lucharon con la intención de defender y mantener la fe. Ella descubrió esta historia a raíz de su conversión, y ahora quiere dar a conocer la riqueza del testimonio de fe de los mártires en México.

Avoiding Babylon
For Greater Glory - Faith in Film w/ Fr Dave Nix Season 1 Finale

Avoiding Babylon

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 136:21 Transcription Available


Want to reach out to us? Want to leave a comment or review? Want to give us a suggestion or berate Anthony? Send us a text by clicking this link!Prepare yourself for an extraordinary season finale filled with insightful discussions and unexpected stories! We kick off with a delightful surprise, thanks to Pope Francis, who uncovered a treasure trove of stories this week. Join us as we explore Father Nick's headline-making comments about biting priests, discuss faith and film, and share a personal tale of frustration when my boat got towed. The episode also navigates the tricky waters of discussing movies with potential issues, offering a thought-provoking analysis of Pope Francis' controversial use of an outdated term.Journey with us back to the 1920s as we delve into the heroic saga of the Cristeros, devout Catholics who stood up against a Freemasonic and Socialist takeover in Mexico. We'll dissect the Vatican's controversial directive to Mexican bishops and the Cristeros' defiant stand to defend their faith. The conversation gets even more intense as we examine a contemporary issue involving a priest who bit a woman to protect the Eucharist, debating the appropriateness of his actions and broader themes of when force is justified to protect sacred beliefs and symbols. This episode blends historical depth with current dilemmas, offering a rich narrative on faith and resistance.Our cultural exploration continues as we shed light on the portrayal of accents in film and television, critiquing the effectiveness of fake accents and emphasizing the importance of authenticity in storytelling. We also discuss the production quality of movies funded by organizations like the Knights of Columbus and their impact on religious narratives. As we wrap up this engaging series, we express our heartfelt gratitude to our special guest, Connor, whose extensive knowledge and unique insights have enriched our discussions. We promise to bring him back for more thought-provoking conversations in future episodes. Don't miss this captivating finale that will leave you eagerly anticipating our return!Support the Show.********************************************************https://www.avoidingbabylon.comLocals Community: https://avoidingbabylon.locals.comRSS Feed for Podcast Apps: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1987412.rssSpiritusTV: https://spiritustv.com/@avoidingbabylonOdysee: https://odysee.com/@AvoidingBabylon

Sermons of Fr Paul Robinson SSPX
Easter 2024: God Never Dies, Sermon by Fr. Paul Robinson, SSPX

Sermons of Fr Paul Robinson SSPX

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2024 14:24


The life of God is greater than the death of men. God came upon this earth and men put Him to death. But God cannot die. This is what the Cristeros told the Communists who were trying to destroy Catholicism in Mexico. You may kill us and we will die. But God never dies. Dios nunca muereThe life of God exists before our life, during our life, after our life. The life of God is the existence that is at the basis of all reality. The life of God is the basis for our life. It is not so much that God lives; He is life itself.Our Lord died in His humanity, but He lived on in His eternal divinity. Nature was not dying but was being renewed by the death of Our Lord.The life of God is greater than the death of men, and the death of God is the life of men. By the death of Our Lord, we will all live again.

CONOCE  AMA Y VIVE TU FE
Episodio 926:

CONOCE AMA Y VIVE TU FE

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2024 69:17


Luis Román comparte su testimonio de la Peregrinación Cristera a México que tuvo lugar del 5 al 13 de Febrero.  Nos comparte historias de los mártires Cristeros y detalles de la Virgen María De Guadalupe.Pulsa Aqui para ver el video del programaSupport the show YouTube Facebook Telegram Instagram Tik Tok Twitter

33 Trinity
EPISODE 10 ARE YOU OVER SHARING?

33 Trinity

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2023 71:38


WELCOME TO 33 TRINITY PODCAST!! THIS IS OUR 10 EPISODE LAST EPISODE OF THE SEASON! GOING INTO THE NEW YEAR WITH A NEW SEASON! WE HAD AN OPEN TOPIC, MAINLY ABOUT OVER SHARING WHAT YOU DO FOR CHRIST!! GIVE US A FOLLOW LIKE SHARE AND ALL OF THE ABOVE! PRAY FOR US AS WE PRAY FOR YOU!

TV Arriba Corazones
Anécdotas e Historia sobre los CRISTEROS en GUADALAJARA | Túneles de la Guerra Cristera

TV Arriba Corazones

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 6:18


Conoce las breves #anécdotas e #historia de la etapa de los #cristeros en #Guadalajara con la Mtra. Norma Hernández, los #túneles por los que tuvieron que que pasar en la #GuerraCristera, y algunos puntos estratégicos para los sobrevivientes.

En Caso de que el Mundo Se Desintegre - ECDQEMSD
S25 Ep5564: La Pistola Robada

En Caso de que el Mundo Se Desintegre - ECDQEMSD

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 52:52


En aquel tiempo de inestabilidad en que las batallas se daban por los pueblos había acciones que mezclaban la inconsciencia, la inocencia y la crueldad. ECDQEMSD podcast - El Cyber Talk Show - episodio 5564 La Pistola Robada Conducen: El Pirata y El Sr. Lagartija https://canaltrans.com Noticias Del Mundo: El plan de Nayib Bukele - Vida en los lagos de Marte - El submarino nuclear en Guantánamo - El recuerdo para Milan Kundera - La pistola del dictador - Hechos policiales misteriosos - Conteo para la Fiesta Lagartijiana. Historias Desintegradas: San Julián Jalisco - Al paredón de fusilamiento - Cristeros colgando junto al tren - El Catorce y su leyenda - Cerca de Atotonilco Los Altos - Comida, bebida y mujeres - Mi maestro Paul Walker - Frente al volante - Pura adrenalina - La tensión - Técnicas actorales - Actuación y transmisión - Los caminos del Eje Cafetero de Colombia - El clima y el abanico - El calor insoportable - Sillas de montar - Aquel 85 entre Londres y Philadelphia - A rockear más que nunca y más... https://www.canaltrans.com/ecdqemsd_podcast_2023/5564_la_pistola_robada.html En Caso De Que El Mundo Se Desintegre Podcast no tiene publicidad, sponsors ni organizaciones que aporten para mantenerlo al aire. Solo el sistema cooperativo de los que aportan a través de las suscripciones hacen posible que todo esto siga siendo una realidad. Gracias Dragones Dorados: https://www.canaltrans.com/radio/suscripciones.html

33 Trinity
EPISODE 4 VIVA CRISTO REY!!

33 Trinity

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 10, 2023 66:27


WELCOME TO 33 TRINITY PODCAST! IN THIS EPISODE WE TALK ABOUT A MOVIE. THAT YOU MAY HAVE WATCHED ALREADY OR HAVEN'T. IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT I SUGGESTION YOU WATCH IT, UNLESS YOU DONT MIND US SPOILING IT FOR YOU. PLEASE GIVE 33 TRINITY PODCAST A FOLLOW, A LIKE, SHARE OR A LISTEN. AS THIS COULD HELP SOMONE FIND JESUS! WE WILL BE PRAYING FOR YOU, PRAY FO US!

Catholic Saints & Feasts
May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs

Catholic Saints & Feasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2023 7:41


May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs Fr. Magallanes: 1869–1927; 22 priests and 3 laymen: 1915-1937, the majority killed between 1926-1929 Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: Red A Mexican bloodletting The governor of Mexico's Tabasco state in the 1920s, Garrido Canabal, was so insanely anti-Catholic that he named his three sons Lenin, Satan, and Lucifer. He was also a farmer and named one of his bulls “God,” a hog “Pope,” a cow “Mary,” and a donkey “Christ.” He ordered the removal and destruction of all crucifixes from public buildings and graveyards in Tabasco. Painful photographs of the destruction prove that it happened. For his vicious persecution of the Church, he was elevated to a national cabinet position in the 1930s. Canabal was a political protégé of the Mexican president, and later strongman, Plutarco Calles. Calles was an illegitimate child, born to unmarried parents. Calles hated being called an illegitimate child and especially resented the Roman Catholic Church for this title of illegitimacy. In time, Calles became a devout believer in the religion of atheism, eagerly shared his beliefs with others, and put great energy into evangelizing others to his side. As governor of the state of Sonora, he expelled all Catholic priests. As president of Mexico, he carried out an overtly violent, ferocious, scorched-earth attack on Catholicism without par in the twentieth century. Priests were killed for no other reason than for being priests. This led to a popular counterreaction known as the Cristero War, a slow burn of assassinations, pitched battles, skirmishes, and reprisals. Central Mexico was in a full-blown meltdown in the 1920s. For a visitor to Mexico today, or to anyone familiar with its culture, such events are difficult to imagine or comprehend. Mexico harbors one of the most vibrant Catholic cultures in the entire world, thick with devotions, processions, Masses, feast day celebrations, and religious song and dress. Yet the Cristero War did happen, and not a thousand years ago. The militant, anti-religious mentality of Anglo-Saxon secular humanism is familiar to many believers today. It is the air we breath. This educated secularism opposes the very idea of God, exalts a narrow understanding of freedom, denigrates the concept of belief, and transposes science as an object of faith rather than a formal creed. The militant anti-religious mentality of 1920s Mexico, and of other culturally Catholic nations, was and is different from Anglo-Saxon secularism. Anti-Catholicism in Catholic nations expresses itself in anticlericalism. Hatred is unleashed against bishops and priests and their instruments of ministry—altars, crucifixes, vestments, rosaries, statues, etc.—not so much against creeds or ideas. You don't need to read Nietzsche or to master the Enlightenment canon to hate the Church. Whereas Anglo Saxon secularism wages its battles in the higher echelons of university classrooms and the courts, Latino anticlericalism is not too complex. Just kidnap a priest, blindfold him, tie his hands tightly behind his back, and shoot him in the head. Anticlericalism liquidates its enemies against the dirty brick wall behind the local police station. No courtrooms are needed. Today's saint, and the others canonized with him, were caught in the storm that was Plutarco Calles. Father Magallanes was a priest of humble origins similar to those of Calles, but Magallanes walked a different path than the strongman. After working the land as a youth for his poor family, he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1899. He then served faithfully as a chaplain and as a pastor to the Huichole Indians for many years. By middle age, he was a priest of some stature. But the otherwise ordinary arc of his life took an extraordinary turn when, on May 21, 1927, he was on his way to celebrate the Feast of St. Rita of Cascia (May 22) in a small village. A shootout between Cristeros and Federal forces near the village led to Father Magallanes' arrest, along with a brother priest, Father Caloca. There were no accusations and no trial. There was neither the presentation of evidence nor the right of defense, since priests had no civil rights in Mexico at the time. On May 25, 1927, the two priests were led to the courtyard of a municipal building for what always happened next. Father Magallanes stated: “I am innocent and die innocent. I absolve with all my heart those who seek my death and ask God that my blood bring peace to a divided Mexico.” The priests absolved each other, spoke some few words of comfort, and then were shot to death by a firing squad of fellow Mexicans in soldiers' uniforms. Father Caloca's last words were: “For God we lived and for Him we die.” Twenty-five martyrs are commemorated today. All were diocesan priests, except for three laymen who died with their parish priest. They died in eight different Mexican states under circumstances similar to those of Frs. Magallanes and Caloca. One was hung from a mango tree in a town square, another from an oak in the country; one was shot for not revealing the confessions of his co-prisoners, one was bayoneted and beaten to death; one was shot and his body placed on railroad tracks to be mutilated by a train. The executioner of one priest refused to fire his rifle. He was shot right after the priest. Pope Saint John Paul II beatified the group in 1992 and canonized them in 2000. In addition to Frs. Magallanes (Cristóbal Magallanes Jara) and Caloca (Agustín Caloca Cortés), these martyrs were: Román Adame Rosales, Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán, Julio Álvarez Mendoza, Luis Batis Sáinz, Mateo Correa Magallanes, Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Miguel De La Mora, Pedro Esqueda Ramírez, Margarito Flores Garcia, José Isabel Flores Varela, David Galván Bermúdez, Salvador Lara Puente (layman), Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero, Jesús Méndez Montoya, Manuel Morales (layman), Justino Orona Madrigal, Sabás Reyes Salazar, José María Robles Hurtado, David Roldán Lara (layman),Toribio Romo González, Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo, David Uribe Velasco, and Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles. Father Magallanes, your quiet witness and noble death are an inspiration to all who suffer physical violence for the faith in unknown ways and in unknown places. May your intercession and courage be an inspiration for all priests, laymen, and religious who are tempted to bend in the winds of persecution.

CONOCE  AMA Y VIVE TU FE
Episodio 801:

CONOCE AMA Y VIVE TU FE

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2023 92:19


Montserrat Castillo De la Fundación Alas De Plata y presentadora del Programa Conversiónes De Mater Fátima nos cuenta la historia oculta de los sucesos ocurridos en México entre 1926 y 1929. También nos comparte junto con Luis Roman detalles de algunos de los mártires cristeros y lo que fueron capaces de hacer sus verdugos para martirizarlos. No te puedes perder el programa. ¡Viva Cristo Rey ‼️Video aquí¡Convierte en Miembro Cristero de Nuestro Canal Hoy!! Pulsa aquíSiguenos en todos los medios y canales aquiHaz click para suscribirte y escucharnos en: AndroidRSSSpotify:TuneInStitcherPlayer FMCastbox Pocket Casts OvercastBeyondPod  PandoraApoya mi trabajo y recibes regalos (Haz click en el enlace o link): www.patreon.com/ConoceamayvivetufeRecibe el Libro Mana de Aliento para el Cristiano GRATIS ¡Haz click aqui! Support the show YouTube Facebook Telegram Instagram Tik Tok Twitter

CONOCE  AMA Y VIVE TU FE
Episodio 794: San José Sánchez Del Rio La Película / Mirando Al Cielo/ Director y Productora con Luis Román

CONOCE AMA Y VIVE TU FE

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2023 49:48


Mirando al cielo es una película de amor, perdón y traición, inspirada en hechos reales. Una historia que sin importar el sexo o la edad, cautivará la atención del espectador desde el primer momento; una entretenida y conmovedora historia en tiempos de persecución, donde el amor a Dios de una familia, fue más grande que sus miedos. Hoy el Director y La Productora de esta película nos habla de este proyecto y del gran Santo y Cristero José Sánchez Del Rio.Video aquí¡Convierte en Miembro Cristero de Nuestro Canal Hoy!! Pulsa aquíSiguenos en todos los medios y canales aquiHaz click para suscribirte y escucharnos en: AndroidRSSSpotify:TuneInStitcherPlayer FMCastbox Pocket Casts OvercastBeyondPod  PandoraApoya mi trabajo y recibes regalos (Haz click en el enlace o link): www.patreon.com/ConoceamayvivetufeRecibe el Libro Mana de Aliento para el Cristiano GRATIS ¡Haz click aqui! Support the show YouTube Facebook Telegram Instagram Tik Tok Twitter

TradTalk
TradTalk Podcast 131 - O Brasil na Era Vargas: Segunda Parte

TradTalk

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2023 194:53


Dando continuidade a essa saga sobre a Era Vargas, buscaremos junto ao Professor Eduardo Cruz, do Partido dos Cristeros, esgotar ao máximo tudo o que possa ser dito acerca de um período tão importante, porém tão omitido, do Brasil. Afinal, quem foi Getúlio Vargas e qual a sua relação com os católicos no Brasil? É isso que buscaremos responder neste presente podcast. Link para a compra do livro, "Vencedores e Vencidos" de Dom Tomás de Aquino

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio
30 Jan 23 – The Culture of Life

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 51:12


Today's Topics: 1) Greg and Mark talk about their experience assisting the Archdiocese of Los Angeles with their annual pro-life event, One Life LA.  Greg speaks about the Catholic Church's teachings on the sanctity of life as demonstrated by the eight encyclicals written by popes over the last 100 years, https://www.kofc.org/en/liberty-life-family/pro-life-educational-resources.html 2) Mark continues to read the Wall Street Journal article "What it Means to be Pro-Life" written by the Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.  Sir Knight David Flores is introduced and he tells his Catholic faith journey and road to joining the Knights of Columbus, https://webreprints.djreprints.com/5233641296525.pdf 3) Brother Knight David Flores shares his experience as a school board member for the City of El Monte in California.  In this capacity, he was assigned to a special task force to identify the needs of native American Indians and their curriculum needs.  He describes the differences between the Protestant Americans and the Catholic Spanish and French attitudes towards the inclusion of the Indians within their respective societies, 4) In the final segment David discusses the role the Knights of Columbus played in resolving the conflicts between the Mexican socialist government and the Catholic Cristeros.  The movie, "For Greater Glory," tells the story of the Cristeros.  David also talks about the pro-life movie, "Bella."  Both movies star Brother Knight Eduardo Verastegui. Theme: "Salve Regina" performed by Floriani. All rights reserved. Used with permission. For more information please visit Floriani.org

Radio Free Catholic
Fatima, the Cristeros and the Apocalypse

Radio Free Catholic

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 73:35


Not quite linked, but still linkedSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/radiofreecatholic. All new! You can become a member and support the Battle Raccoons at https://plus.acast.com/s/radiofreecatholic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BASTA BUGIE - Cinema
L'assedio dell'Alcazar* (1940) - La guerra di Spagna e l'assedio dell'Alcazar

