Lou Holtz Hospice Report Omits Catholic Realities of Suffering and Death
EWTN News portal reports the hospitalization of 89-year-old former football coach Lou Holtz, emphasizing his career achievements at the University of Notre Dame while remaining silent on the spiritual dimension of human suffering. The article notes Holtz’s Catholic identity and 59-year marriage, yet demonstrates the modernist reduction of man to his earthly accomplishments.
Cult of Earthly Glory Over Eternal Salvation
The report prioritizes Holtz’s 1989 championship season as his defining legacy, exemplifying the conciliar sect’s inversion of values. Quas Primas (1925) condemns such naturalism: “When God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states… the entire human society had to be shaken.” By framing Holtz primarily as a “legendary coach” rather than a soul facing eternity, the article commits the error Pius XI denounced – treating man “as if God did not exist.”
“Lou Holtz, the storied football coach known for leading the Notre Dame Fighting Irish to a 12-0 perfect season…”
Nowhere does EWTN mention whether Holtz has received the Last Rites, the Apostolic Pardon, or the Crucifix for his final agony – omissions revealing the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Ars moriendi (the art of dying). The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 468) mandates priests to “administer the sacraments to the dying without delay,” a duty conspicuously absent from this “Catholic” report.
University of Apostasy Masquerading as Catholic
The article’s celebration of Notre Dame proves particularly damning. This institution publicly honors pro-abortion politicians (Biden in 2016) and hosts pagan performances (2023 drag show), making it what St. Pius X called “an enemy disguised as a friend” (Pascendi, 39). Holtz’s coaching tenure (1986-1996) coincided with Notre Dame’s explicit rejection of Ex Corde Ecclesiae (1990), when it maintained theology professors who denied fundamental dogmas.
Sacramental Silence as Spiritual Malpractice
The report’s complete silence on whether Holtz:
- Has access to valid sacraments (doubtful given most conciliar priests lack proper ordination)
- Receives the true Eucharist (impossible in Novus Ordo settings per Quo Primum)
- Will be buried according to traditional rites (the 1961 Rituale Romanum forbids cremation)
constitutes spiritual negligence. St. Alphonsus Liguori warns: “The devil seeks to make the dying person die without the sacraments, because he knows the great damage to souls who die without them” (Preparation for Death, Consideration XVI). This omission confirms EWTN’s transformation into what Archbishop Lefebvre called “a tool of the destroyers.”
Naturalism in the Face of Eternity
The article reduces Holtz’s 59-year marriage to chronological data rather than a sacramental covenant. No mention of:
- Beth Barcus Holtz’s funeral rites
- Whether she died in sacramental grace
- The couple’s fidelity to Casti Connubii‘s teaching on contraception
exposes the conciliar sect’s rejection of Pius XI’s condemnation of “the false liberty of the flesh” (Casti Connubii, 62). The focus on Skip Holtz’s coaching career continues the naturalism that blinds modernists to Christ’s warning: “What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).
Conclusion: A Mirror of Conciliar Apostasy
This report epitomizes the conciliar revolution’s fruits: A once-Catholic outlet reduced to chronicling earthly achievements while ignoring the Four Last Things. As true Catholics, we pray Mr. Holtz receives valid sacraments from a priest ordained before 1968, and implore God’s mercy on a soul formed by institutions that exchanged the crown of eternal glory for temporal trophies.
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Famed Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz enters hospice, per reports (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 30.01.2026