Canadian Bishops’ Capitulation to Secular Hate-Speech Legislation
Catholic News Agency reports on December 8, 2025, that the Canadian Conference of Catholic “Bishops” (CCCB) and “Cardinal” Francis Leo petition Prime Minister Mark Carney to retain Section 319(3)(b) of Canada’s criminal code. This provision currently exempts “good-faith expressions or opinions based on religious texts” from hate-speech prosecution. The “bishops” warn that removal would create a “chilling effect on religious expression,” fearing clergy could face imprisonment for preaching doctrine. Conservative MP Andrew Lawton welcomed their stance, while Liberal MP Leslie Church accused opponents of “bad faith sabotage.” The Bloc Québécois demands removal of religious exemptions as part of Quebec’s secularist agenda, exemplified by Bill 9 banning prayers in public spaces.
Naturalistic Surrender to Caesar’s Jurisdiction
The conciliar sect’s plea betrays foundational apostasy by treating religious expression as a privilege granted by civil authority rather than Christus Rex‘s (Christ the King) absolute sovereignty over nations. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925) declares: “Rulers of states…have the duty of honoring Christ…not only in private life, but also in public.” By framing their request as a petition to secular power rather than a demand grounded in divine law, these “bishops” invert the proper order: rendering unto Caesar what belongs to God. Their timid request for “consultations” with government officials mocks St. Pius X’s condemnation in Lamentabili (1907) of those who “place the Church under the dominion of the state.”
“The removal of this provision risks creating uncertainty for faith communities… who may fear that the expression of traditional moral or doctrinal teachings could be misinterpreted as hate speech.”
This statement reveals theological bankruptcy. Authentic shepherds would in verbis et operibus (in word and deed) condemn any human law suppressing Gospel truths, citing St. Paul: “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). Instead, the CCCB reduces doctrine to negotiable “opinions” subject to state approval—precisely the Modernist error condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864): “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error #55).
Omission of Christ’s Kingship as the Sole Foundation
Nowhere do these “bishops” reference the social reign of Christ the King—the very doctrine justifying religious liberty. Quas Primas teaches: “When once men recognize…that Christ has authority…not only over individuals but over governments…then at last will many evils be cured.” Their silence echoes Vatican II’s heresy of religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), which Pius XI forewarned against: “That false principle which asserts liberty of conscience is a right inherent in man” condemns nations to “bitter fruits” of discord.
“Cardinal” Leo’s claim that religious freedom is a “cornerstone of a healthy, democratic Canada” subordinates divine law to democratic positivism. The Syllabus explicitly condemns the notion that “the best condition of civil society is where no duty is recognized by the government of correcting…violators of the Catholic religion” (Error #77). True shepherds would denounce Quebec’s Bill 9 banning prayers as sacrilege against Christ’s majesty—not merely a “secularist push.”
Collaboration With False Religions Against Natural Law
The CCCB allies with “Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and Hindu communities” to defend “religious expression.” This false ecumenism violates Mortalium Animos (1928): “The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church.” Pius XI condemned those who “place the true religion on par with false ones”—a direct repudiation of the “bishops'” interfaith coalition. Worse, they implicitly endorse non-Christian “religious texts” receiving equal protection, despite St. Pius X’s warning in Lamentabili that such relativism “leads to the corruption of dogma.”
Canonical Irregularity of Conciliar “Bishops”
These men lack authority to speak for the Church. Following Paul IV’s Cum ex Apostolatus Officio (1559), those “defect[ing] from the Catholic Faith” before episcopal “consecration” lose jurisdiction. The CCCB’s acceptance of Vatican II heresies—including religious liberty and collegiality—renders their “episcopacy” null. St. Robert Bellarmine states: “A manifest heretic cannot be Pope” (De Romano Pontifice), and by extension, not a bishop. Their plea carries no weight, being issued by apostates occupying Church structures.
Conclusion: True Catholic Response
Authentic clergy would: 1) Denounce all hate-speech laws as usurpations of Christ’s legislative authority; 2) Forbid the faithful from recognizing the state’s right to define “acceptable” religious speech; 3) Order Catholics to disobey such laws under pain of mortal sin. As Pius IX taught: “It is unlawful to follow one liberty of perdition…in order to gain any earthly advantage” (Quanta Cura). Until these “bishops” profess the extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (no salvation outside the Church) and condemn Vatican II, their political maneuvering remains a satanic parody of true shepherding.
Source:
Canadian bishops ask prime minister to keep religious-text protection in hate-speech law (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 08.12.2025