Digital Activism Replaces Catholic Action in Hollow “Pro-Life” Spectacle
EWTN News reports on a “Virtual March for Life” urging participants to “flood social media” with videos of unborn children to make a “global statement for life.” Spokeswoman Rachelle Mainse claims this online campaign allows those unable to attend physical marches to “make an impact,” framing social media as a tool to “change hearts and lives.” The initiative, organized by “Baby Life Begins,” seeks to manufacture viral trends while assuring participants that “fear is reduced when you know thousands of others are sharing the same post.”
Naturalism Masquerading as Gospel Witness
The campaign reduces the fight against abortion to a technocratic public relations maneuver, devoid of supernatural perspective. Missing entirely is any reference to the causa formalis of life’s sanctity: “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Pius XI’s Quas Primas condemns such naturalism: “When men… renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior, unheard-of miseries… oppress people” (1925). By omitting Christ’s Kingship, the campaign reduces “pro-life” activism to sentimental humanism—precisely the error Pius IX denounced when condemning those who place “human reason” above divine authority (Syllabus of Errors, 1864, Propositions 3-4).
“We want people to be scrolling their newsfeed and see it flooded with this same video.”
This fixation on algorithmic virality exposes a modernist obsession with quantifiable “impact” over metanoia. Contrast this with Pope St. Pius X’s mandate: “The one duty of the multitude is to allow themselves to be led, and, like a docile flock, to follow the Pastors” (Vehementer Nos, 1906). The virtual march’s appeal to mass participation through digital conformity echoes Rousseau’s “general will”—a democratic heresy condemned in Mirari Vos (1832).
Collusion with Conciliar Apostasy
Notably, the campaign partners with EWTN News—a propaganda arm of the conciliar sect that promotes false obedience to antipopes. The article quotes Mainse’s claim that “1 in 4 women have had an abortion” without urging sacramental confession or warning that receiving “communion” in invalid Novus Ordo rites compounds their sacrilege. This silence confirms the campaign’s alignment with the neo-church’s refusal to preach “the whole counsel of God” (Acts 20:27).
Worse, the initiative fosters ecumenical indifferentism by inviting “advocates all around the world” to join—including non-Catholics who reject the Church’s exclusive mediatory role. Pius IX’s Quanta Cura (1864) anathematizes such collaboration: “By the institution of Christ, no one can be at the same time inside and outside the Church” (Canon 14). True Catholic action demands uncompromising fidelity to the extra Ecclesiam nulla salus dogma, not interfaith feel-good campaigns.
Theological Vacuum and Pastoral Cowardice
The campaign’s rhetoric centers on psychological manipulation—”courage is imparted,” “fear is reduced”—rather than sanctifying grace. Missing is any call to prayer, fasting, or the Immaculate Heart’s triumph—the only weapons that defeat hell (Mark 9:29). Instead, it champions digital exhibitionism as salvific: “Being a part of the online march may be the first time someone is using their social media to be a voice for life.”
This conflates authentic evangelization with performative activism. As St. Augustine warned: “A man may lose the good of his soul by placing his last end in human praise” (City of God, V.14). Nowhere does the campaign mention the Mass—the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary—as the source of reparation for abortion. This omission proves its spiritual bankruptcy.
Conclusion: The Antichurch’s Hollow Rituals
This “virtual march” epitomizes the conciliar sect’s substitution of Catholic action with secular activism. Its reliance on social media metrics mocks the Church’s teaching that “the weapons of our warfare are not carnal” (2 Cor. 10:4). Until organizers demand submission to Christ the King, reject Vatican II’s religious liberty heresy, and urge participation in valid sacraments, their efforts remain a dangerous diversion—a digital circus distracting souls from the only true solution: “Penance, penance, penance!” (Our Lady of La Salette, 1846).
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Virtual march for life looks to ‘flood’ social media with pro-life message (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 22.01.2026