Panama’s Prelates Promote Constitutional Revolution Against Christ the King
Panama’s Prelates Promote Constitutional Revolution Against Christ the King
The ACI Prensa portal reports (January 12, 2026) that Panama’s “bishops” have issued a revolutionary manifesto during their 224th ordinary assembly, demanding “urgent” constitutional changes while omitting any reference to the Social Kingship of Christ. The statement declares: “It’s not just a matter of reforming texts but about renewing consensus, strengthening democratic institutions, guaranteeing social justice”, framing national identity around the bloody 1964 flag protests against U.S. control of the Canal Zone. These “prelates” invoke environmentalism, wealth redistribution, and Venezuelan solidarity while systematically avoiding mention of Panama’s duty to recognize the Regnum Christi as the foundation of social order.
Naturalistic Substitution of Divine Law
The conciliar sect’s representatives commit heresy by omission when asserting constitutional changes must “respond realistically…to the aspirations of the Panamanian people” without acknowledging that “the whole of human society” must be “subject to the authority of Jesus Christ” (Pius XI, Quas Primas, §18). Their demand for “social justice” detached from man’s supernatural end echoes the Modernist error condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors: “Human reason…is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood, and of good and evil” (Proposition 3). By reducing justice to material distribution while ignoring the præstantia supernaturalis (supernatural primacy), these functionaries practice the very naturalism Pius XII warned would reduce the Church to “an enslaved organ of the State” (Address to Roman Patriciate, 1952).
Revolutionary Historicism Masquerading as Patriotism
Invoking the 1964 flag riots as foundational to Panamanian identity constitutes historical revisionism antithetical to Catholic historiography. The claim that sovereignty “is defended with conviction, unity, and generous dedication” deliberately omits that true sovereignty resides in Christ the King, “from whom all men, both collectively and individually, have the duty to learn…the truth” (Pius XI, Quas Primas, §32). This Modernist historiography—which exalts nationalist violence while suppressing the debitum cultus (duty of worship) owed to God—was condemned by St. Pius X as reducing history to “a collection of experiments made in the past” (Pascendi, §38). The “prelates'” silence concerning Panama’s constitutional obligation to recognize the Catholic Faith as the state religion (1917 Constitution, Article 5) betrays their revolutionary aims.
Environmentalist Pantheism Replaces Creation Theology
Their environmental posturing regarding RĂo Indio communities contains implicit pantheism by treating nature as autonomous rather than creatura Dei (creation of God). Demanding “discernment and decisions [to] guarantee a decent life and secure land” while ignoring the finis ultimus (ultimate end) of man constitutes the naturalistic fallacy condemned in the Syllabus: “The teaching of the Catholic Church is hostile to the well-being and interests of society” (Proposition 40). True ecological concern begins with Pius XI’s teaching that creation exists “to the end that all may know God” (Caritate Christi Compulsi, §17), not as an end in itself.
False Mercy Without Conversion
The “bishops'” Venezuelan solidarity statement exemplifies the conciliar sect’s false ecumenism: “We affirm that ‘the good of the beloved Venezuelan people must prevail above any other consideration'”. This contradicts Pius IX’s condemnation of those who claim “good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ” (Syllabus, Proposition 17). Authentic mercy requires proclaiming “the unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8), not the naturalistic welfare statism these functionaries endorse.
Conclusion: Revolutionary Displacement of the Divine Constitution
These Panama-based Modernists commit apostasy by omission—demanding constitutional reform while suppressing Panama’s duty to “organize the whole of human society according to the precepts of the Gospel” (Pius XI, Quas Primas, §33). Their manifesto embodies the conciliar sect’s fundamental heresy: replacing the Social Kingship of Christ with democratic absolutism. As St. Pius X warned, such revolutionaries labor not for Christ, but for “the great modern apostasy organized in every country for the establishment of a One-World Church” (Letter on the Sillon, §24). True Catholics must reject this constitutional coup against the Rex Regum and pray for Panama’s return to its Catholic foundations.
Source:
Catholic Church in Panama calls for new constitution (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 12.01.2026