Vatican II Sect’s Nativity Grotto Renovation: Ecumenism Over Catholic Truth
EWTN News (January 30, 2026) reports that the Custody of the Holy Land and the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem announced renovations to Bethlehem’s Grotto of the Nativity under a decree from the “State of Palestine,” using an Italian firm previously involved in the Basilica of Nativity’s rehabilitation. The article frames this as protecting “Gospel heritage” for “all traditions” to venerate Christ’s birthplace. This collaboration epitomizes the conciliar sect’s surrender of Catholic exclusivity to pluralistic naturalism.
Betrayal of Christ’s Kingship Through Palestinian Authority Collaboration
The grotto’s restoration under a Muslim-majority political entity—which denies Regnum Christi (the Kingship of Christ)—constitutes sacrilegious submission to secular powers. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) declares: “Nations will be happy and peaceful only when they obediently accept the reign of Christ.” By seeking legitimacy from the “State of Palestine,” the conciliar administrators reject Quas Primas‘ mandate that “rulers of states must give public honor and obedience to Christ.” The article’s silence on this contradiction exposes its acceptance of the Vatican II heresy that “the State is autonomous from God’s law” (condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors, Propositions 39, 55).
Ecumenical Desecration of Sacred Space
The joint statement claiming to enable “the faithful of all traditions [to] venerate the birthplace of Christ” blasphemously equates Catholic worship with schismatic rites. The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate remains outside the Church’s unity, making its involvement in a Catholic holy site unlawful. Canon 1258 of the 1917 Code forbade “active participation in non-Catholic rites,” while Pope Leo XIII’s Satis Cognitum (1896) affirmed: “The Church is alien to no one except those who reject her teaching.” The article’s celebration of inter-confessional cooperation violates Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928), which condemned ecumenism as “denying the Church’s divine constitution.”
“Through this collective effort, the Churches of Jerusalem protect the Gospel heritage… ensure that the faithful of all traditions may continue to venerate the birthplace of Christ with reverence.”
This statement employs modernist doublespeak: “Churches” (plural) denies the singularity of Christ’s Bride, while “Gospel heritage” reduces the Incarnation to a cultural artifact. Contrast this with Pius XII’s Mediator Dei (1947): “Sacred places are consecrated exclusively for Catholic worship… to exclude profanation and error.“
Naturalism Masquerading as Piety in Other News
The Scottish bishops’ support for an anti-prostitution bill focuses on “vulnerable women” while ignoring the theological root of sexual immorality—society’s rejection of Catholic sexual ethics. The Nigerian diocese’s “week of reparation” after a tabernacle desecration rings hollow when conducted under apostate hierarchies who tolerate Communion for adulterers and idolaters.
Peaceful Coexistence: Code Word for Apostasy
The International Day of Peaceful Coexistence promotes the heresy that “all religions equally foster peace,” directly contradicting Pope Boniface VIII’s Unam Sanctam (1302): “Outside the Church there is no salvation or remission of sins.” Lawyer Tony Bou Abboud’s claim that “Christian spiritual values nurture dialogue” distorts forgiveness into syncretism, ignoring Pius IX’s condemnation of “equating the Church with false religions” (Syllabus, Proposition 16).
Omissions That Condemn
The article avoids key Catholic principles:
- No mention of reconsecrating the grotto after Orthodox involvement
- No call for Palestine’s conversion to Catholicism
- No warning that receiving “Communion” in post-conciliar structures constitutes idolatry
Pius X’s Lamentabili (1907) condemned such silence: “Omission of supernatural truths proves naturalism in faith.“
Symptom of the Conciliar Apostasy
These stories collectively reveal the neo-church’s essence:
- Collaboration with error (Palestine, Orthodox)
- Reduction of grace to sociology (Scotland’s bill)
- Equality of religions (coexistence day)
As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi (1907), modernists “replace divine revelation with human conscience.” Until Rome’s usurpers are rejected and Catholic kingship restored, such sacrileges will escalate.
Source:
Holy Land Church leaders announce renovations to Grotto of the Nativity (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 30.01.2026