U.S. Military Strikes in Nigeria Expose Bankruptcy of Secular “Solutions” to Persecution
The Catholic News Agency portal (December 25, 2025) reports on U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Nigeria conducted with Nigerian government approval, quoting President Donald Trump’s declaration that “radical Islamic terrorism” targeting Christians necessitated military action. Congressman Riley Moore applauds the strikes as a “first step” to ending persecution. The article frames this as a defense of Christians while omitting the only solution demanded by Catholic doctrine: the public reign of Christ the King over nations.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Order in “Protection” of Christians
The article’s core error lies in accepting the modernist heresy condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error #80). By celebrating Trump’s bombs as “precision hits” while omitting Nigeria’s duty to eradicate heresy through Catholic governance, the report embraces three fatal errors:
1. Reduction of persecution to a geopolitical issue: Nowhere does the text mention Nigeria’s canonical obligation as a majority-“Christian” nation to suppress heresy (Code of Canon Law 1917, Canon 2314). Instead, it praises cooperation with the U.S. Secretary of War – a position condemned by Leo XIII as incompatible with the Pax Christi (Encyclical Dall’alto dell’Apostolico Seggio, 1890).
2. Equivocation on “Christian” identity: The term “innocent Christians” (Trump’s phrase) implies victims merit defense based on humanitarian rather than doctrinal grounds. Contrast this with Pius XI’s teaching: “Not by the might of armies but by the Cross of Christ have the martyrs conquered” (Encyclical Caritate Christi Compulsi, 1932). True defense requires conversion of Muslims, not merely stopping their violence.
3. Omission of Nigeria’s apostate hierarchy: While mentioning Nigeria’s Catholic bishops conference secretary-general (Dec 23 article link), the piece hides that these prelates tolerate Mohammedan worship and reject the Syllabus’ condemnation of religious liberty (Error #77: “…no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State”).
Theological Abdication in the Face of Martyrdom
President Trump’s threat – “if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay” – blasphemously appropriates divine judgment (Matthew 10:28), while Congressman Moore’s Catholic identity is weaponized to endorse modernist heresy: that security comes from missiles rather than sacraments.
Where the article should demand:
“Nigeria must consecrate itself to Christ the King, expel Mohammedan infiltrators, and restore the social reign of the Sacred Heart”
it instead promotes the Masonic ideal of “cooperation” between nations. This directly violates Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony” (1925).
Symptomatic Silence on the Real War
The report’s focus on physical violence ignores the causa causans: Nigeria’s abandonment of Catholic integralism. Consider what’s omitted:
– No call for the Nigerian government to abrogate its 1999 Constitution (which establishes religious neutrality – Article 10)
– No mention of the 12 million Nigerian Catholics attending Novus Ordo “Masses” that omit prayers for the conversion of heretics
– No demand to prosecute apostate bishops who permit shared worship with Muslims
This aligns with the conciliar sect’s 1965 Dignitatis Humanae heresy, which St. Pius X condemned in advance: “They want the Church to be amalgamated with the state… and in consequence to suffer freedom to be granted to error” (Encyclical Vehementer Nos, 1906).
Conclusion: Bombs Cannot Atone for Apostasy
Until Nigeria’s government and collaborating “bishops” obey Pius XI’s mandate – “When nations revolt against the authority of Christ the King, they inevitably descend into chaos” (Quas Primas) – no U.S. military action will stem persecution. The blood of martyrs cries not for drone strikes, but for the restoration of the Regnum Christi. This article’s celebration of secular violence proves the conciliar sect has abandoned the Church’s divine mission for earthly politics.
Source:
In effort to stem violence against Christians, U.S. conducts airstrikes on ISIS in Nigeria (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 26.12.2025