The EWTN News portal (February 6, 2026) profiles Admiral Brian Christine, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, who claims his “Catholic faith guides” his governmental service. The article highlights Christine’s devotion to saints like St. Peter, St. Thomas More, and Blessed von Galen while detailing HHS policies restricting chemical abortions and transgender medical interventions. This facade of piety conceals fundamental betrayals of Catholic sovereignty.
Theological Abdication Disguised as “Faith-Based” Governance
Christine’s assertion that “We faithful don’t have to check our faith at the door to practice medicine or science” constitutes theological treason. The Syllabus of Errors explicitly condemns the notion that “the Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error #55). By implying Catholicism can coexist with secular governance without demanding the Social Reign of Christ the King, Christine embraces the heresy of Americanism condemned by Leo XIII in Testem Benevolentiae (1899).
Nowhere does Christine reference Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925), which mandates that “Rulers of nations…publicly honor and obey” Christ as King. His selective invocation of St. Thomas More proves hypocritical – More died rejecting royal supremacy over the Church, while Christine serves administrators who uphold abortion “rights” in 33 states.
Naturalism Masquerading as Pro-Life Policy
The article reveals Christine’s department focuses on “safety concerns” regarding mifepristone rather than its intrinsic evil. This reduces abortion to a public health issue, ignoring Pius XI’s condemnation in Casti Connubii (1930): “However much we may pity the mother…no possible reason can ever…make what is intrinsically against nature become conformable to nature and morally good.”
Similarly, Christine’s opposition to transgender procedures centers on physical harms: “We don’t need to be cutting off body parts.” This avoids condemning gender ideology as diabolical rebellion against natural law – a position demanded by Leo XIII’s Libertas (1888), which teaches that “natural freedom…belongs only to those who live according to…right reason.”
Counterfeit Sanctity in Service of the New World Order
Christine’s appeal to Blessed von Galen constitutes sacrilege. The Lion of Münster opposed Nazi euthanasia precisely because it usurped God’s authority over life – yet Christine collaborates with a regime permitting 612,000 annual abortions (Guttmacher Institute, 2025). Von Galen would condemn Christine’s department for tolerating abortion in cases of rape, incest, or maternal health – violations of the Fifth Commandment.
His “devotion” to St. Peter rings equally hollow. The Prince of Apostles demanded “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29), while Christine’s HHS enforces contraceptive mandates on 78% of employers (Becket Fund, 2025). The First Vatican Council (1870) infallibly declared that “the Apostolic See has always enjoyed…full liberty” from civil power – a liberty Christine’s policies actively undermine.
The Silent Apostasy of EWTN’s Propaganda
The article’s silence on three critical issues exposes its modernist subtext:
- No condemnation of receiving “Communion” in invalid rites, despite Paul VI’s Missale Romanum (1969) rendering sacraments doubtful at best
- No warning that Kennedy and Christine serve Antichrist’s globalist regime predicted in Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907)
- No acknowledgment that EWTN’s “Pro-Life Weekly” program airs on networks promoting the Vatican II heresies
When Christine claims “My Catholic faith guides me,” he practices the ultimate deception. The Syllabus condemns those who “say that the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error #80). True Catholics obey Pius IX’s command: “You must combat with all your strength anyone who…adopts the customs of Protestants” (Qui Pluribus, 1846). Until Christine renounces his governmental role and demands America’s conversion to Catholicism, he remains – like Judas – a betrayer with a kiss.
Source:
‘My Catholic faith guides me’: HHS assistant secretary speaks on policy, saints (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 06.02.2026