BASTA BUGIE - Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2022 10:00


TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜ www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=175LA GUERRA DI SPAGNA E L'ASSEDIO DELL'ALCAZARLa guerra si svolge dal 1936 al 1939 ed è uno scontro fra due visioni del mondo: quella materialista, atea e rivoluzionaria e quella cattolica, tradizionale e patriotticada FilmGarantitiLa guerra di Spagna si è svolta dal 1936 al 1939. La causa è stata la caduta della monarchia a cui segue il 14 aprile 1931 l'instaurazione della Repubblica Democratica dei Lavoratori.Fin dai primi giorni il governo del massone Manuel Azaña, permette manifestazioni anticlericali, cioè contro la Chiesa Cattolica, causa della distruzione di un gran numero di chiese in tutta la Spagna.Nel corso di cinque anni:1) vengono soppressi i gesuiti,2) le scuole cattoliche sono trasformate in cooperative,3) sono vietate le manifestazioni religiose pubbliche (ad esempio le processioni),4) viene approvata la legge che permette il divorzio,5) lo Stato ruba i beni alla Chiesa "concedendoli" in uso alla stessa,6) sono pensionati anticipatamente molti ufficiali reduci dalle guerre coloniali,7) viene cambiata la bandiera e l'inno nazionale.Per questi provvedimenti cresce il malcontento di strati sempre più vasti della popolazione.Si assiste a un'accelerazione del processo rivoluzionario: la sanguinosa rivolta delle Asturie nel 1934, guidata dalle "milizie rosse", costituisce un esempio reale di gestione comunista del potere; gli assalti alle chiese e ai conventi, che in soli sei mesi (dal febbraio al luglio del 1936) sono ben 160; 269 assassinii, 1287 aggressioni politiche, 69 sedi di partiti distrutte, 10 sedi di giornali devastate, 113 scioperi generali e 228 parziali, sono il bilancio dell'ordine pubblico in questi anni.In tale drammatica situazione i movimenti d'opposizione, quali i monarchici carlisti e la Falange Spagnola, con una parte dell'esercito iniziano a organizzarsi per ristabilire l'ordine; gli uni tramando un'insurrezione, gli altri un pronunciamiento, pratica che consiste nella proclamazione pubblica, da parte dei militari, dell'assunzione dei pieni poteri anche civili.L'ALZAMIENTO (ALZARSI IN PIEDI)I disordini nelle strade culminano, il 13 luglio 1936, nell'assassinio da parte dei comunisti del capo dell'opposizione parlamentare, il monarchico José Calvo Sotelo. Tale delitto costituisce la causa simbolica della ribellione.Il 17 luglio 1936 si ribellano i soldati nei territori spagnoli d'Africa e delle Isole Canarie mentre il giorno successivo insorgono quelli nella Spagna continentale e, con l'aiuto delle formazioni carliste e falangiste che prima della mobilitazione generale costituiscono il 30% della forza insurrezionale, prendono il controllo di buona parte della Spagna. Il centro e la costa mediterranea restano in mano repubblicana. La Spagna è così divisa in due zone: quella "rossa" di sinistra e quella "nazionale" controrivoluzionaria. È uno scontro fra due visioni del mondo: quella materialista, atea e rivoluzionaria da una parte e quella cattolica, tradizionale e patriottica dall'altra.La guerra civile va oltre uno scontro fra spagnoli quando, nell'agosto del 1936, si aggiungono volontari antifascisti provenienti da tutto il mondo supportati con soldati e armamenti dall'Unione Sovietica. Anche intellettuali comunisti italiani partecipano come i Pietro Nenni e Palmiro Togliatti.La Francia e l'Inghilterra pur dichiarando ufficialmente la propria neutralità, aiutano con denaro e con mezzi il governo repubblicano. Il Messico, che dieci anni prima aveva combattuto i cristeros, si schiera apertamente con la Repubblica e sarà l'unico Stato a riconoscere fino al 1975 il Governo repubblicano in esilio.Ma ci sono anche volontari che raggiungono la Spagna per combattere contro i "rossi" entrando a far parte delle file "nazionali". Il Regno d'Italia invia il Corpo Truppe Volontarie che, affiancando le forze armate "nazionali", dà un grande apporto militare nella fase centrale della guerra. Hitler manda la Legione Condor per sperimentare l'impiego di nuove tattiche e di nuovi armamenti.LA CRUZADA (LA CROCIATA)La Santa Sede sospende in un primo tempo il giudizio sulla rivolta, poi, quando iniziano a giungere notizie dei massacri compiuti dai rossi in odium fidei (in odio della fede) e dopo che la Lettera collettiva dei Vescovi spagnoli, del 1° luglio 1937, fa chiarezza su quanto è accaduto e sta accadendo, prende nettamente posizione e afferma risolutamente il diritto-dovere alla rivolta anche militare contro il governo che perseguita i cristiani.La guerra di Spagna infatti è caratterizzata dalle atrocità dei miliziani rossi, che massacrano oppositori o presunti tali con ferocia inaudita. La morte di 6.832 sacerdoti e religiosi (tra cui 12 vescovi) nel corso della guerra, dà la misura di quanto l'attacco al cattolicesimo e l'odio nei confronti dei cattolici sia parte integrante della linea politico-ideologica del governo repubblicano.Da questa situazione nasce, da parte dei vescovi spagnoli, la definizione della guerra come Cruzada, ovvero "crociata", in quanto guerra condotta in difesa della fede e caratterizzata da innumerevoli episodi di martirio da parte dei cattolici.I combattenti nazionali danno prova della loro religiosità attraverso segni come gli scapolari con la scritta "Fermati pallottola, il Cuore di Gesù è con me". Quando venivano catturati dai nemici e torturati prima di morire gridavano "Viva Cristo Re" come facevano dieci anni prima i cristeros in Messico.Nel 1937 Papa Pio XI, nell'enciclica Divini Redemptoris contro il comunismo ateo, dedica ampio spazio alla guerra di Spagna sottolineando il carattere nettamente anticattolico della Repubblica. Nel 1987 Papa Giovanni Paolo II proclamerà alcuni santi martiri spagnoli che saranno i primi di una lunga serie proseguita con i papi successivi.L'ASSEDIO DELL'ALCÁZAR DI TOLEDOUn episodio simbolico della Guerra di Spagna è l'assedio dell'Alcázar di Toledo, l'accademia militare comandata dal colonnello José Moscardó che rifiuta d'arrendersi e resiste persino quando minacciano di uccidere suo figlio (che quindi sarà ucciso dai comunisti). Circondati da forze repubblicane superiori, privi di cibo, di luce e di aiuti, 147 soldati, 903 civili combattenti e Guardie Civili, 538 fra donne e bambini, resistono per 70 giorni all'assedio fino alla liberazione, avvenuta il 28 settembre 1936, grazie all'arrivo delle truppe del Generalissimo Franco.FRANCISCO FRANCO, IL CAUDILLO (LA GUIDA)Il 28 marzo 1939 l'esercito "nazionale" conquista Madrid e pone vittoriosamente fine alla Cruzada. Francisco Franco, il principale generale della rivolta, viene ufficialmente proclamato capo dello Stato e assume i pieni poteri e il titolo di Caudillo, cioè di "Guida". Tuttavia Franco ha sempre sostenuto di essere "provvisoriamente" al comando della Spagna e che alla sua morte non avrebbe avuto come successore un suo parente, ma sarebbe tornata la monarchia al potere in Spagna.Franco ha permesso alla Spagna di rimanere neutrale durante la Seconda Guerra Mondiale garantendo un periodo di pacificazione delle due fazioni che si erano combattute e soprattutto ha fatto approvare leggi secondo la morale cristiana. Purtroppo il re, tornato al potere alla morte di Franco, ha concesso quasi subito parte della sovranità al parlamento.Per approfondimenti e per vedere alcune clip de L'ASSEDIO DELL'ALCAZAR e per leggere le schede dei migliori film, visita il sito FilmGarantiti.it

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio
21 Nov 22 – Encore: Viva Cristo Rey! Long Live Christ the King!

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 51:11


Today's Topics: The initiation and meaning of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 1) The Catechism of the Catholic Church #668 states, "Christ is Lord of the cosmos and of history," 2) In the midst of the rise of Socialism and Communism in the world, Pius XI's Papal Encyclical, "Quas Primas," established the Feast of Christ the King in 1925, https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html 3) The following year, in 1926, Pope Pius XI recognizes the Knights of Columbus for their efforts in defending the Catholic faith in Mexico during the time of persecution of the Church by the Mexican government, https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_18111926_iniquis-afflictisque.html 4) The Knights of Columbus have within their ranks six priests who were martyred by the Mexican government in the 1920's and 1930's, http://www.kofc.org/un/en/resources/communications/martyrs_booklet.pdf There is a story in the Columbian Magazine of a Brother Knight killed on the spot for proclaiming to be a Knight of Columbus, http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/2012_05_cristero_war_knights.html The movie, "For Greater Glory," was produced with the assistance of the Knights of Columbus, telling the story of the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Greater_Glory The term, "Viva Cristo Rey!" becomes a battle cry of the Cristeros after the public execution of Blessed Father Miguel Pro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Pro Theme: "Salve Regina" performed by Floriani. All rights reserved. Used with permission. For more information please visit Floriani.org

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio
05 Sep 22 – Encore: The Culture of Life

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 51:12 Transcription Available


Today's Topics: 1)  Greg and Mark talk about their experience assisting the Archdiocese of Los Angeles with their annual pro-life event, One Life LA.  Greg speaks about the Catholic Church's teachings on the sanctity of life as demonstrated by the eight encyclicals written by popes over the last 100 years https://www.kofc.org/en/liberty-life-family/pro-life-educational-resources.html 2)  Mark continues to read the Wall Street Journal article "What it Means to be Pro-Life" written by the Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.  Sir Knight David Flores is introduced and he tells his Catholic faith journey and road to joining the Knights of Columbus https://webreprints.djreprints.com/5233641296525.pdf 3)  Brother Knight David Flores shares his experience as a school board member for the City of El Monte in California.  In this capacity, he was assigned to a special task force to identify the needs of native American Indians and their curriculum needs.  He describes the differences between the Protestant Americans and the Catholic Spanish and French attitudes towards the inclusion of the Indians within their respective societies 4)  In the final segment David discusses the role the Knights of Columbus played in resolving the conflicts between the Mexican socialist government and the Catholic Cristeros.  The movie, "For Greater Glory," tells the story of the Cristeros.  David also talks about the pro-life movie, "Bella."  Both movies star Brother Knight Eduardo Verastegui Theme: "Salve Regina" performed by Floriani. All rights reserved. Used with permission. For more information please visit Floriani.org

Programa Nunca es tan Temprano
Prog 28 Ago 2022 - Los cristeros

Programa Nunca es tan Temprano

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2022 60:29


La guerra cristera es un periodo de la historia de México y de la Iglesia no muy conocida. Durante este periodo la Iglesia fue perseguida y muchos católicos defendieron su fe incluso dando su vida para que no se les quitara lo más valioso para ellos: Dios. En este programa Francisco Salazar Sáenz nos platica como fue este periodo ya que su padre y su suegro fueron cristeros. Esperamos que este programa sea de tu agrado ¡Viva Crsito Rey!

Daishi X Curiosity Daily
MEXICO TIKTOK La guerre des Cristeros est une Krieg civile qui a eu lieu au Mexique entre 1926 et 1929

Daishi X Curiosity Daily

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2022 4:44


Will God answer your prayer if you don't end with, "In Jesus' name, Amen?" Learn what praying in the name of Jesus really means.   I taught this week on the call of Abraham and the development of God's missionary call through the nation of Israel as they were responsible to communicate the truth of God to the cultures around them. They were given that great commission. The great commission didn't start in Matthew 28.  It started with Abraham in Genesis 12 —the first three verses there —Abraham, chosen by God to raise up a nation who would then be God's priests to the world so that they would be a blessing to all of the nations.   They had a unique role in the great monotheistic religion. The Jews were supposed to reflect morality to the world. Israel was to witness to the name of God. When they talked about the name of God and witnessing to God's name, that does not mean that they were to let everybody know what they called God, "Yahweh." Their goal wasn't to cover the countryside with evangelists who just let everybody know what the right word for God was. It meant something different.    ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ ☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ https://linktr.ee/jacksonlibon -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- #realtalk #face #instagram #amour #take #couple #dance #dancers #vogue #voguedqnce #garden #tiktok #psychology #beyou #near #love #foryou #money #ForYouPizza #fyp #irobot #theend #pups #TikToker #couplegoals #famille #relation #doudou #youtube #twitter #tiktokers #love #reeĺs #shorts #instagood #follow #like #ouy #oyu #babyshark #lilnasx #girl #happybirthday #movie #nbayoungboy  #deviance #autotrader #trading #khan #academy #carter #carguru #ancestry #accords #abc #news #bts #cbs #huru #bluebook #socialmedia #whatsapp #music #google #photography #memes #marketing #india #followforfollowback #likeforlikes #a #insta #fashion #k #trending #digitalmarketing #covid #o #snapchat #socialmediamarketing H

Catholic Saints & Feasts
May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Martyr, and Companions, Martyrs

Catholic Saints & Feasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2022 7:40


May 21: Saint Christopher Magallanes, Priest and Martyr, and Companions, MartyrsFr. Magallanes: 1869–1927; 22 priests and 3 laymen: 1915-1937, the majority killed between 1926-1929Optional Memorial; Liturgical Color: RedA Mexican bloodlettingThe governor of Mexico's Tabasco state in the 1920s, Garrido Canabal, was so insanely anti-Catholic that he named his three sons Lenin, Satan, and Lucifer. He was also a farmer and named one of his bulls “God,” a hog “Pope,” a cow “Mary,” and a donkey “Christ.” He ordered the removal and destruction of all crucifixes from public buildings and graveyards in Tabasco. Painful photographs of the destruction prove that it happened. For his vicious persecution of the Church, he was elevated to a national cabinet position in the 1930s. Canabal was a political protégé of the Mexican president, and later strongman, Plutarco Calles. Calles was an illegitimate child, born to unmarried parents. Calles hated being called an illegitimate child and especially resented the Roman Catholic Church for this title of illegitimacy. In time, Calles became a devout believer in the religion of atheism, eagerly shared his beliefs with others, and put great energy into evangelizing others to his side. As governor of the state of Sonora, he expelled all Catholic priests. As president of Mexico, he carried out an overtly violent, ferocious, scorched-earth attack on Catholicism without par in the twentieth century. Priests were killed for no other reason than for being priests. This led to a popular counterreaction known as the Cristero War, a slow burn of assassinations, pitched battles, skirmishes, and reprisals. Central Mexico was in a full-blown meltdown in the 1920s.For a visitor to Mexico today, or to anyone familiar with its culture, such events are difficult to imagine or comprehend. Mexico harbors one of the most vibrant Catholic cultures in the entire world, thick with devotions, processions, Masses, feast day celebrations, and religious song and dress. Yet the Cristero War did happen, and not a thousand years ago.The militant, anti-religious mentality of Anglo-Saxon secular humanism is familiar to many believers today. It is the air we breath. This educated secularism opposes the very idea of God, exalts a narrow understanding of freedom, denigrates the concept of belief, and transposes science as an object of faith rather than a formal creed. The militant anti-religious mentality of 1920s Mexico, and of other culturally Catholic nations, was and is different from Anglo-Saxon secularism. Anti-Catholicism in Catholic nations expresses itself in anticlericalism. Hatred is unleashed against bishops and priests and their instruments of ministry—altars, crucifixes, vestments, rosaries, statues, etc.—not so much against creeds or ideas. You don't need to read Nietzsche or to master the Enlightenment canon to hate the Church. Whereas Anglo Saxon secularism wages its battles in the higher echelons of university classrooms and the courts, Latino anticlericalism is not too complex. Just kidnap a priest, blindfold him, tie his hands tightly behind his back, and shoot him in the head. Anticlericalism liquidates its enemies against the dirty brick wall behind the local police station. No courtrooms are needed.Today's saint, and the others canonized with him, were caught in the storm that was Plutarco Calles. Father Magallanes was a priest of humble origins similar to those of Calles, but Magallanes walked a different path than the strongman. After working the land as a youth for his poor family, he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1899. He then served faithfully as a chaplain and as a pastor to the Huichole Indians for many years. By middle age, he was a priest of some stature. But the otherwise ordinary arc of his life took an extraordinary turn when, on May 21, 1927, he was on his way to celebrate the Feast of St. Rita of Cascia (May 22) in a small village. A shootout between Cristeros and Federal forces near the village led to Father Magallanes' arrest, along with a brother priest, Father Caloca. There were no accusations and no trial. There was neither the presentation of evidence nor the right of defense, since priests had no civil rights in Mexico at the time. On May 25, 1927, the two priests were led to the courtyard of a municipal building for what always happened next. Father Magallanes stated: “I am innocent and die innocent. I absolve with all my heart those who seek my death and ask God that my blood bring peace to a divided Mexico.” The priests absolved each other, spoke some few words of comfort, and then were shot to death by a firing squad of fellow Mexicans in soldiers' uniforms. Father Caloca's last words were: “For God we lived and for Him we die.”Twenty-five martyrs are commemorated today. All were diocesan priests, except for three laymen who died with their parish priest. They died in eight different Mexican states under circumstances similar to those of Frs. Magallanes and Caloca. One was hung from a mango tree in a town square, another from an oak in the country; one was shot for not revealing the confessions of his co-prisoners, one was bayoneted and beaten to death; one was shot and his body placed on railroad tracks to be mutilated by a train. The executioner of one priest refused to fire his rifle. He was shot right after the priest. Pope Saint John Paul II beatified the group in 1992 and canonized them in 2000. In addition to Frs. Magallanes (Cristóbal Magallanes Jara) and Caloca (Agustín Caloca Cortés), these martyrs were: Román Adame Rosales, Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán, Julio Álvarez Mendoza, Luis Batis Sáinz, Mateo Correa Magallanes, Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Miguel De La Mora, Pedro Esqueda Ramírez, Margarito Flores Garcia, José Isabel Flores Varela, David Galván Bermúdez, Salvador Lara Puente (layman), Pedro de Jesús Maldonado Lucero, Jesús Méndez Montoya, Manuel Morales (layman), Justino Orona Madrigal, Sabás Reyes Salazar, José María Robles Hurtado, David Roldán Lara (layman),Toribio Romo González, Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo, David Uribe Velasco, and Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles.Father Magallanes, your quiet witness and noble death are an inspiration to all who suffer physical violence for the faith in unknown ways and in unknown places. May your intercession and courage be an inspiration for all priests, laymen, and religious who are tempted to bend in the winds of persecution.

Catholic Answers Live
#427 Los Cristeros: The Catholic Warriors of Mexico - Christopher Check

Catholic Answers Live

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022


Chris Check, president of Catholic Answers, joins us for a Cinco de Mayo bonus episode to discuss some of the struggles faced by the Catholic Church in 20th Century Mexico. It's a dramatic story with astonishing heroes and heroines, and nasty villains, one of whom called himself, “The personal enemy of God.” …

Catholic Answers Focus
#427 Los Cristeros: The Catholic Warriors of Mexico - Christopher Check

Catholic Answers Focus

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022


Chris Check, president of Catholic Answers, joins us for a Cinco de Mayo bonus episode to discuss some of the struggles faced by the Catholic Church in 20th Century Mexico. It's a dramatic story with astonishing heroes and heroines, and nasty villains, one of whom called himself, “The personal enemy of God.” …

What Catholics Believe
Deformed papacy: Francis' canonizations; Shanghai lockdown; Sr Lucia imposter? Christ: True King!

What Catholics Believe

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2022 63:03


In this video, Father Jenkins and Thomas Naegele address the following topics: Are canonizations infallible?; would-be traditionalists say “no”; the pre-Vatican II opinion; St. Philomena de-canonized?; view of the theologians: certitude of faith in canonizations; canonization process vs. declaration; the Church's magisterial authority — how to save our soul and examples of heroic virtue; the Novus Ordo popes' canonization of rogues; trashing the Magisterium to salvage Francis; redefining the papacy and redefining sanctity; playing by the modernists' rules. Was Sister Lucia of Fatima replaced by an imposter?; the evidence for a false Sister Lucia; modernists' penchant for deception; a pliable “Sister Lucy”; Padre Pio and Mass facing the people; John Paul II didn't have time for “Sr. Lucy”; Pope Pius XI responsible for Vatican II and the spread of communism?; Sister Lucia's message to Pius XI; the Leonine prayers for the conversion of Russia; Pius XI in Warsaw 1920; Pius XI and the Cristeros; Pius XI and the infiltration of the modernists into the hierarchy; the consecration of Russia morally impossible?. Where is the Magisterium of the Church?; Church authority and Catholic tradition; the work of the Holy Ghost; Francis “discovering new truths”; Francis called “the successor of Christ”; characteristics of a true pope; the time of the antichrist. Can a baby in the womb be validly baptized?; contemporary procedures to baptize in utero for children at risk; holy water on the stomach?; contact with the skin of the baptized required for validity; remote vs. proximate matter; the fate of unbaptized infants; intention and supplied baptismal grace; the teaching of Trent and St. Pius V on baptism; Limbo of Infants and natural happiness; can souls in Heaven visit souls in Limbo?; the rich man and Lazarus. The Russia-Ukraine war; provocation by Western nations and perpetuation by Washington; blaming Putin for inflation; connection to the World Economic Forum's “Great Reset”; Putin and Zelensky puppets?; connection to Covid policies and responses; deceit of the MSM; food shortages; famine in the Old Testament and God's purposes; warnings of famine today; material and spiritual preparation; Fear of the Lord and the Kingship of Christ; universal enrollment and digital identification; Yuval Harari of the WEF and the digitization of human beings (homo digitalis); the devils' hatred of human nature; extinguishing the non-digitized; lockdowns in Shanghai — starvation, suicide, slaughter of pets, seizing children, Covid camps; the CCP vaccines; Malthus and population control. And finally: pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe for Mexico and Cuba; be faithful to God and make reparations to draw down His mercy; consecrate yourselves to the Sacred Heart through the Immaculate Heart. This video was livestreamed on 4/12/2022.
Please visit our website at www.wcbohio.com for our daily livestream of Holy Mass and other traditional Catholic content. May God bless you all!

