The Catholic News Agency portal reports on Gary Graf, a “priest” from Chicago, undertaking a 1,000-mile walk from Dolton, Illinois, to New York City under the pretext of protesting “inhumane” immigration enforcement. The article frames this political demonstration as divinely inspired, quoting Graf’s claim of receiving “a call that was directly from above” while portraying border enforcement actions as inherently violent and immoral. The narrative leans heavily on statements from the US Conference of Catholic “Bishops” and antipope Leo XIV, who condemns “indiscriminate” enforcement while paradoxically affirming nations’ right to control borders.
Illegitimacy of Sacramental Pretense
The article presents Graf as a valid priest despite his 1984 ordination under the Novus Ordo rite – a ceremony so stripped of sacramental form that it fails to confect Holy Orders according to the infallible teaching of Pope Pius XII in Sacramentum Ordinis (1947). As the Council of Trent anathematizes those claiming priesthood without proper ordination (Session XXIII, Canon 4), Graf’s clerical attire constitutes fraudulent impersonation. His broken ribs from horseback riding – an activity incompatible with clerical dignity – further reveal the carnivalesque nature of this spectacle. The conciliar sect’s willingness to platform such figures exposes its complete abandonment of ex opere operato sacramental theology.
“I look to help people who get up every single morning to work and raise their families. If I can do this small gesture on their behalf, what a blessing it is, what a privilege,” Graf declares.
This humanitarian reductionism epitomizes the conciliar inversion of priorities. Nowhere does Graf mention the sine qua non of Catholic charity: the salvation of immortal souls through sanctifying grace. The Syllabus of Errors condemns precisely this naturalism, stating: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error #55). True shepherds warn immigrants of mortal sin and provide access to valid sacraments – not lobby for their illegal presence in nations.
Subversion of National Sovereignty
Graf’s march intentionally begins at antipope Bergoglio’s childhood home – a symbolic endorsement of the Vatican II sect’s assault on Christendom. His demand for citizenship for illegal immigrants directly contravenes Pope Pius XII’s teaching that states possess “the right to restrain immigration and even, for weighty reasons, to forbid it entirely” (Exsul Familia, 1952). The article’s repeated use of “indiscriminate” enforcement echoes Marxist liberation theology terminology designed to paralyze legitimate governance.
“The violent way many of these people are being treated is amoral and un-American,” Graf claims.
This emotional rhetoric deliberately obscures the Church’s perennial teaching that civil authorities have not merely the right but duty to protect citizens from lawbreakers (Romans 13:1-7). Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Immortale Dei (1885) affirms that “the power of making laws” resides solely with civil authorities, whom Catholics must obey when not commanding sin. Graf’s activism encourages precisely the disobedience condemned by Pope Pius IX: “It is lawful to refuse obedience to legitimate princes, and even to rebel against them” (Syllabus #63).
Ecumenical Apostasy Masquerading as Compassion
The article celebrates Graf’s interfaith collaborations as virtuous rather than recognizing them as spiritual adultery. His boast of uniting with “people from many different faith traditions, or none” constitutes explicit violation of Pope Pius XI’s condemnation: “This being so, it is clear that the Apostolic Delegation in Washington is greatly deceived in… having anything to do with those who are not in the one Ark of Salvation” (Mortalium Animos, 1928). True Catholic missionaries convert non-believers – not march alongside them against lawful authority.
The conciliar sect’s immigration stance follows its foundational heresy of religious indifferentism, treating the Catholic faith as interchangeable with pagan beliefs. As Pope Gregory XVI declared: “This perverse opinion is spread on the slippery path of indifference… they are in the most deplorable state” (Mirari Vos, 1832). Graf’s reduction of Christianity to social activism fulfills St. Pius X’s warning about Modernists making religion “a kind of aspiration towards the unknown… an immanent sentiment” (Pascendi, 1907).
Omission of Supernatural Purpose
Throughout 1,200 words, the article never mentions:
- The eternal consequences of dying in mortal sin
- Necessity of baptism for salvation (Mark 16:16)
- Duty to evangelize immigrants
- Moral obligation to obey just laws
This silence confirms the conciliar sect’s abandonment of extra ecclesiam nulla salus. While feigning concern for immigrants’ temporal welfare, Graf neglects their spiritual doom should they die outside the Church. Pope Benedict XV’s Code of Canon Law (1917) mandated missionaries to “take care that the faithful are frequently instructed in the truths of faith” (Canon 1332) – a duty utterly ignored in this political theater.
The article’s climax at the Statue of Liberty – a Masonic symbol of revolutionary enlightenment – perfectly encapsulates this apostasy. True Catholic missionaries carried crucifixes to pagan lands; conciliar operatives march toward monuments of Luciferian rebellion. As Pope Pius XI taught: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony” (Quas Primas, 1925). Until the Social Kingship of Christ is restored, such demonstrations will only accelerate societal collapse.
Source:
Priest walks from Illinois to New York against ‘inhumane’ immigration enforcement (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 24.11.2025