US Violation of Sovereignty in Venezuela: A Betrayal of Christ’s Kingship
VaticanNews.va reports on January 3, 2026, that a series of explosions struck Caracas, with U.S. President Trump announcing the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife in what he termed a “large scale strike.” The article describes Venezuelan authorities condemning this as “U.S. aggression” violating UN principles, while framing the attack as targeting military installations and strategic infrastructure. This narrative omits the fundamental Catholic principle (Pius IX, Syllabus of Errors, 1864) that nations exist under God’s eternal law, not as pawns of globalist power struggles.
The Sin of Usurping Divine Authority Over Nations
The article’s sterile description of Venezuela’s bombardment—
“attacks reportedly hit military installations and strategic infrastructure”
—ignores the grave violation of Quas primas (1925), where Pius XI declared that “kings and princes… must obey Christ” and that no nation may arrogate to itself the right to depose sovereigns. The United States’ actions constitute a modern lèse-majesté against Christ the King, whose reign extends over all civil authorities (Dan 7:14). By omitting this theological framework, the report implicitly endorses the Masonic dogma of “might makes right” condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus (Errors 39, 63).
The Silence on Venezuela’s Right to Self-Defense Under Natural Law
Maduro’s mobilization of citizens is dismissed as denouncing
“a ‘very serious military aggression’”
without analyzing its legitimacy under Thomistic just-war principles. The Church teaches that auctoritas principis (the authority of rulers) includes the duty to defend subjects from external attack (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II-II Q40). The article’s failure to affirm Venezuela’s natural law right to resist invasion reveals the post-conciliar sect’s collaboration with globalist power structures—a betrayal of Pius IX’s condemnation of states acting as “the origin and source of all rights” (Error 39).
Modernist Complicity in Economic Imperialism
Venezuela’s accusation that the U.S. seeks
“to seize the country’s strategic resources, starting with oil and minerals”
aligns with Leo XIII’s warning against ruthless capitalism that “grinds the poor” (Rerum Novarum, 1891). Yet the report’s neutral tone towards this economic aggression echoes the conciliar sect’s silence on exploitative usury—a sin repeatedly condemned by pre-1958 popes. The absence of moral judgment on resource plundering demonstrates how neo-church journalism operates as a propaganda arm for colonial powers, contravening Pius XI’s condemnation of “economic imperialism” (Quadragesimo Anno, 1931).
The Abomination of “Regime Change” Theology
Trump’s boast of
“successfully carr[ying] out a large scale strike”
to effect regime change embodies the heresy of American exceptionalism—a pseudo-religion condemned by Gregory XVI as “insanity” (Mirari Vos, 1832). Nowhere does the article reference the Catholic teaching that unjust rulers are permitted by God as chastisement (Rom 13:1), nor that their removal belongs solely to divine providence or legitimate internal processes—never foreign intervention. This omission reflects the conciliar sect’s embrace of revolutionary ideologies anathematized in Pius VI’s Auctorem Fidei (1794).
Conclusion: The Duty of Catholics in Face of Imperialist Sacrilege
The bloodshed in Caracas flows from denying Christ’s kingship over nations—a truth solemnized by Pius XI’s institution of the Feast of Christ the King precisely to combat “the plague of laicism” (Quas Primas). Until nations kneel before the Rex Regum, such atrocities will multiply. Authentic Catholics must reject both U.S. militarism and Venezuela’s socialist errors, upholding instead the Social Reign of Christ as the only path to peace. As St. Augustine declared: “Without justice, what are kingdoms but great robberies?” (City of God, IV.4)—a verdict applicable equally to Washington’s drones and Caracas’s collapsing regime.
Source:
Venezuela: Strong explosions in Caracas, President Maduro captured (vaticannews.va)
Date: 03.01.2026