CONOCE  AMA Y VIVE TU FE
Episodio 631:

CONOCE AMA Y VIVE TU FE

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 73:42


Montserrat Castillo de Mision Alas de Plata entrevista a Luis Roman sobre su testimonio de vida, su misión con La Iglesia Católica y el apostolado de Conoce Ama Y Vive Tu Fe.Pulsa aqui para ver el programa¡Convierte en Miembro Cristero de Nuestro Canal Hoy!! Pulsa aquíSiguenos en todos los medios y canales aquiHaz click para suscribirte y escucharnos en: AndroidRSSSpotify:TuneInStitcherPlayer FMCastbox Pocket Casts OvercastBeyondPod  PandoraApoya mi trabajo y recibes regalos (Haz click en el enlace o link): www.patreon.com/ConoceamayvivetufeRecibe el Libro Mana de Aliento para el Cristiano GRATIS ¡Haz click aqui!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/Conoceamayvivetufe)

El Rant de Ax
Ranteo S2E14: Poniendome Colorao

El Rant de Ax

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2022 32:04


En este episodio hablo de la pelicula Turning Red de Disney y mi vision acerca de que tan hipocrita somos que le damos importancia a cosas que no son realmente importantes. BTW hay una ñapita.El Buruleo hosts: Axkaryus / Atukiti (La casa de los Indies) / Dr4gonpr. Te invitamos a que seas parte de nuestras comunidades en https://elburuleo.com , Facebook, Instagram y Twitter o nos puedes hacer click aquí -> https://beacons.ai/elburuleo . Buscanos en: Spotify, Google Podcast, Anchor, Apple Podcast, Overcast, Breaker, Pca, Radiopublic, Stitcher, iHeartRadio, Amazon & YouTube, dale LIKE, compártelo con tus amistades y si tu app de podcast te permite darle rate de ✪✪✪✪✪ (5 estrellas / Apple Podcast).⸰Buruleo Family:El Buruleo Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/el-buruleo_2 El Rant de Ax: https://www.spreaker.com/show/el-rant-de-ax Como Yo Veo La Vida: https://www.spreaker.com/show/como-yo-veo-la-vida Dr4gonPR El Podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/show/dr4gonpr-el-podcast El Buruleo Store: https://my-store-bffe06.creator-spring.com

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio
31 Jan 22 – The Culture of Life

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 51:12


Today's Topics: 1)  Greg and Mark talk about their experience assisting the Archdiocese of Los Angeles with their annual pro-life event, One Life LA.  Greg speaks about the Catholic Church's teachings on the sanctity of life as demonstrated by the eight encyclicals written by popes over the last 100 years https://www.kofc.org/en/liberty-life-family/pro-life-educational-resources.html 2)  Mark continues to read the Wall Street Journal article "What it Means to be Pro-Life" written by the Knights of Columbus Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly.  Sir Knight David Flores is introduced and he tells his Catholic faith journey and road to joining the Knights of Columbus https://webreprints.djreprints.com/5233641296525.pdf 3)  Brother Knight David Flores shares his experience as a school board member for the City of El Monte in California.  In this capacity, he was assigned to a special task force to identify the needs of native American Indians and their curriculum needs.  He describes the differences between the Protestant Americans and the Catholic Spanish and French attitudes towards the inclusion of the Indians within their respective societies 4)  In the final segment David discusses the role the Knights of Columbus played in resolving the conflicts between the Mexican socialist government and the Catholic Cristeros.  The movie, "For Greater Glory," tells the story of the Cristeros.  David also talks about the pro-life movie, "Bella."  Both movies star Brother Knight Eduardo Verastegui Theme: "Salve Regina" performed by Floriani. All rights reserved. Used with permission. For more information please visit Floriani.org

-Historias De Terror- HDT
- HISTORIAS DE CRISTEROS - |Historias De Terror| HDT

-Historias De Terror- HDT

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 11:32


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Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio
22 Nov 21 – Viva Cristo Rey! Long Live Christ the King

Knight Moves – Virgin Most Powerful Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 51:11


Today's Topics: The initiation and meaning of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe 1) The Catechism of the Catholic Church #668 states, "Christ is Lord of the cosmos and of history" 2) In the midst of the rise of Socialism and Communism in the world, Pius XI's Papal Encyclical, "Quas Primas," established the Feast of Christ the King in 1925 https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_11121925_quas-primas.html 3) The following year, in 1926, Pope Pius XI recognizes the Knights of Columbus for their efforts in defending the Catholic faith in Mexico during the time of persecution of the Church by the Mexican government https://www.vatican.va/content/pius-xi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_18111926_iniquis-afflictisque.html 4) The Knights of Columbus have within their ranks six priests who were martyred by the Mexican government in the 1920's and 1930's http://www.kofc.org/un/en/resources/communications/martyrs_booklet.pdf There is a story in the Columbian Magazine of a Brother Knight killed on the spot for proclaiming to be a Knight of Columbus http://www.kofc.org/en/columbia/detail/2012_05_cristero_war_knights.html The movie, "For Greater Glory," was produced with the assistance of the Knights of Columbus, telling the story of the persecution of the Catholic Church in Mexico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/For_Greater_Glory The term, "Viva Cristo Rey!" becomes a battle cry of the Cristeros after the public execution of Blessed Fr. Miguel Pro. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Pro Theme: "Salve Regina" performed by Floriani. All rights reserved. Used with permission. For more information please visit Floriani.org

-Historias De Terror- HDT
- TESOROS DE LOS CRISTEROS - |Historias De Terror| HDT

-Historias De Terror- HDT

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 10:21


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BASTA BUGIE - Santi e beati
I martiri cristeros sacerdoti, uomini, donne, anziani, bambini, morti al grido viva Cristo Re

BASTA BUGIE - Santi e beati

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 12:06


VIDEO: Dovrei scappare via da Dio? ➜ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm9_yqssVCETESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜ http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6692I MARTIRI CRISTEROS: SACERDOTI, UOMINI, DONNE, ANZIANI, BAMBINI, MORTI AL GRIDO ''VIVA CRISTO RE''La Cristiada fu la reazione del popolo messicano, profondamente cattolico, all'aggressione attuata dallo Stato autoritario nato dalla rivoluzione (VIDEO: Il martirio del sacerdote San Cristóbal)di Paolo GulisanoNel corso del Novecento, dolorosamente percorso da immani tragedie conseguenza soprattutto del clima ideologico segnato dall'odio anticristiano, si è verificato anche un episodio ancor oggi poco conosciuto di martirio. Si trattò di una tremenda persecuzione, che si trascinò poi ancora per moltissimo tempo dopo il triennio cruento (1926-1929), lasciando effetti duraturi sulla struttura politica e sociale del Messico, determinando in maniera irreversibile il destino forse anche dell'intero sub-continente latino-americano. Fu un conflitto scatenato contro una società contadina, tradizionale, cattolica, un'aggressione perpetrata da uno Stato autoritario uscito da un processo rivoluzionario. Sarà papa Giovanni Paolo II (1978-2005) ad elevare agli onori degli altari alcuni martiri della persecuzione messicana: sacerdoti e laici, militanti delle organizzazioni cattoliche, tra cui san Manuel Morales, presidente della Lega Nazionale per la difesa della libertà religiosa. Uomini e donne che testimoniarono con coraggio la loro fede contro un governo che nella propria Costituzione affermava, tra l'altro, che «L'esistenza di qualsiasi ordine e congregazione religiosa resta proibito» (art. 5); «ogni culto è proibito fuori delle chiese, e nelle chiese il culto sarà sempre sottomesso all'ispezione dell'autorità civile» (art. 24); «le chiese sono proprietà dello Stato. Tutte le associazioni religiose sono incapaci di acquistare, possedere o amministrare beni immobili».I PRIMI MARTIRI CRISTEROS: JOAQUIM SILVA E MANUEL MELGAREJOL'epopea della Cristiada annovera come suoi protomartiri Joaquim Silva e Manuel Melgarejo, il primo di 27 anni, il secondo di soli 17, entrambi mlitanti della Gioventù cattolica. Dopo il provvedimento della sospensione del culto pubblico voluto dai vescovi messicani per protestare contro le misure del governo, Silva aveva cominciato, insieme all'amico, a percorrere il paese e a tenere conferenze nelle quali, grazie ad una solida cultura, una fede appassionata e una concezione della vita come milizia, sapeva accendere gli animi dell'uditorio e spronarlo alla lotta. Domenica 12 settembre 1925, mentre si dirigevano in treno a Zamora per tenervi uno di questi incontri, vennero arrestati e condannati a morte senza nemmeno un processo. Inutilmente Silva chiese che almeno l'amico minorenne fosse risparmiato. Entrambi furono condotti al muro, dove i soldati non riuscirono a strappare dalle loro mani le corone del Rosario. Di fronte al plotone d'esecuzione Joaquim Silva tenne un discorso talmente toccante per sentimenti religiosi e patriottici, che gli stessi soldati ne furono commossi. Uno di essi si rifiutò di prender parte all'esecuzione, così che venne a sua volta arrestato e passato per le armi il giorno seguente. Joaquim disse con fermezza al comandante: «Non siamo dei criminali, né abbiamo paura della morte. lo stesso vi darò il segnale di sparare, quando griderò viva Cristo Re, viva la Vergine di Guadalupe». Così avvenne: al grido di battaglia e di vittoria lanciato dai due giovani partì la scarica di fucileria che li abbatté.I corpi dei due eroi furono esposti più tardi nel cimitero: stringevano ancora tra le mani i rosari, e furono rivestiti di bianche vesti, dopo che i loro abiti insanguinati erano stati divisi in frammenti, come reliquie, tra i fedeli del paese.Tra i martiri si poterono annoverare anche amministratori pubblici, come Luis Navarro Origel, il sindaco terziario francescano della città di Peniamo, fondatore nella sua regione dell'Ordine dei Cavalieri di Colombo, di società di mutuo soccorso, casse rurali, sezioni della Gioventù Cattolica, circoli culturali, scuole di catechismo, propagatore instancabile dell'adorazione eucaristica notturna. Dopo quattro anni di amministrazione corretta e vantaggiosa per la popolazione, venne destituito di forza dal governo, prima di essere assassinato. Un'altra figura commovente della persecuzione fu Tomàs de la Mora, di Colima, un ragazzo di soli sedici anni, uno dei più attivi membri del locale Circolo Cattolico, che svolgeva l'attività di catechista tra i bambini più poveri. Il 15 agosto 1927 fu arrestato per il semplice motivo che portava uno scapolare, ossia un pezzo di stoffa con una immagine sacra, simbolo di una confraternita religiosa. Il comandante della caserma gli domandò se avesse rapporti con "i fanatici", ovvero preti, frati, cattolici e briganti. «Non fanatici - rispose il ragazzo - ma liberatori della Chiesa e della Patria dai tiranni». Tomàs fu allora frustato, affinché fornisse informazioni sui ribelli, ma fu tutto inutile. Il comandante ordinò allora che venisse impiccato all'Albero della libertà che era stato eretto, cupo retaggio della Rivoluzione Francese, nella piazza principale della città.ANCHE SACERDOTI E DONNEUn esempio di eroismo femminile è quello di Eleonora Garduno, arrestata per complicità coi ribelli. Interrogata dal generale Ortiz, uno dei principali collaboratori di Calles, che aveva per motto "Il mio dio è il diavolo", la cui figura portava tatuata sul petto, ricevette dal militare l'offerta della scarcerazione, in cambio di una docile collaborazione. La ragazza rispose: «Lei mi chiede una cosa impossibile: io continuerò a lavorare finché questo governo cadrà». Anche lei finì davanti al plotone d'esecuzione.Quando portarono alla moglie dell'avvocato Gonzales, una delle guide dell'insurrezione, il cadavere straziato del marito, la donna chiamò vicino i figli e disse: «Guardatelo, è vostro padre. È un martire della Fede. Promettetegli che anche voi sarete degni figli e continuerete un giorno la sua opera».Accanto a questi uomini, donne e ragazzi, occorre ricordare il tanto sangue sacerdotale versato. Furono centinaia i sacerdoti uccisi: poveri parroci di villaggio, giovani strappati dal seminario (con l'intenzione di "liberarli"!) monaci uccisi nei loro conventi. Fra di essi il più celebre è senz'altro il beato padre Miguel Augustin Pro, gesuita, di Guadalupe, assassinato a soli trentasette anni nel 1927, riconosciuto come martire dalla Chiesa il 25 settembre 1988.Ma non solo lui. Il beato padre Elia Nieves, agostiniano: nonostante il divieto, continuò a esercitare il suo ministero, recandosi ovunque era necessario confortare, aiutare, amministrare i sacramenti. La polizia, venuta a conoscenza dei fatti, lo fece pedinare e arrestare mentre, in una soffitta, celebrava la Messa. Condannato a morte, venne condotto sul luogo dell'esecuzione. Dopo essersi inginocchiato a pregare, si rivolse ai soldati del plotone di esecuzione: «In ginocchio, figli miei. Prima di morire voglio darvi la mia benedizione». I soldati obbedirono e si inchinarono riverenti al gesto del sacerdote. Mentre padre Nieves tracciava il segno di croce, l'ufficiale che comandava il picchetto, infuriato, gli sparò al petto, uccidendolo mentre ancora benediva.A volte gli aguzzini si divertivano a infierire sui sacerdoti senza ucciderli; venivano loro tagliate le braccia per impedire che in futuro potessero celebrare la Messa. Don Pablo Garcia subì una sorte atroce: parroco zelante, anch'egli sfidava le leggi e ogni pericolo. Volle celebrare con grande solennità la festa nazionale di Nostra Signora di Guadalupe e il 12 dicembre raccolse il suo popolo in un luogo solitario sulla montagna di S. Juan de los Lagos. Scoperto, arrestato, venne orribilmente torturato per giorni. «La morte, ma mai tradire» ripeteva il sacerdote, finché fu finito a colpi di pistola. San David Uribe, annoverato nel gruppo di martiri canonizzati da papa Giovanni Paolo II, fu strappato al suo gregge, dopo essere stato rinchiuso in un campo di concentramento. Riuscì tuttavia ad evadere e tornò alla sua parrocchia di Iguala, continuando ad esercitare, in forma clandestina, il suo ministero. Finì per essere nuovamente arrestato. Il generale governativo Castrejon propose ai parrocchiani di riscattare il sacerdote consegnando tremila pesos. Furono raccolti immediatamente, a costo anche di enormi sacrifici, ma il parroco non fu rilasciato: si pretendeva da lui un pubblico atto di apostasia e di adesione alla scismatica chiesa patriottica. Pabre Uribe rifiutò decisamente e fu allora sottoposto a lunghe torture, tra le quali il supplizio della graticola. La Domenica delle Palme del 1927 spirò dopo i terribili tormenti subiti.Le sue ultime parole furono: «la morte piuttosto che rinnegare il Vicario di Cristo, lo amo il Papa! Viva il Papa!». Il suo corpo, gettato per strada, venne raccolto e gli fu data sepoltura con grandi onori.

Historia Chiquita
Episodio 5. Cross Promo. La monja, el periodista y el magnicida por Esto No es Radio

Historia Chiquita

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 28:11


Era el verano de 1928 y "La Guerra Cristera" entre La Iglesia Católica y el Estado Mexicano no terminaba cuando un joven dibujante y ferviente católico de nombre José de León Toral decide asesinar al Presidente Electo Álvaro Obregón. Toral pensaba que haciendo esto, el conflicto se terminaría, y él se convertiría en un mártir. Al final, el destino de José de León Toral fue otro, pero las repercusiones del magnicidio continuaron a través de generaciones y siguen hasta nuestros días. Este episodio se llama: La monja, el periodista y el magnicida.“La monja, el periodista y el magnicida” fue escrito por Fernando “Micro” Hernández Becerra, y editado por Mitzi Pineda. Mezcla y diseño sonoro de Luis Raúl López y Fernando "Micro" Hernández Becerra. Fact checking de Sandra Fernández.Érick Yáñez interpreta a José de León Toral. Luis Raúl López es el reportero de La Prensa y el coronel que interroga a José de León Toral.Música de Monplaisir, Lloyd Rogers y Luis Raúl López, quien interpreta "El limoncito", la canción que sonaba justo en el momento en que José de León Toral asesinaba al presidente electo Álvaro Obregón.La ilustración de este episodio, corrió a cargo de Mónica Vargas Michel, la encuentras en instagram como @monnvm.Agradecimientos especiales a José Carlos Toral por compartir su historia con esto no es radio.Estamos en Twitter como @estonoesradio, Instagram @estonoesradiomx y Facebook: Esto no es radio oficial.Recuerda visitar estonoesradio.mx donde encontrarás todos los podcasts de esta casa productora, como 2050: el fin que no fue.Support the show (https://patreon.com/historiachiquita)

Renovo Podcast
Renovo Episode 225: Miguel Pro & Mexican Independence

Renovo Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 24:52


What did the Cristeros actually fight for? Did the ends justify the means?

Padre Escobita's Podcast
CRISTEROS | DON DE LA FORTALEZA

Padre Escobita's Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2021 60:19


El padre Ed Broom, OMV (Oblato de la Virgen María), cariñosamente conocido como el Padre Escobita, fue ordenado sacerdote por san Juan Pablo II en 1986. Es asistente del párroco en la Iglesia de San Pedro Chanel en Hawaiian Gardens (California). Allí imparte retiros, da los Ejercicios Espirituales de San Ignacio de Loyola, organiza y […] The post CRISTEROS | DON DE LA FORTALEZA appeared first on Padre Edward Broom, OMV (P.Escobita).

Living the Truth in Charity
SPIRITUAL TALK (FRENCH) Saint José-Luis Sanchez del Rio, jeune martyr Cristeros, raconté aux enfants

Living the Truth in Charity

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 11:24 Transcription Available


SPIRITUAL TALK (FRENCH) Saint José-Luis Sanchez del Rio, jeune martyr Cristeros, raconté aux enfants

Literatika

Narradora, dramaturga, periodista y poeta, Elena Garro es probablemente una de las escitoras hispanoamericanas que mejor exploró el choque entre ilusión y realidad en América Latina. Nació el 11 de diciembre de 1916, en Puebla, México, y murió de cáncer de pulmón el 22 de agosto de 1998, en Cuernavaca. Su padre era español (asturiano) y su madre, mexicana. Pasó su infancia en la ciudad de México, pero se mudó a Iguala, Guerrero, durante la Guerra de los Cristeros (1926-29).

Historias Católicas
Fe de Cristeros! | 10

Historias Católicas

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 52:02


La historia los ignora, pero la sangre de estos héroes encienden la Fe, en quien quiera escuchar esta historia. Los Cristeros de México! Síguenes en las redes: MilesChristiMX --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fr-gonzalo/message

Incredible, Not Credible: A History

In this episode of Incredible, Not Credible, Marlee discusses Dr. James Barry, the woman who disguised herself as a man to become a surgeon in the 1800's. Kelly takes us through one of Mexico's harshest wars, the Cristeros war. Lesson? Never judge a book by its cover.

The Farm
WACL V: Los Tecos w/ Keith Allen Dennis & Recluse

The Farm

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 152:03


World Anti-Communist League, WACL, WACL series, Los Tecos, secret societies, dirty wars, Latin America, death squads, Mexico, Freemasonry, Cristeros, Mexican Revolution, Cristeros War, synarchy, Martinism, Les Invisilbes, Stefan Possony, Jesuits, White Brigades, Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara Cartel, Mexican drug cartels, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Carlos Cuesta Gallardo, Nazis, DFS, Manuel Buendía, Theosophy, occultism, Freemasonry in Mexico, Francisco I. Madero, PRI, Institutional Revolutionary Party, Tlatelolco massacre

Arrepentidos, Conversos, Testigos...
Cristeros y el Padre Pio?... hum... Padre Pro...

Arrepentidos, Conversos, Testigos...

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 54:55


Cayo, Acacio y Adrión hablan sobre el Beato Miguel Agustín Pro o Padre Pio,... Perdón, Padre Pro, y la Guerra de los Cristeros, aún sin definir.

