Military Religious Liberty Hearings Mask Apostasy from Christ the King
Catholic News Agency reports (December 11, 2025) on the fourth hearing of the Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission, focusing on alleged suppression of religious expression in the U.S. military. Testimonies from figures including retired Army chaplain Maj. Gen. Doug Carver, historian David Barton, and Marine veteran Mike Berry decried the removal of biblical references from military equipment, chaplains being renamed “spiritual readiness coaches,” and vaccine mandate repercussions. The commission – featuring conciliar church figures like “Bishop” Robert Barron – plans to present findings to President Trump, advocating for expanded “religious liberty” protections.
Theological Bankruptcy of the Commission’s Premise
The entire proceeding rests upon the heretical Vatican II doctrine of religious liberty condemned by pre-conciliar magisterium. Dignitatis humanae‘s error that “the human person has a right to religious freedom” (DH 2) directly contradicts Pius IX’s solemn condemnation: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true is an error” (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 15). The commission operates within this conciliar framework, making its work intrinsically opposed to Catholic truth.
Notably absent is any reference to Christ’s social kingship. As Pius XI taught: “Nor is there any difference in this matter between the individual and the family or the State; for all men, whether collectively or individually, are under the dominion of Christ” (Quas Primas 18). The military – like all state organs – exists to serve Christ the King, not to provide equal platform to false religions. The commission’s naturalistic focus on “rights” rather than duties toward God constitutes apostasy from the Church’s perennial teaching.
Naturalism Masquerading as Military Chaplaincy
“Chaplains are called spiritual readiness coaches, values facilitators, and morale officers… their primary role is as religious leaders, first and foremost.”
Carver’s complaint about title changes reveals deeper corruption. The pre-conciliar chaplain’s role was to offer the Holy Sacrifice and sanctify soldiers for eternal life. The conciliar church reduces religion to a psychological support function. As the Holy Office warned: “Modernists place the foundation of religious philosophy in that doctrine which is usually called Agnosticism” (Lamentabili, Proposition 15). When chaplains become “morale officers,” the supernatural vanishes, leaving only therapeutic naturalism.
The testimony lamenting discontinued “duty days with God” ignores how Vatican II’s sacramental devastation made such practices impossible. True Catholic chaplains before 1958 would have prioritized Mass, Confession, and Eucharistic adoration – not generic “spiritual reflection.” The post-conciliar chaplaincy described constitutes what Pius X condemned as “the cult of man” (Pascendi 37), replacing worship of God with human emotional needs.
Subversion of True Religious Freedom
Berry’s vaccine mandate testimony exposes the conciliar church’s hypocrisy. While rightly opposing medical tyranny, he ignores how religious liberty arguments undermine Catholic exclusivity. The First Liberty Institute’s advocacy for “highly religious” recruits of all faiths equals the condemned error: “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Syllabus, Proposition 18). True freedom lies in submission to Rome, not pluralism.
The commission’s composition confirms its apostasy. “Bishop” Barron – who promotes universalism – and “Archbishop” Cordileone – who allows pro-abortion politicians to receive sacrilegious “communion” – embody the “false shepherds” Ezekiel warned against (34:2). Their presence makes the commission a Masonic parody of true ecclesial authority.
The False Left-Right Dichracy
Barton’s timeline blaming Obama-Biden administrations ignores how “conservative” Republicans also advance religious pluralism. Trump’s executive order establishing the commission cites “founding principles” of religious freedom – the very error condemned by Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos (1832). Whether Democrats remove Bible verses or Republicans promote interfaith chaplaincy, both reject Christ’s kingship.
The solution isn’t better religious liberty education, but abolition of the false principle. As Leo XIII taught: “States cannot without crime show themselves indifferent to religion” (Libertas 21). Until the commission demands the military’s submission to the Catholic Church, its work serves the Synagogue of Satan.
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Religious Liberty Commission hears testimony of religious freedom concerns in military (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 11.12.2025