The Catholic News Agency portal (December 2, 2025) reports the appointment of “Bishop” Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud as chairman of Catholic Relief Services (CRS) by “Archbishop” Paul Coakley of the USCCB. The article emphasizes Neary’s humanitarian experience in Africa and his commitment to “compassionate accompaniment” and “advocacy for the dignity of the poor,” with CRS President Sean Callahan praising the organization’s “lifesaving work” in 122 countries. This celebration of social activism devoid of supernatural purpose reveals the conciliar sect’s complete abandonment of the Church’s divine mission.
Naturalism Masquerading as Charity
The CRS appointment exemplifies the conciliar sect’s betrayal of Quas primas (Pius XI, 1925), which declared that “the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ” and that nations must “publicly honor and obey Him.” Nowhere does Neary mention the conversion of souls or the social reign of Christ the King, reducing Catholic action to what Pius XI condemned as “a certain charity devoid of Christian love” (Encyclical Caritate Christi Compulsi). CRS’ boast of serving 225 million people annually while omitting any reference to administering sacraments or preaching the Gospel fulfills Pius X’s warning in Pascendi that modernists would reduce religion to “a kind of vague religiosity accommodated to all.”
“Together, we will continue to bring the light of Christ to communities around the world, especially those most in need.”
This empty invocation of Christ’s name while engaging in purely naturalistic aid work constitutes theological fraud. The true Church knows that as Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Outside the Church there is no salvation), material aid without spiritual salvation is cruelty. St. Augustine’s maxim Non intratur in veritatem nisi per caritatem (One does not enter into truth except through charity) is inverted – the conciliar sect offers bodily comfort without concern for eternal souls, making them “twice the children of hell” (Matthew 23:15).
Illegitimate Authority and Invalid Mandate
The appointment chain itself proves canonical nullity. “Archbishop” Coakley (USCCB president) holds no jurisdiction, as the 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 188.4) declares that those publicly defecting from Catholic faith lose office ipso facto. The USCCB structure – born from Vatican II’s Christus Dominus – constitutes an illegal national episcopal conference condemned by Pius VI’s Auctorem Fidei (1794). When Neary claims his African experience qualifies him for CRS leadership, he ignores the missionary mandate of Maximum Illud (Benedict XV, 1919), which prioritized establishing native clergy to “plant the Church” rather than secular NGOs.
The conciliar sect’s CRS follows the blueprint of apostasy condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX, 1864):
- Error 39: “The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits” – CRS coordinates with UN agencies that promote abortion and gender ideology.
- Error 55: “The Church ought to be separated from the State” – CRS operates as secular NGO receiving government contracts requiring religious silence.
- Error 80: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” – CRS’ “partnerships” with 1,735 organizations include pro-abortion groups.
The Silence That Condemns
Neary’s statement contains three damning omissions symptomatic of conciliar apostasy:
1. No mention of grace: His “years in Africa” reportedly showed him “the face of Christ in the poor,” yet he never speaks of administering sacraments or converting pagans. This contradicts Pius XII’s Evangelii Praecones (1951): “The first apostles of the Gospel… were careful to select men from the converts… who would be capable of carrying on the work of the sacred ministry.”
2. No condemnation of heresy: CRS operates in Muslim-majority nations without challenging Islamic errors, violating Gregory XVI’s Mirari Vos (1832) against “indifferentism.”
3. No reference to eternal judgment: The reduction of Christianity to “lifesaving work” ignores Our Lord’s warning: “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose his soul?” (Mark 8:36).
As St. Robert Bellarmine declared in De Romano Pontifice, manifest heretics automatically lose ecclesiastical authority. The conciliar sect’s “bishops” – consecrated with the invalid 1968 rite – lack both jurisdiction and sacramental power, making Neary’s leadership of CRS equivalent to a Freemason chairing a Eucharistic congress.
Conclusion: The Antichurch’s False Mercy
When Callahan praises CRS for “lifesaving work” while the organization distributes contraceptives in disaster zones (as documented in Kenya, 2023), we witness the fulfillment of Pius X’s prophecy in Pascendi: “The Modernists substitute for the divine reality a reality purely human.” This appointment confirms the conciliar sect as the synagoga Satanae foretold in Revelation 2:9 – a pseudo-religious entity serving worldly power while persecuting true Catholics who keep the Faith intact. As Pope St. Pius V decreed in Quo Primum, we must “stand fast in that which was received,” rejecting all collaboration with these destroyers of souls who “have a form of godliness but deny its power” (2 Timothy 3:5).
Source:
Bishop Patrick Neary of Saint Cloud to chair Catholic Relief Services board (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 02.12.2025