BASTA BUGIE - Santi e beati
Il sacerdote Cristeros che fu ucciso perchè si rifiutava di violare il segreto della confessione

BASTA BUGIE - Santi e beati

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 6:30


TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6283IL SACERDOTE CRISTEROS CHE FU UCCISO PERCHE' SI RIFIUTAVA DI VIOLARE IL SEGRETO DELLA CONFESSIONE di Gianpiero PettitiMateo Correa Magallanes nasce nel 1866 in Messico, in una famiglia povera, così povera che non potrebbe mai permettersi il lusso di farlo studiare. E lui, che invece vuole diventare sacerdote, va a lavorare nella portineria del seminario per guadagnare quanto basta per andare a scuola. Per capacità, merito e buona condotta vince poi una borsa di studio, che gli permette di continuare a studiare senza dover anche lavorare.Viene ordinato prete a 26 anni e subito lo aspetta un intenso lavoro pastorale in varie parrocchie. La persecuzione contro i cattolici lo sorprende mentre è a Valparaíso, una parrocchia vivace in cui l'Azione Cattolica sta diffondendo e raccogliendo adesioni al "Manifesto" con cui si chiede al Governo l'abrogazione delle leggi anticlericali in vigore.La situazione deve essere troppo effervescente e l'iniziativa cattolica deve raccogliere troppi consensi, se a livello centrale si decide di mandare a Valparaíso il generale Eulogio Ortíz, non a caso soprannominato "El Cruel" (= il Crudele). Come a dire: a mali estremi, estremi rimedi. In pochi giorni Ortiz riesce a dimostrare quanto gli sia appropriato quel soprannome e dispiega tutta la sua azione repressiva, soprattutto nei confronti dei giovani cattolici.IL PROCESSO E LA LIBERAZIONERiesce anche ad arrestare e a mandare sotto processo Padre Matteo e il suo collaboratore, insieme ad alcuni giovani, ritenuti i rappresentanti delle associazioni cattoliche locali, ma il giudice li assolve "perché il fatto non sussiste". Quelli vengono accolti in parrocchia come trionfatori, mentre il generale se lo lega al dito, come un affronto personale di cui prima o poi vuole vendicarsi. Il suo livore è soprattutto nei confronti di Padre Matteo, che sta utilizzando il periodo a lui favorevole per rianimare e rafforzare i suoi cristiani, in attesa della nuova ondata di persecuzioni che, lui sente, non tarderà di certo.Il 30 gennaio 1927, mentre sta andando a portare gli ultimi sacramenti ad una malata accompagnato dal figlio di questa, incrocia una pattuglia di militari: riconosciuto da uno di loro e immediatamente arrestato, ha appena il tempo di consegnare ad una persona fidata la sua teca con l'ostia consacrata. Per strada gli riesce perfino di familiarizzare con i soldati e la serata finisce con la recita del rosario, guidato da lui ed al quale essi rispondono in coro.La musica, però, cambia il giorno dopo, quando è davanti al generale Ortíz, al quale non sembra vero di aver messo le mani su colui che è la sua spina nel fianco: "El Cruel" non può dimenticare lo smacco subito per colpa di quel prete, che in parrocchia è venerato come un santo e di cui la gente si fida ciecamente. Ormai gli è chiaro che è per colpa di Padre Matteo se a Valparaíso la politica anticlericale del governo non riesce ad attecchire e se le associazioni cattoliche stanno così spavaldamente alzando la testa: tutti stanno prendendo esempio da quel prete, dalla fede salda e dal coraggio inossidabile, coerente e limpido, che riesce a catalizzare tutta la parrocchia e ad infiammare i cuori.IL CRUDELECon la perfidia che gli è propria e che si addice alla sua fama di "cruel", ordina a Padre Matteo di andare a confessare in cella i "banditi" che il giorno dopo saranno fucilati e di venirgli poi a riferire quanto da essi saputo in confessione. I "banditi" altro non sono che "cristeros": messicani, cioè, che anche attraverso la lotta armata rivendicano il diritto di professare liberamente la loro fede, opponendosi all'azione anticlericale del governo, e per questo condannati a morte."El Cruel" spera così di ottenere informazioni utili per arrestare altre persone e smantellare la rivolta dei cattolici, ma forse ha sottovalutato il coraggio di Padre Matteo. Che, sacerdote fino in fondo, va subito a confessare e a preparare alla morte quei poveri condannati, ma al ritorno, si rifiuta ovviamente di riferire quanto ascoltato in confessione. La furia del generale Ortíz, che si sente beffato, esplode violenta. Minacciato di morte, Padre Matteo risponde con fermezza: "Lei può anche uccidermi, ma non sa che un sacerdote è obbligato a conservare il segreto della confessione".E così il mattino del giorno dopo, 6 febbraio, lo fa giustiziare con la propria pistola d'ordinanza nei pressi del cimitero, regalando alla Chiesa un nuovo martire della Confessione, beatificato da Giovanni Paolo II nel 1992 e canonizzato dallo stesso papa il 21 maggio 2000.Nota di BastaBugie: se il sigillo del sacramento della confessione vieta al sacerdote di rivelare quanto conosciuto durante la confessione, però anche il penitente è in qualche modo tenuto al medesimo segreto del sacerdote. Infatti se dicesse qualche cosa che può mettere in cattiva luce il confessore, deve stare zitto, tanto più che il sacerdote in questo caso non può difendersi, essendo tenuto al segreto.Insomma, almeno, per un dovere di rispetto verso il sacerdote, il fedele deve rispettare il silenzio su ciò che il confessore, confidando nella sua discrezione, gli manifesta all'interno della confessione sacramentale.Per approfondire i motivi di questa delicata questione si può leggere l'articolo seguente, cliccando sul link.CHI SI CONFESSA E' TENUTO AL SEGRETO SU CIO' CHE GLI HA DETTO IL SACERDOTEIl fedele, per correttezza verso il sacerdote, deve mantenere il silenzio su ciò che il confessore (o padre spirituale) gli ha detto, confidando nella sua discrezionedi Padre Angelo Bellonhttp://www.bastabugie.it/it/articoli.php?id=6273 Titolo originale: San Matteo Correa Magallanes, sacerdote e martireFonte: Santi e Beati, 19 settembre 2010Pubblicato su BastaBugie n. 682

TAN Books Podcast
La Cristiada (The Cristeros) w/ Fr Daniel Heenan, FSSP

TAN Books Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 56:39


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BASTA BUGIE - Cinema
FILM GARANTITI: Cristiada - San Josè Sanchez del Rio, il martire cristeros 14enne (2012) *****

BASTA BUGIE - Cinema

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 13:11


TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=231SAN JOSÈ SANCHEZ DEL RIO, IL MARTIRE CRISTEROS 14ENNE di Paolo GulisanoQuesta mattina in Piazza San Pietro sarà proclamato santo Josè Sanchez del Rio, il piccolo martire della spaventosa persecuzione anti-cattolica che si scatenò in Messico negli anni Venti del secolo scorso. La Canonizzazione ha luogo proprio mentre ricorre infatti il 90° anniversario della rivolta dei cattolici messicani, i quali - perseguitati da un feroce regime massonico e anti-religioso - insorsero in difesa della fede e della libertà. La rivolta finì in un martirio di popolo, in un bagno di sangue che vide barbaramente uccisi migliaia di uomini, donne, bambini, religiosi, vittime di un atroce quanto lucido progetto di scristianizzazione del Paese.Fu una delle conseguenze della presa di potere di un'ideologiafortemente anti-cristiana, che si era insediata al governo sull'onda lunga delle vicende della Rivoluzione Messicana del 1910. Una classe dirigente giacobina (con forti legami con la massoneria e con centri di potere economico-finanziari internazionali) che, liquidata la fase 'populista' della Rivoluzione, quella appunto che aveva visto come protagonisti Villa e Zapata e che è stata resa celebre da tanta cinematografia hollywoodiana, venne meno a gran parte delle promesse di giustizia sociale, in particolare nei confronti dei contadini, e instaurò una forma di governo fortemente autoritaria, che, preservando gli interessi economici di pochi oligarchi (molti dei quali statunitensi), si attirò comunque il consenso dei 'progressisti' attraverso l'attuazione di una politica culturale ferocemente avversa alla Chiesa, o meglio: ad ogni espressione sociale del cristianesimo.SOPPRESSA OGNI MANIFESTAZIONE PUBBLICA DELLA CHIESAA partire dalla Costituzione del 1917 (tuttora in vigore, con qualche piccolo aggiustamento) veniva tolta alla Chiesa personalità giuridica. Vennero chiusi tutti gli ospedali, le cliniche, gli orfanotrofi, gli istituti di accoglienza, le scuole e tutti gli istituti educativi e di ospitalità retti dai cattolici. In poche parole, venne soppressa ogni realizzazione sociale, pubblica, che la fede e la carità avevano realizzato nel corso di quattro secoli in Messico. Veniva lasciata - ma solo per poco tempo - la libertà di celebrare il culto. Un cristianesimo confinato nella sagrestie e allontanato dalla società.Questa strategia era analoga ad altre messe in atto dalla Rivoluzione Francese in poi: relegare Dio in cielo e i credenti nelle chiese (una sorta di 'riserve' per chi si ostinasse ancora, dopo l'emancipazione dalla religione, a voler seguire le 'superstizioni religiose'). La finalità era la stessa di tutti i totalitarismi che pretendono di costruire l'uomo nuovo, violentando quella che è la natura dell'uomo stesso, la sua realtà concreta, in forza delle pretese dell'utopia. Come disse Lenin in uno dei più significativi esempi di questa forma mentis, «se la realtà non corrisponde alle teorie, tanto peggio per la realtà».Così avvenne per il Messico, che subì il furore ideologico di chi stabilì che il paese andava purgato da ogni segno visibile del cristianesimo, a cominciare dalla società per finire alla coscienza dei singoli. Un'immane opera di scristianizzazione compiuta con la forza. Infatti si procedette con gli arresti, con le violenze fisiche, con le minacce, con la perdita del lavoro, con le uccisioni.Di fronte a questa aggressione, i cattolici percorsero ogni via pacifica di opposizione: dalla raccolta di più di un milione di firme di protesta, al boicottaggio dei prodotti governativi, ad altre forme di resistenza civile e non violenta. La risposta del governo fu un ulteriore giro di vite: arresti, torture, fucilazioni senza nemmeno la parvenza di un processo. Ne fecero le spese tutti, anche se particolare fu l'accanimento nei confronti di religiose e sacerdoti. Alla fine, davanti alla spietata mattanza che devastava il paese, non restò che la scelta della legittima difesa in armi, allo scopo di salvaguardare i propri cari. Scoppiò la rivolta dei 'Cristeros' (così venivano definiti sprezzantemente dai governativi i fedeli, a motivo della loro devozione a Cristo Re).Non fu esattamente una guerra civile, almeno per l'idea che comunemente si ha di guerra civile, come di contrapposizione fra due fazioni politiche. Nel caso del Messico c'era invece da una parte un partito, una lobby al potere dotata di mezzi economici e di un esercito di leva obbligato a combattere contro i propri compatrioti e fratelli, e dall'altra un popolo intero che combatteva unicamente per difendere le libertà fondamentali: la libertà religiosa, la libertà di educazione per i propri figli, la libertà di vivere secondo i propri princìpi e non secondo l'ideologia imposta dallo stato. Fu una autentica guerra contro la religione, contro ogni segno della fede incarnata che pure costituiva la più autentica identità del Messico.SAN JOSÈ SANCHEZ DEL RIOTra i martiri che sfidarono questo potere e diedero la vita per testimoniare il loro amore alla Verità ci fu Josè Sanchez del Rio, un ragazzo che aveva appena tredici anni, appartenente alla Gioventù Cattolica, sezione aspiranti. Quando Callés diede inizio alla carneficina, volle far parte dell'Armata, andandosi a presentare ad uno dei suoi capi, il generale Mendoza. «Se io non sono in grado di portare il fucile - disse - potrà servirsi di me in molti modi, come custodire i cavalli, lavorare in cucina, portare l'acqua e le munizioni».Volle essere un Soldato di Cristo Re. Scrisse alla madre: «Mamma, non lasciarmi perdere la bella occasione di guadagnarmi il Paradiso con così poca fatica e molto presto». Josè è ricordato come un bambino vivace, un amico per tutti pronto al gioco e allo scherzo, ma che non tralasciava mai di partecipare ogni giorno alla Messa e di accostarsi ai Sacramenti. Nell'accampamento era il beniamino. Pochi mesi dopo il suo arruolamento fu ammesso a fare parte del corpo di spedizione che si impegnò a fondo nella battaglia di Cotija il 5 febbraio 1928. Sanchez si trovava presso il generale Mendoza. Quando il cavallo del suo superiore cadde ucciso al suolo, il piccolo soldato saltò a terra, offrendo al generale la sua cavalcatura. Il suo gesto non servì: vennero fatti entrambi prigionieri. I nemici si stupirono per la presenza di un bambino tra le fila dei cristeros: lo minacciarono di fucilazione se non avesse dato notizie sui ribelli. Josè si oppose, sdegnato.Venne rinchiuso nella Chiesa del villaggio, che era stata trasformata in pollaio. Josè passò la notte pregando, ma quando si accorse, alle prime luci dell'alba, della presenza di galli e galline nella chiesa, preso dall'indignazione tirò il collo a tutti gli animali. Quando i carcerieri se ne resero conto, lo picchiarono selvaggiamente. Alle botte Josè rispose: «Lasciatemi vivo per la fucilazione, per morire martire». Per fargli paura lo fecero assistere alle impiccagioni di altri prigionieri, ma Josè non si fece prendere dalla disperazione, e pregava per loro. Gli fu permesso di scrivere alla mamma: «Cara mamma, mi hanno catturato e stanotte mi fucileranno. E' venuta l'ora che io ho atteso tanto. Io ti saluto insieme ai miei fratelli, e ti prometto che in Paradiso preparerò un buon posto anche per voi tutti».Si firmò Josè Sanchez del Rio, «che muore in difesa della Fede, per amore di Cristo Re e della Regina di Guadalupe». Fu ucciso, in odio alla Fede, il 10 Febbraio 1928.TESTIMONIARE LA PROPRIA FEDEIl grande intellettuale francese Andre Frossard scriveva anni fa «il mondo vuole un cristianesimo smorto e pusillanime, ansioso di ottenere il diritto di cittadinanza in una società che lo disprezza». Josè e i Cristeros ci insegnano ancora oggi che il cristiano non deve avere paura di fronte al mondo di testimoniare la propria fede. Ma la sua canonizzazione avviene in un contesto storico sia locale che globale che non può non interrogarci e riattualizza quel sacrificio. Ancora oggi, come 87 anni fa, il Messico sta vivendo una nuova ondata di persecuzioni e politiche totalitarie. L'imponente manifestazione del Frente Nacional por la Familianasce proprio come reazione alla decisione del presidente del Messico di impedire la libertà di educazione e quella religiosa, attraverso i vessilli della teoria gender che si vuole introdurre in tutte le scuole oltre all'introduzione del matrimonio omosessuale.Vescovi messicani iniziano ad essere denunciati e molte scuole sono chiamate al sacrificio della perdita dell'accreditamento, come mostrato anche in Spagna.A queste politiche distruttive per l'uomo, non meno anticlericali di quelle delle lobby massoniche al governo nel Paese centr'americano, si si oppone, oggi come ieri, con le armi della preghiera, della testimonianza pubblica e della fede e non è un caso che nel corso dei tanti cortei di piazza, gli oltre 2 milioni di camisetas blancas abbiano issato l'effige di Sanchez Del Rio che al grido di que viva Cristo rey ha fatto risplendere la sua gloria in un campo di battaglia che lo vedeva martire.Il suo sacrificio ci arriva ancor oggi in un mondo ostile alla proposta cristiana e alla verità ultima sull'uomo, un mondo che attraverso nuove forme di ideologia vuole tappare la bocca alla libertà.

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FILM GARANTITI: Cristiada - L'epopea dei Cristeros messicani (2012) *****

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 13:43


TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=69L'EPOPEA DEI CRISTEROS MESSICANI di Oscar SanguinettiLa rivolta dei cristeros inizia nel 1926 e si conclude, anche se non definitivamente, nel 1929. E cristeros deriva da Cristos Reyes, i "Cristi-Re", come gli avversari definivano con intento spregiativo gli insorti cattolici che combattevano al grido di "Viva Cristo Re!", riprendendo il tema della regalità di Cristo, all'epoca molto popolare e in sintonia con l'enciclica sull'istituzione della festa di Cristo Re "Quas primas", pubblicata nel 1925 da Papa Pio XI (1922-1939).Nel Messico, nei secoli seguenti la scoperta e la conquista dell'America, era avvenuta una feconda fusione fra cattolicesimo e cultura indigena. La civiltà iberoamericana, una miscela di elementi senza eguali nel tempo e nello spazio, vi aveva dato frutti di grande originalità in tutti i campi, compresi quelli delle arti figurative e della musica. All'inizio del secolo XX questa cultura, con una religiosità luminosa, pubblica, sopravvive ancora, anche se allo stato residuale e subalterno, nei ceti popolari e rurali, mentre le classi alte e il ceto politico e intellettuale hanno ampiamente assorbito le idee illuministiche e liberali. Dagli inizi del secolo alla guida della repubblica presidenziale federale messicana, per lo più a seguito di colpi di Stato e di guerre civili, si era avvicendata una serie di generali o di despoti, espressione della fazione di volta in volta vincente all'interno dell'unico e intoccabile establishment massonico e laicista, prevalso nella seconda metà dell'Ottocento. Quando scoppia l'insurrezione cattolica è al potere un generale, Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945), che pratica una politica rigidamente "modernizzatrice" (il suo partito si autodefinisce "rivoluzionario istituzionale"), filostatunitense e con simpatie per il nascente socialismo latinoamericano. Questa politica porta il governo messicano a inasprire la lotta contro la Chiesa, vista non solo come centro sovranazionale di diffusione dell'"oppio del popolo" (secondo il cliché laicista) ma pure come bastione della conservazione e come ostacolo al latente totalitarismo statale. Il regime di Calles si differenzia dai precedenti per lo stile, il pugno di ferro, lo spirito da scontro epocale che egli ostenta, anche personalmente, nel realizzare la sua politica e che gli varrà, fra i cattolici, il nomignolo di "Nerone".IL CONFLITTO FRA STATO E CHIESANel 1917 il governo di Venustiano Carranza (1859-1920) vara una costituzione fortemente laicistica, che però non viene mai applicata. Nel 1926 il Governo Calles ordina ai governatori dei diversi Stati di emanare decreti volti a far applicare il dettato costituzionale in materia di disciplina dei culti. Essi prevedevano, di fatto, la radicale separazione fra Chiesa e Stato, la completa scristianizzazione dei luoghi pubblici (tribunali, scuole, e così via), l'esproprio totale degli edifici di culto e dei seminari, la proibizione dei voti e degli ordini religiosi, la trasformazione del clero in un corpo di funzionari statali e il "numero chiuso" per lo stesso clero, che doveva essere messicano di nascita, sancendo così l'espulsione dei missionari stranieri. Nel 1925 il Governo, mentre favorisce la diffusione delle missioni protestanti nordamericane, tenta anche - ma invano, a causa della reazione dei cattolici -, di dar vita a una Chiesa Nazionale separata da Roma. Le violenze poliziesche seguenti il tentativo di applicare la nuova disciplina antiecclesiastica, in vigore dal 31 luglio 1926, generano immediatamente la reazione del mondo cattolico, che dà vita a una Lega Nazionale di Difesa della Libertà Religiosa. L'episcopato messicano, in sintonia con la Segreteria di Stato vaticana, retta dal card. Pietro Gasparri (1852-1934), dopo diversi tentativi, falliti, di resistenza legale non violenta - scioperi, boicottaggi e petizioni popolari -, ritiene di reagire alla escalation del terrorismo governativo con un provvedimento inusitato e clamoroso: in segno di protesta sospende completamente l'esercizio del culto pubblico. L'atto, senz'altro legittimo, si rivela però imprudente perché non teneva conto della determinazione degli ambienti governativi di andare fino in fondo nell'affermare il proprio controllo sulla Chiesa - anche se prove in questo senso non erano mancate negli anni precedenti - e, soprattutto, sottovalutava l'impatto che la sospensione del culto avrebbe avuto sul vissuto popolare quotidiano, specialmente dei più umili. Infatti, la cultura del popolo, profondamente nutrita di Bibbia e di leggende religiose, caratterizzata da una forte tensione escatologica, vivacizzata da un'intensa e diffusa pratica devozionale, interpretava consuetamente gli avvenimenti all'interno di categorie che si potrebbero definire "mistiche" e "apocalittiche". Anche la persecuzione di Calles viene dunque letta come l'abbattersi di un flagello biblico, e con altrettanto spirito apocalittico nasce nel popolo la convinzione che occorra reagire, come i fratelli Maccabei, impugnando le armi per ripristinare la giustizia violata.L'INSURREZIONEFin dai giorni immediatamente seguenti la sospensione del culto, in più di uno Stato, iniziano ad accendersi focolai di sollevazione. La Santa Sede si oppone alla rivolta armata, l'episcopato non la promuove né l'appoggia. Il mondo cattolico ufficiale - la Lega Nazionale di Difesa della Libertà Religiosa - persiste nell'azione di resistenza legale, che viene repressa con ancora maggiore asprezza: i federali non fanno distinzioni troppo sottili fra cristeros e circoli di Azione Cattolica, il che provoca innumerevoli martiri, particolarmente fra il clero. Il più noto è il sacerdote gesuita Miguel Agustín Pro (1891-1927), beatificato da Papa Giovanni Paolo II il 25 settembre 1988.Dall'agosto del 1926 i focolai di rivolta diventano un incendio che divampa in quasi tutti gli Stati della federazione. Comunità intere si sollevano in massa. Clan familiari e confraternite laicali si danno alla macchia sulle montagne, da dove attaccano le truppe federali e le formazioni irregolari filogovernative, i cosiddetti "agraristi". Lo scontro è fin da subito violentissimo. Contro i ribelli, che gli avversari disprezzano come esseri subumani, numerosi ma male armati e privi d'inquadramento militare, il Governo mobilita le truppe migliori dell'esercito nazionale, inclusa l'aviazione. Ciononostante, i cristeros, forti dell'appoggio popolare e praticando la guerriglia, infliggono gravi perdite ai federali e aumentano, passando a controllare e ad amministrare aree sempre più vaste del territorio nazionale, in particolare nella parte centro-meridionale del paese, negli Stati di Durango, Morelia, Jalisco, Zacatecas, Michoacan, Veracruz, Colima e Oaxaca. Un salto di qualità si ha quando, nel 1927, la guida dell'esercito cristero (che conta circa ventimila uomini) viene presa dall'ex generale federale Enrique Gorostieta Velarde (1891-1929), che aderisce inizialmente alla rivolta più per spirito anticonformista che per convinzione religiosa, ma che maturerà in consapevolezza, prima di essere ucciso a tradimento, in combattimento, il 2 giugno del 1929. Fra il 1927 e il 1928 gli insorti sono in grado di affrontare l'esercito federale in vere e proprie battaglie campali, con impiego dell'artiglieria e della cavalleria. Gli aiuti ai combattenti provengono dalla rete creata dalle famiglie, dalle confraternite e dalle organizzazioni di soccorso. In questa sanguinosa guerra clandestina si distinguono le brigate paramilitari femminili, intitolate a santa Giovanna d'Arco (1412-1431). Il clero (i vescovi, tranne due o tre, sono fuggiti all'estero e i sacerdoti vivono nella clandestinità) è pressoché assente fra i combattenti, che devono supplire alla mancanza dei sacramenti con la preghiera, soprattutto con la recita del rosario e dei salmi e con la devozione ai santi patroni. Alla fine del 1928 per i federali comincia a profilarsi il fantasma di una sconfitta sul campo: non riescono più a sostenere il peso della guerra civile su tanti fronti e, soprattutto, sembrano stanchi del terrore su vasta scala, che hanno scatenato contro il loro stesso popolo. Grandi battaglie hanno luogo agli inizi del 1929 (la maggiore è quella di Tepatitlán, nello Stato di Jalisco, il 19 aprile) e il movimento cristero, che conta circa cinquantamila combattenti, è molto vicino alla vittoria.GLI "ARREGLOS" E LA "SEGUNDA"Davanti alle crescenti difficoltà di domare l'insorgenza, il Governo fa balenare la possibilità di una tregua e i vertici cattolici, che non comprendono la guerra dei cristeros e sono sempre rimasti in spasmodica attesa di un segno di buona volontà da parte dell'avversario, raccolgono subito il segnale e accordi, del tutto informali, gli "Arreglos", vengono frettolosamente sottoscritti il 22 giugno 1929, con l'attenta e determinante regìa della Segreteria di Stato vaticana, e il culto pubblico riprende. Per la Chiesa e per la popolazione questo costituisce un indubbio sollievo, ma per la sollevazione armata significa la fine.Venuto meno il generale consenso popolare, costretti a cedere le armi e a tornare ai propri villaggi, i cristeros si trovano immediatamente esposti alla vendetta, anche privata, dei federali, dal momento che gli "Arreglos" non contenevano nessuna garanzia a salvaguardia dei combattenti. Mentre la Chiesa non ricupera la sua libertà e, anzi, continua a essere perseguitata, la repressione nei confronti dei combattenti cristiani (soprattutto dei capi e dei quadri), per lo più contadini, continua ininterrottamente, almeno fino agli anni 1940. Così i cristeros, dopo una ripresa disperata della rivolta fra il 1934 e il 1938 - la cosiddetta "Segunda" -, quasi scompaiono, talora fisicamente, dalla storia del paese: restano ancora oggi, indomiti, alcuni piccoli nuclei di reduci che pubblicano un periodico, David.

