Vatican Portal Promotes Naturalistic Humanism in Journalist Deaths Report
The VaticanNews portal (December 9, 2025) uncritically amplifies Reporters Without Borders’ annual report claiming 67 journalists killed globally, framing these deaths as attacks on a “fundamental human right: the right to information.” The portal describes Gaza as particularly dangerous for media workers, blames Israeli forces, and warns of “Mexicanisation” of violence against journalists. This presentation constitutes a complete capitulation to Enlightenment naturalism, ignoring the regnum Christi (kingship of Christ) as the only solution to human conflicts.
Reduction of Human Tragedy to Godless Human Rights Framework
The report’s central error lies in its exclusive reliance on secular humanitarian metrics: “67 journalists killed, 503 imprisoned, 135 missing.” This quantification reduces human suffering to statistical naturalism, ignoring the causa finalis (ultimate purpose) of human life – salvation through Christ. Pius XI condemned such Godless frameworks in Quas Primas: “When once men recognize…that Christ has royal authority over society…it will be possible to heal those wounds from which society is suffering.”
Nowhere does the article mention that true peace flows only from submission to Christ the King. Instead, it promotes the liberal myth of “free information” as salvific – a direct contradiction of Pope Pius IX’s condemnation in the Syllabus of Errors: “The Church ought to be separated from the State” (Error 55). The portal’s claim that “the defence of truth is inseparable from the defence of life itself” constitutes blasphemy when divorced from Veritas Ipsa (Truth Himself), who declared: “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6).
False Martyrdom Narrative Conceals Real Apostasy
RSF’s declaration that “journalists do not die; they are killed” appropriates Christian martyrdom language while emptying it of supernatural content. True martyrdom requires odium fidei (hatred of the faith), as defined by Pope Benedict XIV in De Servorum Dei Beatificatione. The portal’s indiscriminate application of martyr terminology to secular journalists – regardless of their beliefs or motives – constitutes theological fraud.
“When journalists are targeted, societies lose their eyes and ears.”
This statement reveals the article’s naturalistic anthropology. The true “eyes” of society are not journalists but the Magisterium, as Pope Leo XIII taught in Sapientiae Christianae: “The Church alone…is the safe and trustworthy guardian of holy truth.” The silence about Catholic journalists murdered for opposing contraception, abortion, or Islamism – like Salvadoran Jesuit Rutilio Grande assassinated in 1977 – exposes the report’s anti-Catholic bias.
Omission of Christ’s Social Kingship as Root Cause
The portal’s analysis ignores the primary spiritual warfare underlying all conflicts. Pius XI warned in Quas Primas that “the rebellion of individuals and states against the authority of Christ has produced deplorable consequences.” Gaza’s violence stems directly from rejection of Christ’s reign, not insufficient “press freedom.” The report’s proposed solution – stronger secular legal protections – echoes the condemned Modernist error that “human reason is the sole arbiter of truth” (Pius IX, Syllabus, Error 3).
By blaming Israel while ignoring Islamist persecution of Christians, the portal promotes the conciliar sect’s false ecumenism. The Second Council of Lyon (1274) and Council of Florence (1439) defined that outside the Church there is no salvation – a truth suppressed in the article’s relativistic framing. The real “Mexicanisation” is the spread of Masonic-inspired secularism, condemned by Leo XIII in Humanum Genus as “the kingdom of Satan.”
Flawed Methodology Rooted in Modernist Presuppositions
RSF’s report exemplifies the “historical-critical method” condemned in Pius X’s Lamentabili Sane (Proposition 64): “Scientific progress demands…reform of Christian doctrine.” The claim that 43% of deaths occurred in Gaza relies on unverified Hamas-controlled sources, yet the portal presents this as objective fact – a violation of Pius X’s condemnation of “critical” methods that doubt traditional sources (Lamentabili, Proposition 12).
The report’s focus on physical violence ignores the greater spiritual murder perpetrated by conciliar sect leaders who’ve abandoned Catholic mission. As Archbishop Lefebvre noted before his apostasy: “The smoke of Satan has entered the sanctuary.” True Catholic journalism would denounce Bergoglio’s destruction of the faith, not lament secular reporters’ deaths while ignoring apostate clergy’s eternal crimes.
In conclusion, this VaticanNews piece demonstrates the conciliar sect’s complete adoption of Masonic humanitarianism. It substitutes the Social Reign of Christ with UN-style rights language, ignoring Pius XI’s warning: “States must submit to Christ or descend into tyranny” (Quas Primas). Until nations consecrate themselves to Christ the King through the Immaculate Heart – not through fake “Fatima” rituals – such tragedies will only multiply.
Source:
2025: A deadly year for journalists (vaticannews.va)
Date: 09.12.2025