January 2026 – Page 3 – Antichurch.org

Manila’s Idolatrous Spectacle Masquerading as Catholic Devotion

Catholic News Agency reports on the January 9, 2026 “Feast of the Black Nazarene” in Manila, Philippines, where 9.6 million people participated in a 30-hour procession of a darkened wooden statue. The article describes Bishop Rufino Sescon Jr. (Diocese of Balanga) condemning political corruption during his homily while praising devotees’ “toughness.” The report highlights emotional testimonies from participants and quotes Cardinal Jose Advincula’s call for “humility,” omitting any reference to the sacraments or the social reign of Christ the King.

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Manila’s Millions in Misguided Devotion: Naturalism Masquerading as Piety

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The Vatican News portal reports on January 14, 2026, about nearly 10 million Filipinos participating in the Feast of the Black Nazarene, highlighting the 31-hour procession of a fire-darkened 17th-century statue through Manila’s streets. The article emphasizes crowd size, barefoot pilgrims in maroon garments, and devotees attempting to touch the carriage carrying the image as central elements of what it calls “one of the most popular religious celebrations in Asia.” The celebration culminates in returning the statue to Quiapo Church, with government officials boasting about record-breaking attendance figures. This spectacle exemplifies how modernist structures replace supernatural faith with emotional pageantry.

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US Government and Conciliar Sect Collude on Religious Worker Visas, Neglecting Divine Law

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Catholic News Agency reports on January 14, 2026 that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Kristi Noem will implement a rule easing visa requirements for foreign religious workers. The measure eliminates the one-year foreign residency requirement for R-1 visa holders who reach their five-year limit before obtaining green cards. “Archbishop” Paul Coakley and “Bishop” Brendan Cahill of the United States Conference of Catholic “Bishops” (USCCB) praised the move, claiming it will “minimize disruptions to cherished ministries” while continuing to push Congress for the Religious Workforce Protection Act. The report notes Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s earlier promises to create a “standalone process” for religious visas without denominational preference. This bureaucratic “solution” emerges after multiple dioceses faced priest shortages due to visa backlogs exacerbated under the Biden administration.

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Therapeutic Modernism Masquerading as Catholic Response to Tragedy

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Catholic News Agency reports on Andrew Cozzens’ January 13, 2026 presentation at St. John the Baptist Church in Minnesota, following the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting that killed two children. The “bishop” emphasized emotional processing through prayer while avoiding any substantive Catholic teaching on sin, judgment, or the social reign of Christ the King. The talk exemplifies how conciliar church leaders replace depositum fidei (the deposit of faith) with therapeutic psychologism when confronting evil.

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Sealed Doors, Sealed Hearts: Vatican’s Empty Ritualism

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Vatican News reports the completion of private rites sealing the Holy Doors of the four Papal Basilicas (13–16 January 2026), including the placement of a bronze box containing commemorative medals of recent antipopes, documents, and keys. The ceremonies, conducted without public participation, epitomize the conciliar sect’s abandonment of sacramental efficacy in favor of sterile ceremonialism.

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Vatican’s Idolatrous Display: Mosaic Portrait of Usurper Antipope Leo XIV

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Vatican News portal (January 14, 2026) reports the completion of a mosaic portrait of antipope Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”) for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The portrait, crafted by the Vatican Mosaic Studio under Cardinal James Michael Harvey’s direction, employs traditional techniques to perpetuate the conciliar sect’s fraudulent claim to apostolic succession.

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Neo-Cristero Spectacle Masks Conciliar Complicity

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Catholic News Agency (January 14, 2026) reports that over 45,000 youths plan a pilgrimage to Mexico’s Christ the King monument on Cubilete Hill, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Cristero War. The event features a “Holy Mass” celebrated by Vatican representative Joseph Spiteri and León “archbishop” Jaime Calderón Calderón, framed as resistance against “subtle censorship” of Catholicism. Organizers from the “Witness and Hope” group decry church attacks and murdered priests while paradoxically collaborating with the very ecclesiastical structures enabling Mexico’s anti-Catholic persecution.

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Conciliar Sect’s Basilica Elevation Masks Apostasy in Arabia

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The VaticanNews portal (January 14, 2026) reports that usurper “Cardinal” Pietro Parolin will elevate Kuwait’s Church of Our Lady of Arabia to a “Minor Basilica,” framing this act as a pastoral achievement while concealing its theological bankruptcy.

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Antipope Leo XIV’s Naturalistic Distortion of Prayer in Vatican Audience

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Catholic News Agency reports on a January 14, 2026, general audience in which the usurper of the Apostolic See, Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), urged Christians to “set aside time… to speak with God in prayer,” framing divine communion as a dialogue between friends. The address centered on Vatican II’s Dei Verbum, with claims that “listening and dialogue with God” form Christianity’s foundation. This modernist inversion reduces the supernatural order to anthropocentric sentimentality.

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