Storia della civiltà cristiana | RRL
169 - “Viva Cristo Rey!” Cenni storici sulla Cristiada

Storia della civiltà cristiana | RRL

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2020 3:51


Nel 1910 il vecchio Presidente messicano Porfidio Dìaz, di tendenze liberali, è defenestrato da un'insurrezione di indole giacobina e socialista, capeggiata da Francisco Madero. Ha così iniziò la rivoluzione messicana che da il via ad una politica violentemente anticlericale. Nel solo 1915, per esempio, furono assassinati ben 160 sacerdoti.

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles
American Cristeros: Will U.S. Christians be Compelled to Defend Religious Freedom?

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 84:33


Today on TruNews we detail how the fiery Jacobin Revolution erupting on America’s streets is following the same pattern of persecution that Mexican Christians confronted in the Cristeros War in 1926. We address why now is the hour for resistance, and what awaits believers in Jesus Christ if Freemason satanists burn their way to power in the USA. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart, Edward Szall. Airdate 06/26/2020

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles
American Cristeros: Will U.S. Christians be Compelled to Defend Religious Freedom?

TRUNEWS with Rick Wiles

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2020 84:33


Today on TruNews we detail how the fiery Jacobin Revolution erupting on America’s streets is following the same pattern of persecution that Mexican Christians confronted in the Cristeros War in 1926. We address why now is the hour for resistance, and what awaits believers in Jesus Christ if Freemason satanists burn their way to power in the USA. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart, Edward Szall. Airdate 06/26/2020

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FILM GARANTITI: Cristiada - I Cristeros hanno testimoniato nel martirio la loro fede gridando "Viva Cristo Re!" (2012) *****

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2020 13:44


TESTO DELL'ARTICOLO ➜http://www.filmgarantiti.it/it/articoli.php?id=70I CRISTEROS HANNO TESTIMONIATO NEL MARTIRIO LA LORO FEDE GRIDANDO ''VIVA CRISTO RE!'' di Marco RespintiPochi, purtroppo, ricordano che nel cuore nero del Novecento il Messico martire offrì una testimonianza di fede e di fedeltà al Soglio di Pietro pressoché unica al mondo.Dall'inizio del secolo, il Paese nordamericano era stato squassato da una serie di colpi di Stato inframmezzati a faide politiche che altro non erano se non "guerre civili" intestine all'unico apparato massonico-laicista costantemente al potere, che, attraversato pure da inquietanti atmosfere giacobino-nazionalistiche e da forti pulsioni socialistiche, era rigorosamente definito dall'anticattolicesimo "scientifico". Nel 1917, del resto - un annus fatalis - il Messico retto dal despota Venustiano Carranza (1859-1920) giunse persino a darsi una Costituzione che quell'anticattolicesimo formalizzava positivamente e coscientemente in legge fondamentale del Paese.Raccogliendo dunque la tempesta che tale vento aveva da tempo seminato, fu in specie il governo del generale Plutarco Elías Calles (1877-1945), ennesimo despota, che mirò alla rivoluzione socio-culturale più compiuta e "globalizzante" da ottenersi attraverso la lotta frontale all'unico, vero grande ostacolo che, nella pratica e nella quotidianità, ancora aveva il potere di arrestarne la marcia: la Chiesa Cattolica, cioè la sua gerarchia e il suo popolo di fedeli, generatori di istituti, di società, di storia.In questo quadro, le insopportabili angherie e le persecuzioni scatenate dal governo contro i cattolici risvegliarono una vera e propria "Vandea messicana", disposta anche al sacrificio in armi di sé pur di difendere il diritto di cittadinanza che spetta alla verità delle cose e a quell'unico umanesimo autentico che solo la prospettiva cattolica anche sulla società e sulla polticia garantisce per tutti, non cioè solo per i cattolici.L'insurrezione messicana prese un nome divenuto - in un circolo di cultori che non hanno rinunciato alla memoria viva - famoso. Si chiamò "Cristiada", praticamente una crociata, e i suoi cavalieri dell'ideale, nobilmente straccioni, furono i "cristeros". Era infatti così che con arroganza e saccenza li apostrofavano i nemici, storpiando la dizione "Cristos Reyes", cioè i "Cristi-Re", insomma quella gente che si ostinava a battersi e a soccombere al grido di «Viva Cristo Re!». Del resto, i cristeros combatterono indossando l'uniforme del rosario o di un grande crocifisso appesi al collo, proprio come i loro "avi" in Vandea. E quegli insorti, pur nulla offesi, se ne fecero un vanto adottando volentieri l'epiteto [...]: come san Paolo insegna che "cristiano" è una "aggettivo di possesso" che indica "colui che appartiene a Cristo" così cristero indicò chi apparteneva in toto all'unico re, Gesù. Fu una bandiera, insomma, quel nomignolo; anzi la bandiera, emblema di una concezione diversa dell'agire politico e dell'organizzare la società, antitetica a quella che li perseguitava.Nel 1926 i cristeros insorsero e tennero per tre anni, fino al 1929, testa a un nemico incommensurabile. Irrorarono il suolo del Messico di sangue martire, quello che genera conversioni, santi e l'unico bene autentico: la memoria corre qui doverosamente almeno al giovane presbitero gesuita Miguel Agustín Pro (1891-1927), beatificato dal beato Giovanni Paolo II (1920-2005) il 25 settembre 1988, ma i martiri messicani, laici e consacrati, furono legione. Alla fine sui campi di battaglia ne rimasero un numero calcolato tra i 70 e gli 85mila.Dopo quel triennio di sangue, la guerra si fermò pur senza davvero (mai) finire. Né si esaurirono le cause profonde che l'avevano generata. Il governo era solamente riuscito di fatto a dividere gli avversari e, complice anche la pavidità di certi vertici cattolici, le armi furono deposte (almeno da una delle parti in causa, visto che le rappresaglie della vendetta governativa continuarono a mietere vittime).A quasi un secolo di distanza resta la memoria di un sacrifico immenso: che non è una semplice consolazione, ma la testimonianza, dura, di una storia gloriosa verso la quale un certo mondo non ha ancora fatto bene tutti i conti. A partire dagli anni 1960 ne ha raccontato le vicende in modo ancora insuperato lo storico e sociologo alsaziano Jean Meyer Barth (da non confondere con lo storico francese Jean Meyer, che, assieme al collega Pierre Chaunu [1923-2009], ha dato impulso alle ricerche sul genocidio vandeano condotte dallo studioso bretone Reynald Secher). Tra 1973 e 1974 Meyer Barth ha quindi dato alle stampe una monografia in tre tomi, La Cristiada, continuamente - per fortuna - in edizione (la più recente è uscita a Buenos Aires nel 2003 per l'editore Siglo XXI), un'opera monumentale di cui in italiano esiste solo una sintesi - il saggio Quando la storia è scritta dai vincitori. Insurrezione vandeana e rivolta dei cristeros messicani: due sollevazioni popolari escluse dalla storia ufficiale e dalla memoria nazionale, accolto nel volume a più mani La Vandea (trad. it., Corbaccio, Milano 1995) - e qualche "reperto" in forma di intervista giornalistica.Utilissimi sono dunque due volumi di recenti produzione italiana. Anzitutto "Dio, Patria e libertà! L'epopea dei Cristeros", firmato dallo storico militare Alberto Leoni e uscito nella collana "I quaderni del Timone" (Edizioni Art, Milano 2010, pp. 64, € 6,00), poi il freschissimo di stampa "Cristiada. Messico martire. Storia della persecuzione" di Luigi Ziliani (Amicizia Cristiana, Chieti 2012, pp. 216, €15,00).Il libro di Zuliani è un felice reprint di un'opera pubblicata in presa diretta, una cronaca frutto di un viaggio-pellegrinaggio effettuato dall'autore, un sacerdote cattolico italiano, sul posto nel 1928. Don Ziliani (che tra il 1928 e il 1938 tenne in Italia e in tutta Europa circa 300 conferenze per denunciare il "dispotismo giacobino-bolscevico" del governo Calles) pubblicò il proprio reportage esplosivo dapprima con il titolo "Tre mesi nel Messico Martire" e poi lo trasformò in "Messico martire. Storia della persecuzione, eroi e martiri di Cristo Re" (Società Editrice S. Alessandro, Bergamo, 1929). Il testo venne ripubblicato ben 15 volte in 10 anni, dall'edizione del 1933 recò l'approvazione dell'arcivescovo messicano di Guadalajara, mons. Francisco Orozco y Jiménez (1864-1936), e diverse altre edizioni postume uscirono sino all'ultima del 1951.In esso il sacerdote spiegò benissimo come fu la natura autenticamente popolare del cattolicesimo messicano a far sì che a quelle latitudini la fede costituisse anche una irrinunciabile quanto cristallina scelta sociale e politica, che dunque non poteva per forza di cose essere tollerata dalle forze laiciste in quel frangente al potere nel Paese. Lo scontro fra le due civiltà antagoniste - quella edificata prendendo sul serio in ogni piega anche della storia temporale la Rivelazione del Dio che si fa uomo e quella che vorrebbe costruire prescindendo coscientemente da Dio - fu dunque "naturale", inevitabile; meraviglierebbe, cioè, se in Messico, date le premesse, fosse accaduto qualcosa di diverso da una guerra aperta...Perché, una volta fallito il tentativo di rispondere alla persecuzione sul piano legislativo e dunque legale, non rimase che l'extrema ratio dell'insurrezione. Non a caso il Messico cristero godette "dell'imprimatur" - caso più unico che raro - della stessa Santa Sede. Papa Pio XI (1857-1939) dedicò infatti alla persecuzione anticattolica di quello sfortunato Paese nordamericano non uno ma ben quattro documenti magisteriali, tre dei quali furono nientemeno che encicliche, oggi opportunamente raccolti nel volume Encicliche sulle persecuzioni in Messico, 1926-1937 (Amicizia Cristiana, 2012, pp. 78, € 7,00).Il primo fu la lettera apostolica Paterna sane, del 2 febbraio 1926, con cui il pontefice suggeriva all'episcopato messicano modi concreti per contrastare le leggi anticristiane promosse dal governo di Città del Messico. La seconda fu la lettera enciclica Iniquis afflitisque, del 18 novembre del medesimo anno, che, rivolgendosi significativamente alla Chiesa universale, additava la sofferenza del popolo cattolico messicano a modello di virtù per tutti. Dunque, a guerra finita, il Papa promulgò la lettera enciclica Acerba animi, del 29 settembre 1932, esortando i cattolici messicani a una nuova (forma di) resistenza. Infine venne la lettera enciclica Firmissimam constantiam, del 28 marzo 1937, la quale persino legittimò - a norma dell'antichissimo diritto di resistenza all'oppressione tirannica, che il diritto naturale e la dottrina cattolica contemplano positivamente -, l'insurrezione dei cristeros.Solo pochi giorni, anzi ore prima di quest'ultimo documento "messicano", rispettivamente il 14 e il 28 marzo, Pio XI aveva promulgato le due storiche encicliche di scomunica delle ideologie violente più note del secolo XX e in quel momento massimamente distruttive, ovvero il nazionalsocialismo ateo (e l'eresia del "cristianesimo tedesco") attraverso l'enciclica Mit brennender sorge, nonché il socialcomunismo materialistico e altrettanto ateo con l'enciclica Divini redemptoris. Alla Cattedra sempiterna di Pietro era cioè chiaro il volto che l'anticristianesimo militante, non certo una novità, assumeva in quel momento: la somma tra i due totalitarismi di massa che avvelenavano l'Europa e la persecuzione "liberale" americana che divorava il Messico.Un vero peccato che oggi solo pochi ricordino il fato dei cristeros. Eppure è un argomento di cui dovrebbe impossessarsi l'immaginario collettivo. Pensare che nel 2011 vi è stato dedicato persino un film, Cristiada, con un cast (Andy Garcia, Peter O'Toole, Eduardo Verástegui, Eva Longoria; musiche del talentuoso James Horner; effetti speciali di chi ha lavorato per i Tolkien cinematografici di Peter Jackson...) e un budget da vero kolossal. [...]

View From the Ambo
6th Easter Thursday 2020 - Witness

View From the Ambo

Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2020 7:45


St. Christopher and companions in the Cristeros movement of Mexico witnessed to Christ with their lives, and we, too, are called to give witness. Readings are found at http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/052120.cfm Give feedback at https://goo.gl/forms/iG1Tvk4cHTGhdOWz2

Breve Aula de História
Século XX - Revolução Mexicana e Cristeros

Breve Aula de História

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 4:35


Breve aula sobre a Revolução Mexicana e o surgimento da Contrarrevolução Cristera.

Sensus Fidelium Catholic Podcast
Resistance Podcast 52: La Cristiada (The Cristeros) w/ Fr. Daniel Heenan, FSSP Mexico

Sensus Fidelium Catholic Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 57:38


https://fsspmexico.mx/ ***Donations to Sensus Fidelium is 501(c)3 tax deductible***

The Fatima Center Podcast
The Deep State Connection to the Fatima Message

The Fatima Center Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 52:19


Watch the video of this podcast here: » https://fatima.org/media/father-isaac-mary-relyea-covid-19-response/ All current events should be seen in the light of Our Lady's Message at Fatima. We are living this message now. A one world government is being fashioned, many of society's structures have been infiltrated, and this coronavirus situation is being used to implement many evil objectives. Catholics should learn about the End Times, but from proper Church sources. The devil has always attempted to deprive the world of the Mass. Remember the English Martyrs, the Cristeros, the Irish Mass Rocks, and the faithful Chinese suffering today. The Church is going to have to go 'underground.' Priests ought not obey false commands from bishops, but they must remain faithful to Jesus Christ and provide for the salvation of their flock's souls. We are suffering a chastisement allowed by God. Our good God wants to give the world peace, but He will only grant it once we obey Him - and that includes the proper consecration of Russia to Mary's Immaculate Heart. Help us spread the message, Donate to the Apostolate Today! » https://fatima.org/donate/ Join The Fatima Center at our next event: https://www.fatima.org/events Get your free copy of our magazine, The Fatima Crusader: https://fatima.org/resources/crusader-magazine-subscription/ Subscribe to our email newsletter: https://fatima.org/resources/newsletter-subscription/ Contact Us: » WEBSITE: https://www.fatima.org » PHONE: 1-800-263-8160 » EMAIL: info@thefatimacenter.com » NEWSLETTER: https://fatima.org/resources/newsletter-subscription/ » FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Fatima-Center-95998926441 » YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/thefatimacenter » TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TheFatimaCenter » INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/the_fatima_center/ The Fatima Center's mission is to ensure that the entire Message of Fatima is fully known, accurately understood, and deeply appreciated so that it may be followed by all. The Fatima Center has been faithful to this mission since it was founded by the late Father Nicholas Gruner in 1978. The Message of Fatima is the ONLY solution to the crisis in the Church and the world.

Carmelite Sisters at Sacred Heart Retreat House
12/13-15/2019 Talk 5 Viva Cristo Rey - Cristeros by Patrick Madrid

Carmelite Sisters at Sacred Heart Retreat House

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2020 25:06


A very inspiring weekend retreat with Bishop James Wall and Patrick Madrid as  we grow in the deeper understanding of the battle of the Catholic Faith. Patrick Madrid lead us through the historic Catholic expeditions, including insights to the California Missions. Bishop James Wall guided us through our own spiritual journey on how to conquer evil in our lives and rebuild a lost faith. 

Cita con la Historia
Los cristeros. Morir por Cristo en México

Cita con la Historia

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2019 58:34


En los años 20, miles de mexicanos se levantaron contra el Gobierno federal mexicano cuando éste prohibió el culto religioso y trató de construir una iglesia separada de Roma. Los católicos no se limitaron a rezar, sino que además se defendieron con las armas. La película Cristiada recuerda su gesta.

Síntesis
#23 Un Podcast Mocho; Plutarco Elías Calles y los Cristeros.

Síntesis

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 25:26


En este podcast hablaremos de cómo manejamos a veces la libertad de expresión y de culto, nuestras costumbres y porque esto no es un podcast mocho

St. Dominic's Weekly
#125- Cristeros, Middle Children and a Bull Fight in Toledo - Br Jose Maria's Story - Meet the Novices!

St. Dominic's Weekly

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 39:00


Join Fr Michael as he interview Br Jose Maria about his upbringing, vocation, patron saint, experience of a bull fight in Toledo, Spain. How do you respond to relativism? Watch "Who Am I to Judge?" Here for FREE. Access Formed for FREE at stdominics.formed.org We call it the Catholic Netflix plus more! There are audio books, movies, talks and much more. Here is the code to receive the free access as a gift from St Dominic's parish 8ZV4MN.

THE OUR CATHOLIC PRAYERS PODCAST
The Crowning with Thorns and A Tale of Two Salutes to Our King

THE OUR CATHOLIC PRAYERS PODCAST

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 17:00


In the Crowning with Thorns, Our Lord was brutally mocked, yet He is our King, as the Cristeros praised Him centuries later! The transcription for this podcast can be found at https://www.ourcatholicprayers.com/the-crowning-with-thorns.html

Radio HM
Leyendas negras de la Iglesia (15): Los Cristeros

Radio HM

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 8:50


Hay quienes piensan que la Evangelización de América, y en concreto de México, se realizó de manera forzada, a través de guerras y masacres. Sin embargo, los mejicanos demostraron lo profunda que era su conversión y la sinceridad de su fe cuando se alzaron en armas contra una Constitución masónica que prohibía el culto católico. Vamos a conocer la epopeya de los «Cristeros» mejicanos.

Talking Catholic
Talking Saints - St. Jose Luis Sanchez del Rio

Talking Catholic

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2019 17:37


Viva Cristo Rey! Long live Christ the King! The rallying cry for the Cristeros who sacrificed their lives in defense of religious freedom, this phrase was uttered by the youngest of the revolutionaries, 15 year-old Jose Sanchez del Rio, just before his brutal death in 1928 at the hands of the oppressive Mexican government. On the now-saint’s feast day, Laurie and Pete unpack the courageous life of this martyr, and how his fight for the Catholic faith can inspire anyone, young and old, to stand up for the truth of the Gospel. Saint Jose Sanchez del Rio, Patron Saint of Children and Persecuted Christians, pray for us!

