Reflecting on Our Lady of Fatima’s Messages to the Children and to Lucia as a Religious Sister
A Lecture delivered at the Fatima Conference, October 12, 2017 by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI Although most faithful Catholics are well aware of the story of the six apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima in 1917, not a great deal of attention is paid to the further apparitions to Lucia after she entered the […]
How the Conciliar Church and the New Age Movement Misrepresent St. Francis of Assisi
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI (Fall, 2015) After he had been elected by the Novus Ordo cardinals on March 13, 2013, to be the head of the Conciliar Church, Jorge Mario Bergoglio surprised them by announcing that he would be known as Francis. Why a surprise? Because no pope in the history of the […]
Why did the Holy Office Ban the Divine Mercy Devotion in 1959?
by Rev. Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI (Summer, 2013) In a past issue of The Reign of Mary, we published an article on false devotions (issue #128). That article can also be read on our web site (http://www.cmri.org/articles-on-the-traditional-catholic-faith/false-devotions-dangers-for-pious-souls/). The point of the article was to explain the teachings of the Church on new devotions — teachings […]
Is Cremation an Option for Catholics?
(Fall, 1998)by Fr. Benedict Hughes, CMRI Earth burial has been an integral part of Western culture for at least 1500 years. Lately, however, cremation has become more and more common, to the point that even traditional Catholics may wonder whether it is a lawful means of disposing of the remains of the departed. As we […]
Whole and Undefiled We Must Maintain the Integrity of the Catholic Faith
(Original Title: Whole and Undefiled We Must Maintain the Integrity of the Catholic Faith) Regular readers of our magazine are aware of the fact that we have frequently pointed out the errors of the so-called “Recognize and Resist” theological position — often simply referred to as R&R. The reason for our repeated warnings is because […]
The True Role of Women in God’s Plan.
by Rev. Father M. Benedict Hughes, CMRI(This article originally appeared as “The Feminization of the Conciliar Church in “The Reign of Mary”) As a young priest I was assigned to travel on lecture tours throughout the United States, speaking about the situation in the Church and the message of Fatima. The goal was to alert […]
The example of Joan Catherine Hughes
Reflections on her life by Father M. Benedict Hughes, CMRI July 19, 2020 In the book of Tobias in the Old Testament, we read that the younger Tobias exhorted his wife Sara: We must practice virtue “for we are the children of saints” (Tobias 8:5). Indeed, we are who we are, to a great degree, […]
