“Bishops” Defend Life While Ignoring Christ’s Kingship Over Nations
CatholicNewsAgency.com reports (January 16, 2026) that French “bishops” issued a statement opposing legislation to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide ahead of Senate debates. The article details how the bill mirrors abortion penalties by criminalizing obstruction of euthanasia with fines up to €30,000. While the “bishops” cite palliative care gaps and ethical risks, their defense of life remains shackled to secular humanism rather than divine law. The conciliar sect’s leaders reduce Catholic resistance to a sociological debate about “end-of-life care” while omitting the regnum Christi over civil legislation.
Naturalism Masquerading as Moral Opposition
The conciliar “bishops” declare profound “respect” for those facing terminal illnesses but frame their opposition in purely anthropocentric terms. They emphasize “human, fraternal, medical and social responses” while avoiding any reference to the Fifth Commandment’s absolute prohibition: “Non occides” (Exodus 20:13). This deliberate omission exposes their adherence to the condemned modernist principle that morality evolves with societal needs (Lamentabili sane exitu, Proposition 22).
Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors explicitly condemns the notion that “human reason… is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood, and of good and evil” (Proposition 3). Yet the French “bishops” parrot this error by appealing to palliative care statistics rather than invoking God’s eternal law. Their statement that euthanasia would “alter the nature of our social contract” reveals a Rousseauian worldview diametrically opposed to Pope Pius XI’s teaching that “the empire of our Redeemer embraces all men” (Quas Primas, §18).
Sacredotal Cowardice in the Face of State Tyranny
The article notes the bill’s “obstructing aid-in-dying” clause threatens Catholic hospitals with prosecution for refusing euthanasia. While “bishops” express concern, they fail to declare the intrinsic evil of such legislation or demand Catholic institutions defy it. Contrast this with Pope Pius IX’s condemnation of states that “think they can do without God” (Syllabus, Introduction), or Pope Pius X’s teaching that “Christ cannot be said to have reigned where the State ignores the law of God” (Vehementer Nos, 1906).
The “bishops'” proposed resistance—prayer templates and “DISONS NON” posters—trivializes the Church’s spiritual weapons. True shepherds would echo St. Ambrose’s defiance to Emperor Theodosius: “Non tibi licet” (“You have no right”), demanding civil authorities recognize Christ’s sovereignty. Instead, these conciliar functionaries treat the Massacre of the Innocents as a public policy dispute.
Theological Vacuum at Life’s Threshold
Nowhere do the “bishops” mention the Four Last Things (novissima)—Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell—which frame the Catholic understanding of suffering. Their silence on redemptive suffering (Colossians 1:24) and the necessity of dying in sanctifying grace (John 6:54) reduces death to a medical event rather than the soul’s passage to eternity. This naturalism fulfills Pius X’s warning that modernists reduce faith to “a sum of probabilities” (Lamentabili, Proposition 25).
The article quotes “bishops” lamenting psychological suffering but avoids condemning the bill’s allowance of “psychological suffering” as grounds for euthanasia. This tacitly accepts the anti-Catholic premise that man owns his life—a doctrine condemned by Leo XIII as “contrary to natural reason” (Libertas Praestantissimum, §33). Authentic Catholic teaching maintains that suffering, when united to Christ’s Passion, becomes salvific (Romans 5:3-5).
Institutional Apostasy Enabled by Silence
CatholicNewsAgency.com uncritically describes the “bishops” as legitimate authorities despite their membership in the conciliar sect. These men hold office under antipope Leo XIV—an invalid claimant to Peter’s throne since John XXIII’s canonical vacancy (Cum ex Apostolatus Officio, Paul IV). Their exhortations carry no magisterial weight, as true jurisdiction requires both valid orders and communion with the Catholic Church (Sacra Tridentina Synodus, Session XXIII).
The article’s closing appeal to donate to “continue reporting the truth” rings hollow when the outlet itself recognizes modernist “bishops.” As Pope Pius XII taught, one cannot simultaneously reject Catholic doctrine while claiming to defend life: “Error has no rights” (Ci Riesce, 1953). Until France’s legislators bow before Christ the King and repudiate the Vatican II apostasy, their euthanasia debates merely rearrange deck chairs on a sinking ship.
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French bishops condemn euthanasia bill ahead of Senate debate (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 16.01.2026