Puerto Vallarta Travel  Show Podcast
Kaiser Maximilian Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico an Interview with Owner Andreas Rupprechter

Puerto Vallarta Travel Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2018 66:45


An interview with the owner of Kaiser Maximilian Restaurant, Andreas Rupprechter. We talk about how he arrived in Puerto Vallarta from Austria, and the history and menu of one of Vallarta's Most Popular Restaurants. Also, Puerto Vallarta Celebrates their 100 year anniversary as a Municipality. Plus, an interview with Benjamin, the Shoeshine Man on The Malecon. [caption id="attachment_3210" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Kaiser Maximilian Restaurant, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Listen to The Podcast Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listening to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, The [caption id="attachment_2003" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] El Dorado Beach Club, and at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into the ever so romantic Vista Grill with those dramatic views of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors. Of course, at La Palapa you can enjoy that same view of the Los Muertos Pier all day long for breakfast, lunch or dinner, seated with our toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. It was so romantic, it’s so, Puerto Vallarta my friends! This week you will be meeting the prince and the pauper, Andreas Rupprechter  from one of my favorite places to eat in Puerto Vallarta, Kaiser Maximilian on the Southside on Olas Altas, and Benjamin who shine shoes on the Malecon, but first, there’s a lot happening in Puerto Vallarta, let’s see what’s happening this week, the 30th of May, 2018. Subscribe On iTunes & Leave a Good Review Subscribe on Android With Spreaker Puerto Vallarta Celebrates 100 Years [caption id="attachment_3221" align="alignright" width="233"] Puerto Vallarta 100 Year Anniversary[/caption] Tomorrow is the big day, the 100th anniversary of the naming of the city, once known as El Carrizal and Las Peñas, to Puerto Vallarta. So off to the Wiki Pages For a Little History. Just a bit of a Review for those who have followed the show from the beginning…. In 1918, the village of Las Penas was elevated to municipality status and renamed after former state governor Ignacio Vallarta. During the early years of the 20th century, most of Puerto Vallarta was owned by the Union en Cuale company, controlled by the American Alfred Geist. Geist sold land only in large plots at prices that were quite high for the time and otherwise leased the land on short term leases. To remedy this situation and to enable the new municipality to develop, the citizens petitioned the government for a land grant based on the new Mexican constitution's provisions. In 1921, the Local Agrarian Commission approved a grant of some 9,400 hectares (23,000 acres; 36 square miles), with the land to be expropriated from the Union en Cuale company. The grant was established as an ejido holding (a farming cooperative administered by the government). But legal squabbling over the size of the land grant, and the ejido status of the properties involved would stymie growth in Puerto Vallarta into the 1960s, as developers were reluctant to build anything too substantial on land for which one could not obtain clear title. (As we know, Ejido land is controlled by individuals who are given licenses to use it, but it could not be sold, subdivided or leased.) Cristero War 1926-1929 I didn’t know this, but during the Cristero War, which took place between 1926 and 1929, Vallarta was twice taken over by Cristero forces (April 1927 and January 1928). [caption id="attachment_3226" align="aligncenter" width="443"] Cristeros execution[/caption] Now, to review, The Cristero War or Cristero Rebellion (1926–29), also known as La Cristiada [la kɾisˈtjaða], was a widespread struggle in many central-western Mexican states against the secularist, anti-Catholic and anti-clerical policies of the Mexican government. The rebellion was set off by enactment under President Plutarco Elías Calles of a statute to enforce the anti-clerical articles of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 (also known as the Calles Law). Calles sought to eliminate the power of the Catholic Church and organizations affiliated with it as an institution, and to also suppress popular religious celebrations in local communities. The massive, popular rural uprising was tacitly supported by the Church hierarchy and was aided by urban Catholic support. [caption id="attachment_3222" align="alignright" width="260"] Child Cristeros[/caption] In the end, US Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow brokered negotiations between the Calles government and the Church. The government made some concessions, the Church withdrew its support for the Cristero fighters and the conflict ended in 1929. It can be seen as a major event in the struggle between Church and State dating back to the 19th century with the War of Reform, but it can also be interpreted as the last major peasant uprising in Mexico following the end of the military phase of the Mexican Revolution in 1920. The effects of the war on the Church were profound. Between 1926–34 at least 40 priests were killed There were 4,500 priests serving the people before the rebellion, but by 1934 there were only 334 licensed by the government to serve 15 million people. The rest of the priests had been eliminated by emigration, expulsion and assassination. By 1935, 17 Mexican states had no priests at all. Also,I found it interesting, being a Los Angelino myself, that the end of the Cristero War affected emigration to the US. "In the aftermath of their defeat, many of the Cristeros—by some estimates as much as 5 percent of Mexico's population—fled to America [i.e. the United States]. Many of them made their way to Los Angeles, where they found a protector in John Joseph Cantwell, the bishop of what was then the Los Angeles-San Diego diocese. “Under Archbishop Cantwell's sponsorship the Cristero refugees became a substantial community in Los Angeles, California, in 1934 staging a parade some 40,000 strong through the city. Imagine that! So where was I?  How did I get off on this tangent, oh yeah, back to Vallarta History right? So, during the Cristero War, which took place between 1926 and 1929, Vallarta was twice taken over by Cristero forces. Once in April 1927 and again in January 1928). [caption id="attachment_3225" align="alignright" width="514"] Cristeros[/caption] After it was recaptured for a second time, the national government stationed a small garrison there under Major Ángel Ocampo. The garrison was stationed near the mouth of the Cuale River and was responsible for planting many of the palms that now line the beaches near the mouth of the Cuale River. Planted to help limit beach erosion during heavy rains in October 1928. One casualty of the skirmishes was local pastor Padre Ayala who was exiled to Guadalajara for his role in fomenting the local revolt. He died there in 1943, though his remains were returned 10 years later to Puerto Vallarta, and interred in the main parish church of Our Lady of Guadalupe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristero_War So back to Vallarta History…boy that was a deep rabbit hole, sheesh, ...as mining activities in the Sierra waned in the early years of the 20th century, Puerto Vallarta and the agricultural valley to the north of the city became important destinations for those leaving the Sierra towns and looking for a place to settle. Many of those who arrived had family members already living in Puerto Vallarta, and the pattern of migration that ensued turned the town into a collection of more or less extended families, giving it the cohesion of a typical Sierra town.   A couple of dates for firsts here in Vallarta, The first airplane service arrived in 1932, with electrical service on a small scale arriving about the same time. The first suspension bridge over the Cuale went up in 1933. The city's first plumbing system was started in 1939. In 1942, Puerto Vallarta was finally connected by road to Compostela, Nay. Until then the only access to Puerto Vallarta was by sea, air, or by mule trails to the sierra towns. Also, in 1942, in the New York-based magazine Modern Mexico the first advertisement for a Puerto Vallarta vacation appeared, sponsored by the Air Transport Company of Jalisco. By 1945, the company was landing DC-3s in Puerto Vallarta (carrying 21 passengers). In 1956, the Mascota mule trail was replaced by a packed dirt road. In 1958, 24-hour electrical generation arrived. A new airport arrived in 1962 connecting Puerto Vallarta with Los Angeles via Mazatlán, and the Mexican Aviation Company began offering package trips. By the early 1960s, the population had started to spread beyond the Centro and Gringo Gulch, and the Colonias of 5 Diciembre (north of the Centro) and Emiliano Zapata (south of the Cuale River) began to grow. American director John Huston filmed his 1964 movie The Night of the Iguana in Mismaloya, a small town just south of Puerto Vallarta. During the filming, the US media gave extensive coverage to Elizabeth Taylor's extramarital affair with Richard Burton, as well as covering the frequent fighting between Huston and the film's four stars. The subsequent publicity helped put Puerto Vallarta on the map for US tourists. The Mexican federal government resolved century-old property disputes of land that had communal status, land the federal government had appropriated from the Union en Cuale mining company to be parceled out as communal farms. The land's communal (ejido) status had stifled development in the town for much of the 20th century. A significant transition of communal lands into private ownership within present Puerto Vallarta city limits took place in 1973 with the establishment of the Vallarta Land Trust (Fideicomiso) to oversee selling government land into private hands, and using the sales revenue to develop the City's infrastructure. And the rest is history my friends. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Vallarta So What is Happening in Puerto Vallarta for this 100 Year Celebration? Well, entertainment on stage on the Malecon with.. Bomba Estéreo en Concierto Wednesday at 10 Pepe Aguilar en Concierto Thursday the 31st at 11 Fireworks at 1:30 SONIDO SATANÁS cumbia (Guadalajara) / 1:30 am. Fun, fireworks and party Mexican Style. Nice!!! Also if you listened last week you heard from Jim Demetro, and he and his daughter Christina Demetro will be unveiling their new sculpture, the Fishermen, at 7:30 in the evening, on the Malecon, at Manuel Dieguez between Langostinos and the Hotel Playa Los Arcos. Afterwards, they will have a reception at the Galeria Demetro on Lazaro Cardenas. [caption id="attachment_3238" align="aligncenter" width="459"] Jim and Christina Demetro's Newest Sculpture in Puerto Vallarta, The Fishermen[/caption] I have the information in the show notes for this episode. Should Expats and Foreigners in Mexico get involved in political and Civil Matters? Last week I was talking about Efforts to legalize pot I n Mexico ala California and Colorado, and I talked about the nationwide marches in [caption id="attachment_3260" align="alignleft" width="300"] Legalizing Pot in Mexico[/caption] support of changing the law in Mexico. I broached the subject of whether or not it would be a good idea for a foreigner to protest or demonstrate in Mexico. Whether or not you would be inviting an invitation to leave the country if you did so.  So, I did a little research, and found this article in The Yucatan Times dated July 11, 2016. It’s titled, Should expats in Mexico get involved in political and civil matters? And it reads… There are many issues expats are very passionate about, and there was a time, we were willing to put ourselves in a position of discomfort to defend, placate and protect. However, the level of distress attained when standing up for ones’ beliefs should be taken into very serious consideration when visiting foreign soils, including Mexico of course.  Mexico does not look fondly upon visitors involving themselves in political and civil matters. If ones’ curiosity goes beyond this basic blog, one can check out the Mexican Constitution but in short, it addresses certain activities by saying: “The Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action.” “Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country.”  There are those who believe they are protected by the Constitution due to their permanent immigrant status, which simply isn’t the case. The Mexican Constitution also makes it very clear that “Mexicans shall have priority over foreigners under equality of circumstances for all classes of concessions…” So, if you have any notions about suing your landlord, employer or anyone you feel you have a bone to pick with, enter into your debate with the knowledge that s/he will most likely be awarded the meat of the bone, if they are Mexican by birth and you are not. Participating in protests for animals and causes seems like such a noble thing to do, but it can get you a heap of unwanted attention. Making statements about politicians, protesting the treatment of animals, getting involved in labor disputes are all precarious pastimes for some Expats living in Mexico and there have been many who have left with a one-way ticket and stories to tell. [caption id="attachment_3259" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mexican Article 33[/caption]  In 2015 more than 2000 Americans were deported from Mexico. Many of these cases involved people who had lived in the country for extended periods of time, even years. Any small incident and the authorities ask for one’s travel documents and identification, and if they don’t prove current data allowing one to be in the country, one will be lucky to have time to pack a bag. A good warning to the wise is to make sure one’s visas are up to date, keep one’s opinion to oneself and obey all the laws, no matter how emotional the situation. [embed]http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2016/07/should-expats-in-mexico-get-involved-in-political-and-civil-matters/[/embed] So, let’s read article 33 of the Mexican Constitution Article 33 "The Federal Executive shall have the exclusive power to compel any foreigner whose remaining he may deem inexpedient to abandon the national [caption id="attachment_3239" align="alignright" width="596"] Mexican Constitution[/caption] territory immediately and without the necessity of previous legal action." It also states: "Foreigners may not in any way participate in the political affairs of the country." There are many who disagree with this interpretation of the law like this guy, who writes…  Because of a legacy of US intervention in Mexican affairs, Mexico enacted the legislation Article 33 guarantees foreigners all the same rights that attach to Mexican citizens--including freedom of expression. Thus, some Mexican jurists interpret Article 33's prohibition on political activity strictly as applicable only to illegal voting or to party proselytism. All other political involvement, according to this interpretation, would be legal. But then there’s this article Foreigners Cannot Engage in Political Activity The Mexican Constitution states very clearly that "Foreigners shall not in any way involve themselves in the political matters of the country" This is emphatically interpreted to mean that foreigners do not have the right to vote, run for public office, or participate in any political event, rally or demonstration. Additionally, foreigners should stay away from all political activity including any kind of demonstration or protest even if you think it is seemingly on-political. Engaging in these kinds of activities is a good way to be asked to leave the country. https://www.bajabound.com/before/legal/rights.php Then I called my friend and friend of the show, Felix Zarate, Our Abogado, our legal eagle on call, and I asked him about the law and what he thought about foreigners protesting or demonstrating in Mexico, and here’s what he said… Be careful, if you are protesting with a group of Mexicans, and it’s not political, you should be okay. He said don’t be the leader of a group. A follower, but not a leader. That’s not to say that there aren’t silent partners out there who are not citizens, maybe even pulling strings, but if you are a foreigner, don’t get involved in politics. Then I spoke with another friend Alfonso, and he said, "In the constitution article 33 prohibits foreigners from protesting BUT it’s in regards only to some form like overthrow of the local state or federal GOV.. articles singed under United Nations and human rights commission protects free speech and right to protest any other issues as long as it has nothing to do with overthrow of GOV,, so YES you can go join a protest for animals, gay, environmental, trash ETC  .. BUT NO POLITICAL protest and only then the only person that can expel a foreigner is the President of Mexico or Secretario de Gobernacion technically secretary of state and next in line to gov Mexico." So there, you now have it from all sides. What should you do? You figure it out yourself. I’ve just given you the info, you use it as you wish. No Mas! Listener Email I got an email from listener Sonia and she writes… Hello Barry, I will be traveling to PV with my boyfriend this June for a wedding. It's a short trip, June 1-4, but we'd like to see/do as much as possible. We will be staying at Garza Blanca Resort, close to Mismaloya. In order to take in everything PV, we opted out of the all inclusive deal at the resort. That said, we will be relying heavily on public transportation to get food and get to destinations outside the resort (Malecón, Mirador Cerro de la Cruz). What time do buses start/stop offering rides? Also, we'd like to take an Uber from the  airport to the resort. Where is the best place to request Uber near the airport? Hope to hear from you soon! Love the blog, podcast, and websites you've provided! Saludos, Sonia Okay so Sonia, Thanks for listening to the podcast and reading the website. Having just returned from PV, be ready for heat and humidity. Cotton clothing is a necessity. Okay, let's see what I can do to answer your questions. Airport and Uber: How much luggage do you have and how fit are you? To take an Uber from the airport, you will need to get off the property. Walk out of the terminal, and hang a left, following the sidewalk to the street, under the bridge or on the street side of the OXXO. That's where the Uber will pick you up. It should cost you about 175-200 pesos. [caption id="attachment_1463" align="alignleft" width="300"] Bridge at Puerto Vallarta Airport[/caption] You may opt to cross the bridge and take a yellow cab for about 250 pesos. Garza Blanca is about halfway between PV and Mismaloya. They will try to get you to attend a timeshare presentation during your stay. Do yourselves a favor and politely decline. Nuff said about that. The resort straddles the highway 200, and a bus stop is right outside the hotel. You will be looking for an orange and white bus that says Mismaloya--Boca on it. 7.5 pesos. You get the same bus back to the resort right where it drops you off, at Basilio Badillo and Constitution. Tell the driver when you get on going back,  Garza Blanca. Buses run from approximately 7 AM till about 9 or 10. After that, take an uber or yellow cab. From that corner, you can walk anywhere in town. Down to the [caption id="attachment_1461" align="alignright" width="300"] OXXO at Puerto Vallarta Airport[/caption] Malecon, or up and down the streets on the Southside. The walk to the cross is straight up Aldama. you can get a ride in a cab from the Malecon. Make sure you have breakfast one morning at La Palapa. Get there before noon and get a table on the sand. Wear bug spray on your legs. Order the killer crab cake eggs benedict. OMG. Don't miss the taco stands and another great breakfast, chilaquiles Verdes con Pollo at Serrano’s, where you can see the great work in tile park, or more beach dining at Cuates y Cuetes. Make sure you call your bank before you come and let them know you will be using your debit card for cash withdrawals. Follow my tips about that. You will be paying for everything in pesos. Also, don't miss behind the Garza Blanca is a trailhead to the Cascades. This time of year, it's probably a trickle due to no rain since October but ask at the desk of the resort where the trail is, and if there is a waterfall to see. There are different levels and the higher you go, the more strenuous the hike, as in straight up.  I have a link to the cascades attached. Also, wear bug spray here if you take the hike. A necessity. https://goo.gl/maps/Srq45sBTmdk Print out JR's Maps, and let me know if you need any other tips. http://vallartainfo.com/old-town-map/ Have fun!!!! Speaking of letters and emails, I have a listener who is taking me to task about the report I gave a few weeks back about Carbon monoxide and alarms and such. But I don’t have time to address that today, maybe next week for sure. Okay, let’s get to the interviews. Listen to The Interviews Benjamin The Shoeshine Man on The Malecon in Puerto Vallarta [caption id="attachment_3232" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Benjamin and His Friends on The Malecon[/caption] One afternoon, I was walking along the Malecon, not too far from the bridge when I heard someone singing to me. I look up, and I see this guy, with three others, sitting on the seawall with their backs to the ocean, facing me, all sitting behind a card table set up with Mexican handicrafts. I [caption id="attachment_3234" align="alignright" width="300"] Hand Crafts For Sale on The Malecon[/caption] walked up, hoping to get some interesting audio, and I got a total surprise. Let’s meet the shoeshine guy on the Malecon, Benjamin. [caption id="attachment_3236" align="aligncenter" width="276"] Benjamin's Shoeshine Box[/caption] So, for the simple and the not so simple people of Vallarta, the Mountains are the place to be. Did you hear that wistfulness in Benjamin’s voice when he talks about living off the land up in San Sebastian? A simple guy, who has no home. Lives on the streets, shining shoes for a living. Look for him on the Malecon. I have pictures of him, and a picture of his shoe shine box. What a nice guy! [caption id="attachment_3235" align="alignleft" width="225"] Benjamin and His Shoe Shine Kit on The Malecon in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Next up, we go in a totally different direction, from shoe shine man to a true prince. Kaiser Maximilian Restaurant in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico   Listen to The Interview   [caption id="attachment_3242" align="alignleft" width="580"] Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Back in January I had an interview with Federico Casco, Freddy of the famous Olas Altas Farmacia, and I asked him what his favorite place to have dinner, and he said, across the street at Kaiser Maximilian, they have the best food. He told me his favorite, the short rib, and I was pretty hungry, so after I left Freddy, I crossed the street, and walked right into Kaiser Maximilian. I had never been there for dinner, just desert outside a couple of times, but this was my first time inside. I was alone, so I choose a table for 2, and had a delightful meal, the short rib. But it was very difficult to choose, just because everything looked so good. And I was looking around and getting even more confused as plates of food passed by me to the tables to the right and left. After dinner, and after I paid for the meal, I asked the owner Andreas if he would talk with me about his place, and I was delighted he said yes. He always seemed like a reserved and quiet kind of guy, so I was really happy.  I arranged to return later in the week, with recorder in hand, and I set up in the back of Kaiser Maximilian so let’s go right now to Olas Altas Located on the street level of the Playa Los Arcos Hotel on the Southside of Puerto Vallarta, and let’s have a conversation with the very interesting Andreas Rupprechter. Thank you, Andreas! You know, he really takes care of his clients, and his staff too. The service is always top notch, and the food, like I said before, so good. I have links to the website, their Facebook Page, their phone number and a map to show you where to find them. Just look for the Playa Los Arcos Hotel, in the Olas Altas side, not the beach side, and you will see it. Suggestions From Andreas [caption id="attachment_3245" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Andreas Rupprechter[/caption] Favorite Getaways Las Animas Yelapa Quimixto San Sebastian Mascota Guadalajara Favorite Restaurants Breakfast Fredy's Tucan Kaiser Maximilian Daiquiri Dicks [caption id="attachment_3257" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3252" align="alignright" width="300"] Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Lunch Ocho Tostadas Near the Stadium La Palapa Dinner Vista Grill [caption id="attachment_3244" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta Sidewalk Tables[/caption]   Reservations Opentable Kaiser Maximilian Reservations at Kaiser Maximilian Kaiser Maximilian Website Kaiser Maximilian Menu Kaiser Maximilian Facebook Address: Olas Altas 380-B, Emiliano Zapata, 48380 Puerto Vallarta, Jal., México Phone +52 322 223 0760    Okay, that should do it for this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. [caption id="attachment_3248" align="alignright" width="300"] Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Next week, stay tuned for more on the ground reports from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, with travel tips, great restaurant and excursion ideas and more.  Until then, remember, this is an interactive show where I depend on your questions and suggestions about all things Puerto Vallarta. If you think of something I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending us your message. And remember, if you are considering booking any type of tour while you are in Puerto Vallarta, you must go to Vallartainfo.com, JR’s website and reserve your tour through him, right from his website. Remember the value for value proposition. His experience and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do [caption id="attachment_3247" align="alignleft" width="300"] Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you can come on-board and share with others what you liked or didn’t like about the tour. Again, contact me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending off a message. Don’t forget his maps, his DIY tours and his revitalized Happy Hour Board. I have links to all of those in the show notes. And once again, if you like this podcast, please take the time and subscribe and give me a good review on iTunes if you would. That way we can get the word out to more and more people about the magic of [caption id="attachment_3254" align="alignleft" width="300"] Breakfast at Kaiser Maximilian, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] this place. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Remember I made it easy for you to do just that with each episode I create. But if you haven't been to my website, you really need to have a look there.  I have the links to the places we talk about, interesting pictures and the more all right there in my blog-posts and show-notes for each episode of the show so check them out for sure if you haven't already all-right? All right. So, thanks to Andreas Rupprechter thank you for inviting us into your restaurant Kaiser Maximilian. Remember them next time you come to Puerto Vallarta, they are open for breakfast, lunch and dinner 6 days a week, until late, and remember they are closed on Sundays. Check them out if not for a meal, but for a tasty desert seated outside on Olas Altas, sidewalk café style with sweets, coffee or a nice adult beverage. Really a great experience. I have pictures of the restaurant, of the food, and of Andreas, and Benjamin, let’s not forget Benjamin the shoeshine man. I have pictures of him and his friends on the Malecon, in the show notes, so check them out. Say hello to him next time you see him. He’ll get a kick out of that. All right and hey, thanks to all of you for listening all the way through this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. This is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Nos Vemos amigos!    

