Vatican News portal (December 13, 2025) reports the beatification of 124 Spanish Civil War martyrs in Jaén Cathedral and 50 French Catholics martyred by Nazis in Notre Dame de Paris. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presided in Spain while Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich officiated in France. The article claims these individuals were killed “solely on account of their faith,” with Spanish delegates asserting they made sacrifices “for the love of Christ” and embodied forgiveness. The French group allegedly died for clandestine chaplaincy work under Nazi occupation through the “Mission Saint Paul.”
Illegitimate Authority Corrupts Sacramental Integrity
The ceremony’s presiders—Semeraro and Hollerich—belong to the conciliar sect’s counterfeit hierarchy. As Pius XII’s Sacramentum Ordinis (1947) established immutable sacramental form, post-1958 ordinations lack validity due to altered rites. Paul VI’s Pontificalis Romani (1968) destroyed the priesthood’s essence by changing episcopal consecration rites. Hollerich, who publicly denied Catholic sexual morality (LifeSiteNews, October 12, 2022), and Semeraro, promoter of the pagan Amazon Synod, manifestly lack sacra potestas. Their “beatifications” constitute sacrilege, as Leo XIII decreed: “Nulla salus extra Ecclesiam” (No salvation outside the Church – Satis Cognitum, 1896).
Martyrdom Requires Odium Fidei, Not Political Narrative
The article’s claim that Spanish martyrs died “solely on account of their faith” contradicts traditional criteria. True martyrdom requires odium fidei (hatred of the faith) as defined by Benedict XIV in De Servorum Dei Beatificatione (1738). Revolutionary violence during Spain’s civil war often mixed political and anti-clerical motives. The Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemns the notion that “the Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55), exposing the revolutionaries’ Masonic roots. Yet the article omits whether victims explicitly testified to Christ’s Kingship when murdered—a necessary element for martyrdom per Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925).
French “martyrs” face greater theological problems. Their involvement with Jeunesse Ouvrière Chrétienne (JOC)—a movement condemned by Pius XI for promoting “Catholic Action” without doctrinal formation—taints their witness. The Mission Saint Paul operated under Vichy regime collaborationists, violating Pius XII’s requirement that Catholics avoid “any cooperation with systems denying Christ’s social reign” (Summi Pontificatus, 1939).
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Faith
Delegates describe the martyrs as affirming “violence is not the solution” rather than defending Catholic truth. This humanitarian reduction mirrors the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. The Spanish delegate’s statement that “the world needs goodness” substitutes secular ethics for the Gospel’s demands. St. Pius X condemned such naturalism: “Modernists place the foundation of religious philosophy in that doctrine which is usually called Agnosticism” (Pascendi, 1907).
The article’s emphasis on “forgiveness” divorced from repentance or conversion echoes Bergoglio’s universalism. True Catholic martyrdom always seeks the persecutor’s conversion, as St. Stephen prayed for Saul (Acts 7:60). Nowhere does the piece mention whether these victims invoked Christ’s name for their killers’ salvation—a hallmark of authentic martyrdom per the acts of early martyrs.
Omissions Expose Conciliar Apostasy
Critical silences plague the narrative:
- No mention of sacramental absolution for Spanish priests murdered while hearing confessions. Traditional theology requires martyrdom to include perfect charity—doubtful if priests administered invalid sacraments using Paul VI’s rites.
- Failure to specify whether French workers received valid sacraments. The conciliar sect’s Novus Ordo Missae lacks propitiatory sacrifice (Cardinals Ottaviani & Bacci, 1969), rendering spiritual support meaningless.
- Absence of references to Mary’s intercession or final judgment—standard elements in pre-1958 beatification documents.
The beatifications serve the conciliar sect’s political agenda: rehabilitating Vichy collaborators through “moral support” narratives and whitewashing Spain’s Catholic-monarchist resistance as generic “victims of violence.” This falsifies history, as Pius XI praised those “defending Church rights against persecuting regimes” (Divini Redemptoris, 1937).
Conclusion: Martyrs Weaponized Against Tradition
These theatrical ceremonies continue Bergoglio’s canonization of modernist figures like Oscar Romero. By beatifying Catholics murdered in political conflicts without verifying odium fidei, the conciliar sect equates martyrdom with humanitarian activism. True Catholics remember Pope St. Pius V’s decree: “Let martyrs be investigated with utmost rigor lest unworthy persons be venerated” (De Beatificatione Martyrum, 1570). Until Rome returns to the Missale Romanum of John XXIII and professes the Professio Fidei Tridentina, such spectacles remain diabolical parodies of the Church’s saint-making authority.
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50 Catholics martyred by the Nazis beatified in France (vaticannews.va)
Date: 13.12.2025