Viva Cristo Rey!

Standing on the side of the road, Father Luis Batiz Sainz was given the opportunity to save his life.

The federal soldiers, armed with guns, told him all he had to do was acknowledge the legitimacy of the virulent anti-Catholic, Mexican government.

The priest refused and was shot on the spot, on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15, 1926, in the desolate mountains of Chalchihuites, Zacatecas.

VIVA CRISTO REY!