Puerto Vallarta Travel  Show Podcast
La Troza Beach Resort and Grupo La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Puerto Vallarta Travel Show Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2017 76:29


An interview with Sofia Boettner, Marketing Director of Grupo La Palapa in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. We talk about the amazing Luxury Private Beach Resort, La Troza. We also talk about La Palapa, the Vista Grill and El Dorado Restaurants.   Also the 12 Day Celebration and Pilgrimage of Our Lady of Guadalupe and the history behind the Holiday   Listen to The Podcast Hello fellow travelers, welcome this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel show. I am your host Barry Kessler and I am just so happy to be introducing you to my favorite vacation destination, and maybe even yours, Puerto Vallarta Mexico. That music you were just listing to is performed by Alberto Perez, the owner of the La Palapa Group of Restaurants. Those are La Palapa, The El Dorado Restaurant, and at night for dinner The El Dorado transforms into the ever so romantic Vista Grill with those dramatic views of the Los Muertos Pier all lit up at night in beautiful colors. Of course, at La Palapa you can enjoy that same view of the Los Muertos Pier all day long for breakfast, lunch or dinner, seated with your toes in the sand right at the water’s edge. It’s so romantic, it’s so Puerto Vallarta my friends! This week, I have a special guest, Sofia Boettner, with Group La Palapa will be talking about their beautiful property, La Troza Beach Resort, south of Puerto Vallarta, actually just north of Playa Las Animas, but before we get to that conversation, let’s see what’s happening in Puerto Vallarta this week, November 29, 2017. Last week I promised you I would talk about the Pilgrimage, the 12-day pilgrimage of our Lady de Guadalupe. The one that is going to be celebrated in Puerto Vallarta for 13 days this. Well, in Puerto Vallarta, there is this beautiful church and it serves as an icon. It is part and parcel of the landscape and the center of all the tourist brochures, everyone wants a picture of the church, the Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe.  And because of its name, and dedication to the Lady of Guadalupe, it has been one of the places in Mexico, besides the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, where the faithful make the pilgrimage to honor this occasion, this event that changed Mexico, and entwined Mexico with the Catholic Church. I want to tell you about the history of the church in Puerto Vallarta, the Iglesias de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, but before that, let me give you a little history and let me tell you the story of the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the story of Juan Diego. Just keep in mind that 10 years earlier, Hernando Cortez had just conquered Mexico City and just defeated Montezuma. And in 1523 Franciscan missionaries came ‘a evangelizing the Indian people who were living there. And, they were really good at it too and an Archdiocese of Mexico City was established in 1528. Now Juan Diego and many of his family members were among the early native Indian converts to Catholicism. He was baptized Juan Diego. He was given that name by the church. His name was some other Indian name that I cannot pronounce it I'm not even going to try it. [caption id="attachment_2023" align="alignleft" width="216"] Juan Diego[/caption] Juan Diego was baptized in 1525 along with his wife and his uncle. Now remember that Juan Diego had grown up under Aztec oppression, and the Aztecs were not really nice people. They would cut the hearts out of sacrifices while they were still alive. It was pretty gross this was a bloodthirsty civilization. It was said that over 50,000 human beings were sacrificed having their hearts cut out every year. In fact, just imagine back in 1487, before Cortez arrived when Juan Diego was just 13 years old he would have witnessed all this chaos and bloodthirsty behavior. It must have shocked the Spanish Conquistadores no end. In 1520 Cortes outlawed human sacrifice and he took the two idols out of the pyramids, cleansed the stone of all the blood, and erected a new altar. And then, Cortez along with his soldiers and father Olmedo then climb the stairs of the pyramid with the Holy Cross and images of the Virgin [caption id="attachment_2035" align="alignright" width="254"] Hernando Cortez[/caption] Mary and of Saint Christopher and upon this new altar Father Olmedo held a mass. Right there, in the place where all of those sacrifices had taken place, where all that bloodshed and tragic loss of life took place,  there took place, a Mass. A bloodless, deathless mass was held. But that didn't make the Aztecs very happy in fact it sparked all-out War. Once again Cortez had to subdue his enemy, and in August of 1521 a year later he finally was able to stop that fighting. So, now let's get back to the story of Juan Diego. Juan Diego was headed to mass and on the way to mass he would walk past Tepeyac Hill, on the outskirts of Mexico City.  And this one morning, in the early morning hours of December 9th 1531, this 57 year old Indian peasant was walking along and started to hear beautiful music and he saw a beautiful lady who called out his name. He came forward and she told him who she was. That she was the Virgin Mary the mother of Jesus, and she asked him to go to the bishop and ask the bishop to build a church right there at Tepeyac Hill, to honor her. Bishop Zumarraga was a nice guy, and when Juan Diego came to him he listened and said he would think about it. [caption id="attachment_2034" align="aligncenter" width="673"] Bishop Zumarraga[/caption] He probably didn't believe him of course and sent Juan Diego on his way. When Juan Diego went back past Tepeyac Hill and reported what the bishop had said Mary told him to try again. So the next day, although it was even harder because, well, the bishop made him wait a long, long, time. He told the bishop the story and asked him to build the church. This time the bishop said bring back a sign from Mary, to prove the story. On December 11th Juan Diego, instead of going back, was caring for his really sick uncle and his uncle asked him to bring a priest to hear his confession and to administer his final rites. Then the following day, on December 12th as Juan Diego went out again but he was a little embarrassed, so he avoided Tepeyac Hill because he was embarrassed that he kinda ditched Mother Mary the day before you know, when he was caring for his uncle. But Mary, cut him off at the pass and says hey, don't worry it's okay. It's alright, you don't have to worry your uncle is going to be fine in fact his health has been restored now please just do as I ask. Now as for this sign for the Bishop, go to the top of the hill and pick some flowers. So, Juan Diego went to the top of the hill which was dry and covered with snow and cactus, and he actually found some beautiful roses that were not familiar to Juan Diego as they weren’t even native to Mexico and actually native to Spain. Juan Diego gathered the roses up in his sash he was wearing a like a poncho. They call it a tilma. Anyway, he brought the Roses back in his Poncho, in his tilma and Mary arranged them, and then rewrapped them up again handed it to him and said now take these back to the bishop. Tell him I want my Church. And so Juan Diego went back and waited even longer this time and finally when he had a chance and another audience with the bishop. He repeated the message and opened his tilma, and out spilled these roses. The bishop not only saw the flowers but also saw the image of Mary, Our Lady de Guadalupe which had been emblazoned upon the tilma upon this guy's poncho. [caption id="attachment_2036" align="aligncenter" width="528"] Lady of Guadalupe[/caption] Bishop Zumarraga fell to his knees and he asked for forgiveness for ever doubting Juan Diego, and then he took the tilma and he laid it on the altar of his chapel. By Christmas of that year an adobe structure was built on top of Tepeyac Hill in honor of our Blessed Mother Our Lady of Guadalupe and it was dedicated in December 26th, 1531 which is the feast of Saint Stephen the Martyr. When Juan Diego saw his uncle next, his uncle had indeed recovered, and told the story of how the virgin had appeared before him and made him well. So, December 9th marks the feast day of Saint Juan Diego and December 12th the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. This event was very important in bringing more and more people, more and more of the Indians into the Catholic faith and it was the Tipping Point right then in the history of Catholicism and Mexico. [embed]https://youtu.be/h3srGgIMPX8[/embed] In Mexico City at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the faithful come from all over Mexico to make the pilgrimage to see the 400-year-old tilma, with the figure of the Virgin Mary, the Lady of Guadalupe emblazoned on it. They crawl on their knees to the basilica. At least some of them do. I have a video that shows how it’s celebrated in Mexico City, but to tell you a little about how it’s celebrated in Puerto Vallarta, I called my buddy Dee, from Poland Ohio, and Dee is as much of a Vallarta nut as I am. We met on the Trip Advisor Puerto Vallarta Forum page so we have never met in person, but following her adventures in Vallarta, I know that Dee is a believer and she loves this event, so I asked her to come on and tell us what happens during the 12 day Pilgrimage in Puerto Vallarta. So lets go to Poland Ohio and Talk with Dee. [caption id="attachment_1974" align="aligncenter" width="576"] Inglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe[/caption] Now La Iglesias de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta’s history started in the early twentieth century, The foundations of the church were started in 1903, but at the time there was already a small chapel there dedicated to Virgin Guadalupe. In 1915 father Francisco Ayala arrived and he suggested that a bigger temple than the one that had been designed, be built instead.. When Father Francisco Ayala arrived to the port in 1915, he suggested remodeling the building to resemble the design of the original Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The church was then officially promoted from a chapel to a parish. [embed]https://youtu.be/M5Ka_igVRp0[/embed] Construction stopped in 1926 during the Cristero War and resumed years after in 1929. Now I have to tell you about this War the Cristero War. I mean, I had never heard of it. Check this out…. It seems that the revolutionaries who took over after the Spanish were ousted were very distrustful of the clergy. They wrote in their constitutions limits and restrictions on the Catholic Church and religious freedoms. Most of the presidents, post-independence and revolution ignored these laws and limits, but The Plutarco Elías Calles administration (1924–28) felt its revolutionary initiatives and legal basis to pursue them were being challenged by the Catholic Church. To destroy the Church's influence over the Mexican people, anti-clerical laws were instituted, beginning a ten-year religious conflict that resulted in the death of thousands of armed civilians. On the opposing side was an armed professional military sponsored by the government. Calles’ Mexico has been characterized by some as an atheist state, and his program as being one to eradicate religion in Mexico. Calles applied the anti-clerical laws stringently throughout the country and added his own anti-clerical legislation. In June 1926 he signed the "Law for Reforming the Penal Code", known unofficially as the "Calles Law." This provided specific penalties for priests and individuals who violated the provisions of the 1917 Constitution. For instance, wearing clerical garb in public (i.e., outside Church buildings) earned a fine of 500 pesos ($250 U.S. per the historical exchange rate); a priest who criticized the government could be imprisoned for five years.  Some states enacted oppressive measures. Chihuahua enacted a law permitting only a single priest to serve the entire Catholic congregation of the state. To help enforce the law, Calles seized church property, expelled all foreign priests and closed the monasteries, convents and religious schools. The effects of the war on the Church were profound. Between 1926–34 at least 40 priests were killed. There were 4,500 priests serving the people before the rebellion, but by 1934 there were only 334 licensed by the government to serve 15 million people. The rest had been eliminated by emigration, expulsion and assassination. By 1935, 17 Mexican states had no priests at all. The rebellion eventually ended by diplomatic means brokered by U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Dwight Whitney Morrow, with financial relief and logistical assistance provided by the Knights of Columbus. On June 27, 1929, church bells rang in Mexico for the first time in almost three years. The war had claimed the lives of some 90,000 people: 56,882 on the federal side, 30,000 Cristeros, and numerous civilians and Cristeros who were killed in anti-clerical raids after the war ended. the Calles Law remained on After the resolution of hostilities, but no organized federal attempts to enforce it took place. Nonetheless, in several localities, officials continued persecution of Catholic priests based on their interpretation of the law. In 1992 the Mexican government amended the constitution by granting all religious groups legal status, conceding them limited property rights and lifting restrictions on the number of priests in the country. So how about that? Did you know about that war? Well I hadn’t. So back to the Inglesia de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe. By 1940 the entire building was finished, except the two towers. It wasn’t until 1963 that the symbol, the crown, that has given the city its identity and blessed it, was finally added. The original crown on the church was damaged by weather and erosion and was restored in 1981. On October 9th, 1995 it fell off and was destroyed by a strong earthquake in Colima. It was replaced with a temporary fiberglass model and since then has been replaced with a crown sculptured by the famous Jaliscan Artist, Carlos Terres. http://www.dermandar.com/p/bNyXHQ Church of the Lady of Guadalupe Facebook Page Website for La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Puerto Vallarta   Okay enough already, let’s get on with the show and get to our guest. [caption id="attachment_2010" align="aligncenter" width="1500"] La Troza, Puerto Vallarta[/caption] When I was hiking from Boca de Tomatlan to Las Animas, I passed by a beautiful place. Located in a little covelet is what looked like a mini resort. I sent an email to La Troza, Beach Resort and low and behold, I got an answer from someone I already knew. It was Sofia Boettner, with Group La Palapa. Sofia [caption id="attachment_2025" align="alignright" width="225"] Sofia Boettner[/caption] was my first contact with La Palapa. When I was looking for a theme song for the show, I actually had two theme songs chosen for the show, and I sent out emails to La Palapa and Alberto Perez, and the other email to…I’m not going to tell let’s just say it was another very famous restaurant here in Vallarta who has an incredible harp player and singer. I’ll leave it at that. You can all guess. At any rate, I heard back from Sofia right away about the song Samba de Puerto Vallarta, and she said that Mr. Perez said sure, I could use it as long as I gave credit to the artist, Him, and to his restaurant. So as you know, before each episode of the show I give a shout out to the Grupo La Palapa. With that said, I hope all you listeners know that the people I interview and the tour venues and hotels and restaurants and artists and authors, I bring to the show because I like them and I want you to know about them. I don’t receive anything from them. No money, no food, no booze, no accommodations, nada! I refuse. I always insist on paying my own way so just keep that in mind as you listen to the show. Ask anyone I have had on the show. I have no agenda other than to bring you interesting guests interviews. [caption id="attachment_2013" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Troza, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Listen to The Podcast So getting back to Sofia, Let’s get to the interview and to a table at La Palapa, toes in the sand at the water’s edge with Sofia Boettner, of Grupo La Palapa, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico … [caption id="attachment_2015" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Troza, What a View[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2011" align="alignright" width="300"] Pool at La Troza at Night[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_2010" align="alignnone" width="300"] La Troza, Puerto Vallarta[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2014" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Troza, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption]   Well, that should do it for this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. [caption id="attachment_2002" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption]   [caption id="attachment_2004" align="alignnone" width="1000"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2003" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Next week stay tuned for more on the ground reports from Puerto Vallarta Mexico, with travel tips, great restaurant and excursion ideas and [caption id="attachment_1999" align="aligncenter" width="744"] El Dorado, Puerto Vallarta[/caption] [caption id="attachment_2000" align="alignleft" width="743"] El Dorado, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Places Sofia Talked About   Favorite food Panchos Takos, Puerto Vallarta Café de Artistas, Puerto Vallarta Salud Súper Food - quinoa bowls Lamara, Puerto Vallarta Ocho Tostadas, Puerto Vallarta Marisqueria Los Lirios  [caption id="attachment_2019" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The Vista Grill, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Advice Stay close to town to get a local experience History Culture Mexican experience Don’t stay in a huge resort Get to know south of the bay Boca Yelapa Las Animas [caption id="attachment_2038" align="alignright" width="300"] Sofia Boettner, Marketing Director for Grupo La Palapa, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] Favorite Getaway Day Trip - Casitas Maraika  Overnight -  Yelapa  Condos, airbnb   Social Media Grupo La Palapa Facebook La Troza Beach Resort Facebook Page La Palapa Puerto Vallarta Facebook Page Vista Grill on The Beach in Puerto Vallarta Facebook Page El Dorado Beach Club Facebook Page Twitter La Palapa Twitter La Troza Twitter Vista Grill Twitter Links for Grupo La Palapa Link for La Troza Resort Link for La Palapa Link for El Dorado Link for Vista Grill [caption id="attachment_2021" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The Vista Grill, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] more.  Until then, remember, this is an interactive show where I depend on your questions and suggestions about all things Puerto Vallarta. If you think of something I should be talking about, please reach out to me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending us your. [caption id="attachment_2020" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The Vista Grill, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] And remember, if you are considering booking any type of tour while you are in Puerto Vallarta, you must go to Vallartainfo.com, JR’s website and reserve your tour through him, right from his website. Remember the value for value proposition. His experience and on the ground knowledge of everything Puerto Vallarta in exchange for your making a purchase of a tour that you would do anyway, you’re just doing it through him as a way of saying thank you. It costs no more than if you were to use someone else so do it. Really. And when you do take one of these tours, email me about your experiences. Maybe you can come on-board and share with others what you liked or didn’t like about the tour. Again, contact me by clicking on the Contact us tab and sending off a message. Don’t forget his maps, his DIY tours and his revitalized Happy Hour Board. I have links to all of those in the show notes. [caption id="attachment_2017" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Vista Grill on The Beach Romantic Dinner[/caption]   And once again, if you like this podcast, please take the time and subscribe and give me a good review on iTunes if you would. That way we can get the word out to more and more people about the magic of this place. Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Remember I made it easy for you to do just that with each episode I create. But if you haven't been to my website, you really need to have a look there.  I have the links to the places we talk about, interesting pictures and the more all right there in my blog-posts and show-notes for each episode of the show so check them out for sure if you haven't already all-right? All right. [caption id="attachment_2022" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Vista Grill on The Beach, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico[/caption] So, thanks to Sofia Boettner of Grupo La Palapa,  I think she was fabulous. This is a fantastic group. I have some great pictures in the show notes of this episode of the show at puertovallartatravelshow.com. Thanks to JR for your answers and thanks to all of you for listening all the way through this episode of the Puerto Vallarta Travel Show. This is Barry Kessler signing off with a wish for you all to slow down, be kind and live the Vallarta lifestyle. Nos Vemos amigos!

Sacro y Profano
La Guerra De Los Cristeros

Sacro y Profano

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2016 24:28


Especialistas explican cómo entender el conflicto armado entre el gobierno y milicias de laicos, católicos y presbíteros.

