The False Hope of Earthly Liberation Without Christ the King
Catholic News Agency reports on reactions to the capture of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, featuring statements from exiled Nicaraguan diplomat Arturo McFields and researcher Martha Patricia Molina. McFields claims “winds of hope are blowing” for Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, asserting that “no dictatorship is eternal.” Molina argues for changes in international law to permit military interventions against “criminal dictatorships.” The article concludes with exiled Managua auxiliary “bishop” Silvio Báez comparing modern tyrants to Herod, claiming they “end up condemned by God and by history.” This revolutionary narrative reduces salvation history to political liberation, ignoring the social kingship of Christ (Pius XI, Quas Primas) as the only foundation for true social order.