Syncretism and Modernist Distortions in the Canonization of “Juan Diego”
The Catholic News Agency portal (December 9, 2025) presents a deceptively hagiographic account of Franciscan missionary Pedro de Gante’s alleged baptism of “Juan Diego” – the fabricated indigenous figure central to the Guadalupe apparition myth. The article states: “Juan Diego and his wife were baptized by Gante and took new names… considered one of the first native couples to be baptized in Mexico.” This narrative serves the conciliar sect’s agenda of replacing Catholic missionary triumphalism with postmodern cultural relativism.
Historical Revisionism Masquerading as Piety
The article’s claim that Cortés “tore down pagan temples, and in their place built Catholic churches” deliberately obscures the Church’s uncompromising stance against idolatry. Quas Primas (Pius XI, 1925) establishes that “the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ,” justifying the destruction of demonic worship sites. The conciliar narrative implies regret for this cleansing, paralleling Bergoglio’s 2015 apology for “evangelization errors” – a direct contradiction of Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX, 1864) condemning those who claim “the Church is an enemy of… progress” (Error 57).
Gante is praised for studying “the native language of the Indigenous people” and creating a Nahuatl catechism. This modernist emphasis on inculturation ignores the Council of Trent’s decree that Latin remains the liturgical language to preserve doctrinal purity. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1351) explicitly forbade vernacular liturgy, recognizing it as a gateway to heresy – a prophetic warning fulfilled in the Novus Ordo’s linguistic freefall.
Gante believed that education and religion should be natural parts to one’s everyday life.
This statement reveals the article’s naturalistic presuppositions. True Catholic mission work subordinates nature to grace, unlike Gante’s alleged approach which echoes the Lamentabili condemnation of those reducing revelation to “man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Error 20). The Syllabus anathematizes the notion that “moral laws do not stand in need of the divine sanction” (Error 56) – precisely the error promoted when presenting religion as merely “part of everyday life.”
The Guadalupe Deception and Its Theological Consequences
The article’s veneration of “St. Juan Diego” constitutes implicit endorsement of the fraudulent Guadalupe apparitions. No credible historical evidence supports Diego’s existence before the 16th-century Nican Mopohua – a document suspiciously aligning with Aztec goddess Tonantzin’s cult. As the False Fatima Apparitions file demonstrates, such phenomena inevitably “open the way to religious relativism” through syncretic symbolism. Guadalupe’s dark-skinned “Virgin” served Spanish colonial interests by baptizing pagan imagery, exactly as Freemasonry exploited Fatima’s solar symbolism.
Modernists celebrate Guadalupe as proof of “inculturated evangelization,” but true missionaries like St. Francis Xavier never compromised doctrine for cultural assimilation. The Syllabus condemns those claiming “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Error 18) – an error extended to pagan religions through Guadalupe’s implicit syncretism.
Sacramental Validity and the Missionary Imperative
The article states Diego was baptized at age 50, raising grave doubts about sacramental validity. Traditional missionary practice required extensive catechesis before baptism – as demonstrated by the North American Martyrs’ meticulous preparation of converts. The claim that Diego and his wife were “one of the first native couples baptized” suggests mass conversions without proper instruction, violating Trent’s decree on baptismal dispositions (Session VII, Canon 6).
Moreover, the Franciscans’ missionary methods foreshadow Vatican II’s errors. Gante’s school teaching “Spanish artisanal skills” alongside faith mirrors the conciliar sect’s obsession with worldly development over spiritual salvation. Contrast this with St. Pius X’s warning: “The Church is not an institute for human culture… but for eternal salvation” (Pascendi, 1907).
Omissions That Condemn
The article conspicuously avoids mentioning:
- The blood-soaked Aztec empire’s child sacrifices, which Catholic conquerors rightly destroyed
- Whether converts fully renounced pagan practices (historical records indicate widespread crypto-idolatry)
- The eternal fate of souls – replaced by anthropocentric “cultural encounter” narratives
This silence exemplifies the conciliar sect’s abandonment of extra ecclesiam nulla salus, condemned in Syllabus Errors 16-17. True missionaries preached the Four Last Things; modernists celebrate “dialogue.”
Conclusion: Rejecting Neo-Colonial Syncretism
The Catholic News Agency piece typifies the conciliar sect’s historical revisionism, laundering colonial exploitation into a multicultural fable. Authentic Catholic evangelization demands unapologetic proclamation of Christ’s Kingship, not this saccharine “encounter” theology. As Quas Primas declares: “Nations will be happy… when both citizens and governments follow the law of Christ.” Until Mexico’s hierarchy condemns Guadalupe’s pagan roots and re-consecrates the nation to Christ the King, no true restoration can begin.
Source:
Meet the Franciscan friar who baptized St. Juan Diego (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 09.12.2025