Conversaciones sobre Historia 2010
Quiénes eran los jefes cristeros

Conversaciones sobre Historia 2010

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2016 57:26


Narración cronológica de la historia de la Revolución mexicana y su posterior desarrollo en el siglo XX, a cargo del Dr. Javier Garciadiego, Presidente de El Colegio de México, con la conducción de Yuridia Contreras.

deepredradio
Gottes General - Schlacht um die Freiheit (German)

deepredradio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2016 6:34


Story: Mexiko 1926. Nur wenige Jahre nach der Revolution bricht erneut ein blutiger Bürgerkrieg aus. Als Präsident Calles (Rubén Blades) Kirchen stürmen und Priester ermorden lässt, kommt es zu einem Volksaufstand. Es bildet sich eine Widerstandsbewegung, die Cristeros, die fortan einen erbitterten Freiheitskampf führt. Die Cristeros rekrutieren General Gorostietas (Andy Garcia), der aus den einzelnen Gruppen von Desperados, bewaffneten Priestern und Bauern eine schlagkräftige Armee formen soll. Mit einer ausgeklügelten Guerilla-Taktik gelingt es dem charismatischen General, den übermächtigen Regierungstruppen schwere Verluste zuzufügen. Als Präsident Calles mit den USA die Lieferung von Maschinengewehren und Kampfflugzeugen vereinbart, droht sich das Blatt zu wenden. Den tapferen Frauen und Männern der Cristeros steht nun eine entscheidende Schlacht bevor, in der entweder der Sieg der Freiheit oder der Tod auf sie wartet... DVD/Blu Ray-Release: 29.01.2016 (Pandastorm/Edel Germany) For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada Thriller, Action, Krieg, Historienepos Land: Mexiko 2012 Laufzeit: ca. 145 min. FSK: 16 Regie: Dean Wright Drehbuch: Michael Love Mit Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Catalina Sandino Moreno, ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc52KiGQ0U8

deepredradio
Gottes General - Schlacht um die Freiheit (German)

deepredradio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2016 6:34


Story: Mexiko 1926. Nur wenige Jahre nach der Revolution bricht erneut ein blutiger Bürgerkrieg aus. Als Präsident Calles (Rubén Blades) Kirchen stürmen und Priester ermorden lässt, kommt es zu einem Volksaufstand. Es bildet sich eine Widerstandsbewegung, die Cristeros, die fortan einen erbitterten Freiheitskampf führt. Die Cristeros rekrutieren General Gorostietas (Andy Garcia), der aus den einzelnen Gruppen von Desperados, bewaffneten Priestern und Bauern eine schlagkräftige Armee formen soll. Mit einer ausgeklügelten Guerilla-Taktik gelingt es dem charismatischen General, den übermächtigen Regierungstruppen schwere Verluste zuzufügen. Als Präsident Calles mit den USA die Lieferung von Maschinengewehren und Kampfflugzeugen vereinbart, droht sich das Blatt zu wenden. Den tapferen Frauen und Männern der Cristeros steht nun eine entscheidende Schlacht bevor, in der entweder der Sieg der Freiheit oder der Tod auf sie wartet... DVD/Blu Ray-Release: 29.01.2016 (Pandastorm/Edel Germany) For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada Thriller, Action, Krieg, Historienepos Land: Mexiko 2012 Laufzeit: ca. 145 min. FSK: 16 Regie: Dean Wright Drehbuch: Michael Love Mit Andy Garcia, Oscar Isaac, Catalina Sandino Moreno, ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pc52KiGQ0U8

Theology On Tap (YAMSD)
TOT: The Cristeros

Theology On Tap (YAMSD)

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2015


Theology On Tap continues with Chris Check’s lecture on “The Cristeros and martyrs of the Mexican Revolution”: Main Talk (Download) Q&A (Download)

Mnemósine
Epsidoe 80. Los cristeros sin rifle de Jorge Gallardo Pavón

Mnemósine

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2015 30:50


Gracias a Plaza y Valdes Editores, México, Méxicodés presentamos esta obra donde Don Jorge Gallardo Pavón narra la parte de su juventud en la que estuvo involucrado de manera directa en la lucha política y armada del periodo conocido corno "La Cristiada" o "Guerra Cristera". Es entonces cuando al ser recluido en varias cárceles mexicanas (donde las personas, inocentes o culpables, vivían casi en condición animal, además de sufrir vejaciones, torturas frecuentes y muchas veces anticipando las más sombrías perspectivas de ser fusilados o condenados por personas corruptas), cuando tiene oportunidad de conocer, convivir y hacer amistad con José de León Toral autor material del asesinato del general Álvaro Obregón, así como con otros involucrados en el magnicidio.

The Good Catholic Life
TGCL #0366: For Greater Glory movie

The Good Catholic Life

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2012 56:32


Summary of today's show: The story of the Mexican martyrs of the Cristero Wars, fighting against religious persecution in the 1920s, was virtually unknown, even in Mexico, until recently. Now the blockbuster film “For Greater Glory” has shed new light on these heroes of the faith. In anticipation of the release of the DVD and Blu-Ray, Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O'Connor welcome producer Pablo Jose Barroso to talk about how he saw the film as a work of his own faith. They also talk to Ruben Quezada, author of the official companion book, about his lifetime effort to make know this troubling time in Mexico's history and what it could mean for the US today. Listen to the show: Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O'Connor Today's guest(s): Pablo Jose Barroso and Ruben Quezada Links from today's show: Today's topics: The movie “For Greater Glory” 1st segment: Scot welcomed Fr. Chris O'Connor to the show and said today's show will focus on For Greater Glory, a movie about the Mexican civil war and the fight for religious freedom. Fr. Chris said the movie also addresses the idea of what it means to be a priest. Scot welcomed Pablo Barroso, the producer of the movie, to the show. He noted that Pablo has not always been a film producer. but has been a Mexican Catholic businessman. Pablo said he has felt called to the New Evangelization and is concerned about creating Catholic movies for the sake of his four children and other children. They want to bring Hollywood-level production values to movies with good content. Scot said before the movie he knew nothing about the Cristero War in the 1920s and very few Mexicans knew about it either. Pablo said this sad period of history in his country has been written out of the history books. He said the concerns over religious freedom, especially in the United States today, see the same kind of conflict in Mexico in the 1920s. Pablo said it was a struggle to produce the movie, but it was worth it. The Holy Spirit wanted this movie to be delivered in this moment. It took three years to produce and he worried about the timing. The timing allowed many of the fabulous people involved to participate including composer James Horner, who said he was blown away by the movie himself. Fr. Chris asked Pablo when he first heard about this battle for religious freedom and what does he hope it does for younger viewers. Pablo said he is 41 years old and his father passed away when he was 9, so he never heard from his own father about the Cristeros, but society never really talked about it. But 5 years ago suddenly he heard from the same story from a number of different people and realized that he had to make this movie. He hopes young people will be inspired and entertained by both the values and the action included in the film. He hopes they come to understand everything the Lord has done for us and why we follow Him, if not in taking up arms, but through peaceful means where possible. We raise up our voice and be close to Our Lord and be clear about what we believe and practice. Scot said there's no doubt this is an epic film, especially in the battle scenes and cinematography around Mexico. He said he read that it's the biggest budget film shot in Mexico. Pablo confirmed that it was a very expensive movie, but he wouldn't focus on the money. Instead he focuses on the cast and crew he put their hearts into high production values so that the people in the theaters will be drawn into the story. He noted that the director worked on the Chronicles of Narnia and the Lord of the Rings and so knew how to make these big scenes and to address a young audience. Pablo said it was a dream come true to have so many big stars and names in Hollywood trust in him as an inexperienced producer and to help him create this true story. Scot said the Blu-Ray and DVD come out one week from today on September 11. Scot said Pope Benedict surprised Mexicans with a plan to visit Mexico and honored those being profiled in the film at the same time that the movie was coming out. Pablo said the Holy Father came to the location where the statue of Christ the King is being built. Pablo said there was no way to anticipate that the Holy Father would make this trip at this time. Fr. Chris asked Pablo about the novel by Graham Greene that includes the events of the Cristero War and then Scot asked about the number of people who died in the war and how many have been canonized and beatified. Pablo said it killed 250,000 people, more than the Mexican Revolution. There are more than 25 canonized saints and 23 beati, some of them priests and some of them laypeople. Some are martyrs from the Knights of Columbus, which was very supportive at the time, trying to end the war through pressure in the American embassy. America had economic interests in Mexican oil at the time and so there was great interest throughout North America. Pablo talked about one of the priests who is canonized today who was among the martyrs. He is played in the movie by Peter O'Toole. He refuses to leave and stays to comfort the people. Another martyr is a 13-year-old boy who refused to renounce his faith. Andy Garcia portrays an agnostic general who was hired to lead the army and ended up finding his faith. Another was the man some call the Mexican Ghandi, who tried in every way to avoid violence and war. Fr. Chris noted that there were women-only St. Joan of Arc brigades. Pablo said if not for the women, there would have been no fight in the war. They were the support behind the army. They took care of the soldiers, providing food and medical care. Scot asked Pablo why they made the movie in English and subtitled it in Spanish for Mexico. Pablo said English is the international language of film and appeals to the widest audience throughout the world. He noted Schindler's List wasn't filmed in German and Troy not in Greek. 2nd segment: Scot said the companion book “For Greatery Glory: The Story of the Cristiada” is written by our next guest Ruben Quezada. Scot and Fr. Chris talked about the foreword to the book by Archbishbop Jose Gomez of Los Angeles. Ruben is the director of operations of the Catholic Resource Center. Scot asked Ruben how the idea for the companion book for the movie came about. He said he'd been speaking nationally and internationally on the subject of the Cristiada and he was contacted by Ignatius Press, the publisher of the book. He said he'd also helped some of the actors as they prepared to play their characters in the film. Fr. Chris asked about a Jesuit priest he talks about in the book. Ruben talked about how the priest inspired him as a child, and encouraged him to learn about the persecution of Catholics in Mexico and the story of Blessed Miguel Pro. He told about going to the library and trying to find anything about the Cristero War and learned how well these events were suppressed by the Mexican government for over seven decades. Scot noted that the ruling party in Mexico from the 1920s into the 1990s was the same party that engaged in the same persecution and so was successful in suppressing it. Ruben said he hears two responses: it happened in Mexico and can't happen here or it was all so long ago. He noted that the same roots of the persecution have started today. He said Archbishop Gomez has said when it looks like outright persecution it may too late. We have to stand up and profess our faith before it gets to that point. Ruben said the Cristiada was about controlling the people. When President Calles came into power in 1924, he was already an atheist and he didn't want the Church to have any influence or to compete with the socialist ideals he was putting into place. They started by kicking out all foreign priests from the country. In order to be a priest, they had to register with the local government and even then they were required to violate their faith by charging for sacraments for example. Some of the foreign priests stayed behind to risk everything and others went underground. There are images of the execution and torture of priests for saying Masses, hearing confessions and anointing the sick. Scot said the book contains questions and answers on all the key facts from the war, photos from the movie and of actual events, along with discussion points for parishes. Scot said his favorite parts were the letters sent from the pope to the Mexican people at the time as well as the remarks by Carl Anderson, Supreme Knights of the Knights of Columbus, on the Cristero War. He said 90% of the priests in Mexico were either killed or forced to leave the country. Scot said people will want to draw parallels between the persecution in Mexico and what the US Bishops have been writing about what we're experiencing in the US. Ruben said we have to raise our eyebrows at the parallels. He gave the quote from the German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemoller: “When they came for the Jews I did not speak, because I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak for me.” This is not a Catholic issue, but is important for all people in the US. Ruben said people wondering whether to read the book or the film first. He said it works either way, but he recommends seeing the film first because the book gives the depth that the movie can't give. He said more information is also available on his website vivacristorey.com. Ruben said what affects him most is knowing that these men gave their lives for him and for all of us, the next generations. The question is whether we will respond in kind.

Spirit and Truth Live with Joe Patch
June 1, 2012 – “For Greater Glory” the Movie

Spirit and Truth Live with Joe Patch

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2012 33:31


 Joe spent time talking with Pablo Barroso, the producer of “For Greater Glory”. They discussed the great importance of this movie and the message it shares about the Cristeros war, religious freedom,  and the Mexican martyrs who died for the Catholic faith. Pablo also provided behind the scenes insights to the movie.

The Good Catholic Life
The Good Catholic Life #0268: Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Good Catholic Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2012 56:29


Summary of today's show: On our weekly headline show, Scot Landry and Susan Abbott discuss the news with Fr. Roger Landry and Antonio Enrique, including last weekend's Catechetical Congress; appointment of a pastor for the Archdiocese's largest parish; religious freedom rally in Boston and a day of prayer and fasting; the Pope's trip to Cuba and Mexico; and asking inactive Catholics why they left. Listen to the show: Today's host(s): Today's host(s): Scot Landry and Susan Abbott Today's guest(s): Fr. Roger Landry, executive editor of The Anchor, the newspaper of the Fall River diocese; and Antonio Enrique, editor of The Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston archdiocese Links from today's show: Some of the stories discussed on this show will be available on The Pilot's and The Anchor's websites on Friday morning. Please check those sites for the latest links. Today's topics: Catechetical congress; day of fasting for liberty; Pope in Cuba, Mexico; exit interviews for Catholics 1st segment: Scot thanked everyone for joining us on our Thursday news show. Scot said Susan looks more relaxed this week after last weekend's Catechetical Congress and preparing for her office's day of prayer. Susan said her office goes away three times per year for prayer. Filling in for Gregory Tracy today who was with the Cardinal on his trip to Cuba is Antonio Enrique. Susan said the Pilot did a great job reporting on the Catechetical Congress and had many nice photos. It was a wonderful day at Boston College High School last Saturday. They had an overflow crowd. They had prepared for 850 people and even more came. Bishop Richard Malone of Portland, Maine, celebrated the opening Mass, Fr. Bryan Hehir preached the homily, and the Black Catholic Choir provided the music. Susan said she read every evaluation and people were so pleased with the 27 English workshops, 12 Spanish, and 4 Portuguese. Scot said he noticed that half of the participants were Spanish-speaking. Susan said the Spanish community is growing and Pilar de la Torre works closely with the Spanish-speaking communities and has a very personal relationship with those 20 communities that Susan and her co-worker Susan Kay can't have with 290 parishes. Antonio, as a Spanish immigrant, said he thinks catechetics is a very important value for the Spanish-speaking community. Those immigrants tend to be very committed to their faith and are a very close-knit community. Scot said he also learned the the word catechesis comes from the word “echo” and what we're echoing is the teaching of Christ. Susan said it's the Greek root for echo. We're talking about a systematic echoing of the faith. Scot said he noticed catechesis and catechist being used a lot more today than when he was younger when it was called CCD or religious education. Susan said that comes from the publication of the revised General Catechetical Directory by the Vatican in 1997. Scot said a huge focus for the Holy Father in the upcoming Year of Faith is improving how we catechize. Fr. Roger said the holy Father is much aware of a catechetical illiteracy amount adults and young adults, so we have to give the world a gift of true knowledge. Pope Benedict has always stressed that our catechesis must not be just pedagogy, i.e. instruction in knowledge, but must also be mystagogy, i.e. leading people in a way of life. Catecheists must tech by example in the practice of the faith, not just by words. Pope BEnedict is doing this with his weekly general audiences in St. Peter's Square. At the end of the article, Susan said she hopes continue to grow the congress: “”I live for the day when we have to turn people away, when we have to hold this at…is it still called Gillette Stadium?” she asked.” Another story in the Pilot this week is the official appointment of Fr. Kevin J. Deeley as the new pastor of St. Michael's in North Andover. Over the past several weeks we have seen three priests assigned to the parish leaving for health reasons, retirement, and reassignment to a new parish. He is the brother of vicar general Msgr. Robert Deeley. Scot said St. Michael's is the biggest parish in the archdiocese. Fr. Kevin Deeley was is returning from service as a US military chaplain. Antonio said Fr. Deeley had recently been filling in as a temporary administrator at St. Raphael's in Medford while their pastor was in Rome on a sabbatical. The appointment is effective April 27. Another story in the Pilot covers the Stand Up for Religious Freedom rally at the State House in Boston. Scot was one of the speakers, as well as Massachusetts Citizens for Life Edwin Shanahan, Clarivel Marin de Dragas, and State Representative Jim Lyons of Andover. Antonio said the US bishops are drawing a line in the sand to protect our right to religious liberty and to protect our consciences from being forced to violate them. Antonio was recently at a meeting between Catholic press and the US bishops conference and they are seeing this as a very important moment in the history of our country. Scot said the bishops are trying to mobilize Catholic to be much more active in the public square. Fr. Roger said we're still in the first quarter, to use a sports analogy. We're getting organized and rallying our resources. We're somewhat on the defensive at the moment against those trying to curtail our rights. But the offensive aspect includes education from the US bishops religious freedom committee, which will be issuing a document on the history of religious freedom in America. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York has hinted at some of the content, referring recently to some of the great events in our history which were a direct outgrowth of religious faith. This education initiative will help Catholics to take the fight for their freedom and rights into the public square. Scot said the bishops are also also asking all people of faith to fast and pray for religious freedom tomorrow. Scot said Catholics need to get educated and speak up or those who are opposed to us will be the only voices in the public square. But we must also recognize the importance of times of quiet and fasting. Many of the big problems in the world have been solved by prayer and fasting. Susan said as we enter Holy Week, it's a perfect time for such an initiative. Scot said it's always complicated in an election when the US bishops ask us to be active in the public square. Cardinal Dolan was on Fox News' O'Reilly Factor the other night and was asked whether the bishops were asking Catholics not to vote for Obama, and the cardinal said the bishops don't tell Catholics who to vote for. Fr. Roger said the cardinal said if they asked the people to vote one way, they'd end up motivating some to vote the other way. Instead, they are helping people build a properly informed conscience and once they are properly formed, the obvious vote can become clear. They are certainly hoping to bring clarity to all the various issues and to show that some issues are more important than others. 2nd segment: Scot said the biggest stories this week are the Holy Father's apostolic visits to Cuba and Mexico. He said the Holy Father singled out Cardinal Sean to thank him for helping with the building of a seminary outside of Havana. Antonio said in Boston there is a group of friends of Caritas Cubana, the Catholic charitable organization in Cuba, which means a special connection. The Pilot sent a reporter and photographer to Cuba to accompany the Boston pilgrims for a special perspective on the trip, giving a personal view of the conditions in Cuba and how their charity was received. Scot said there were some wonderful photos accompanying the articles. Antonio said they hope to have some more stories in next week's paper as well. They had hoped to show the reality from the perspective of the reporter as she encountered it, the crumbling infrastructure, the lives of the people, and more. Susan said the articles put a human face on the realities of Cuba. Scot said the Holy Father's message had some political content but were also meant to stoke the fires of religious belief. Fr. Roger said the Holy Father focuses on curing us of the spiritual diseases of secularism and does that wherever he goes. In Mexico, despite the deep faith of the people, there is a trend among the elites to drive the people to live as if God doesn't exist. Similarly in Cuba, where they have had two generations of official atheism. The Holy Father said we have to recognize that the atheism in Communism has failed. Fr. Roger said he was struck by the image of one of the Masses which included a huge statue of Christ the King. In the mid-20th century when the Mexican government was trying to exterminate the Church, theory of Viva Cristo Rey, All Hail, Christ the King was the cry of the martyrs. Pope Benedict was using this image to show that the Christian faith cannot be killed off. Christ is always persisting in all those places. Scot said there's a move coming out in June about the Cristeros, the Mexican martyrs, called “For Greater Glory.” Scot noted that Fidel Castro requested a private meeting with Pope Benedict. Antonio said it's impressive to see how Fidel, who took the Church out of Cuba with his revolution, went to see the Pope and reading the reports of the visit, he was struck by the question Fidel asked the Pope about how the Mass has changed from his childhood. Fidel is realizing how much the Church has changed since he was a boy practicing his faith. It shows the person behind the public persona and perhaps he's reconsidering his life as he gets older. Scot noted that the Missionaries of Charity has a charism where one of the sisters prays for a particular priest every day. One Cuban sister was assigned to pray for Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger 25 years ago and they finally got to meet during this trip. Fr. Roger said this was a practice started by the Carmelites and Mother Teresa picked up many of the practices of the Carmelites. Fr. Roger said there was a Missionary of Charity in New Bedford who prayed for him every day. He said many cloistered nuns are co-workers in the ministry of the priests they pray for every day. Scot said many of the Pope's addresses can be found at the website of . Scot said in another story John Hancock Financial gave a gift of $1 million to Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy in Dorchester to be given over five years. Scot said the editorial in the Anchor refers to an article that was in America magazine in which a program of performing exit interviews of Catholics who abandoned the practice of the faith was discussed. Fr. Roger said they found a consistency in the reason why the people gave up. Some were on nonnegotiable issues, such as teachings that cannot be changed, but it's not just a rejection to he teachings. Sometimes people were looking for an explanation and a better way to understand it which wasn't provided. Some people said when they asked for a conversation, instead they got back flat statements. There were also negotiable issue the Church could do on: empty” homilies detached from daily life, uninspiring music, an insatiable focus on raising money, an inadequate response to the sexual abuse of minors, the sense that Church was simply a place to attend Mass lacking a true community spirit, an absence of consultation and transparency in Church administration, “arrogant” and “aloof” priests,, and so on. So the authors' hope was that the Church could address what could be fixed in order to encourage people to stay. Scot said there's a beauty in understanding where people are at and to help become formed, to gain understanding, to be enlightened. Susan said one of the saddest comments was that when they left the parish no one noticed, nobody called them, and nobody asked why. People wanted a community, wanted to be involved and couldn't find a way. Scot asked all listeners to make people know that we care when we see them at Mass each week.

Veritas Caritas
The Cristeros: Will We See Another Catholic Persecution?

Veritas Caritas

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2011 30:48


CinemaNET
CinemaNET No.559 - Comentamos estrenos recientes: Resident Evil 5, Ted, Adiós Mundo Cruel, Los Últimos Cristeros, Hecho en México, El Fantástico Mundo de Juan Orol y El precio de la codicia

CinemaNET

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 1969 36:45