The Illusion of Religious Neutrality: A Modernist Betrayal of Christ’s Kingship
The EWTN News portal (February 6, 2026) reports that the U.S. government, under President Donald Trump, has issued guidance requiring public schools to permit prayer and religious expression under the guise of “neutrality.” The guidance asserts that schools must neither impose nor forbid prayer, framing religious liberty as mere private expression while denying the social reign of Christ the King (Pius XI, Quas Primas). This “neutral stance” exemplifies the conciliar sect’s capitulation to secularism, reducing the Faith to a negotiable private preference.
The Mirage of Neutrality: A Betrayal of Christ’s Social Kingship
The guidance’s insistence on “neutrality among and accommodation toward all faiths” constitutes a direct assault on the Regnum Christi. As Pope Pius XI declared:
“The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men. […] If princes and magistrates duly elected are filled with the persuasion that they rule, not by their own right, but by the mandate and in the place of the Divine King, they will exercise their authority piously and wisely” (Quas Primas, §19).
The U.S. government’s policy rejects this divine mandate, treating the One True Faith as equal to false religions—a heresy condemned by Pope Pius IX as “the false claim of evil-minded men that […] it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be treated as the only religion of the State” (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 77).
Religious Liberty as Syncretism
By permitting “students [to] dress in accordance with their religious faith” and allowing “religious student groups on the same terms as nonreligious ones,” the guidance elevates error to parity with truth. This violates the Church’s infallible teaching that error has no rights (Leo XIII, Libertas §34). The document’s rejection of the “wall of separation” between church and state is meaningless when it replaces divine law with pluralistic indifferentism. As Pope Pius XII warned: “The State which, as the perfect society, must put into practice the divine command […] cannot adopt the same attitude toward error as toward truth” (Ci Riesce, 1953).
The Apostasy of “Private Prayer”
The emphasis on “private and quiet” prayer reduces religion to individual sentiment, ignoring the Church’s mission to convert nations. The guidance states: “Teachers and staff […] must be permitted to pray while at work on the same terms as students.” This framework denies the public duty of societies to honor God through their laws and institutions—a truth enshrined in Pope Leo XIII’s Immortale Dei: “States cannot, without crime, behave as though God did not exist” (§6).
The “Rededicate 250” Event: A Masonic Parody
President Trump’s plan to “rededicate America as one nation under God” on May 17 is a naturalistic farce. True dedication requires submission to Christ the King through the Catholic Church, not a syncretistic gathering on the National Mall. The event’s pluralistic premise echoes the Masonic strategy exposed in the “[FILE: False Fatima Apparitions]”: “Symbolism of dates […] ritualistic cycles” used to mask anti-Catholic agendas.
Omissions That Condemn
The article omits the Church’s condemnation of religious indifferentism articulated in the Syllabus of Errors (Propositions 15–18) and Lamentabili Sane (Proposition 65: “Contemporary Catholicism cannot be reconciled with true knowledge without transforming it into […] liberal Protestantism“). It also ignores the Church’s infallible doctrine that “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12)—a truth reiterated by Pius IX’s condemnation of the “error that […] man may find the way of eternal salvation in any religion whatever” (Syllabus, Proposition 16).
Conclusion: The Kingship Denied
This guidance exemplifies the conciliar sect’s betrayal of Christus Rex. By reducing prayer to a private act and equating false religions with the One True Faith, it advances the modernist heresy that “the State must be separated from the Church” (Syllabus, Proposition 55). Catholics must reject this diabolical disorientation and proclaim with Pope Pius XI: “Christ reigns! […] Nations will be happy when both citizens and rulers follow [His] laws” (Quas Primas, §31). The “neutrality” of the U.S. government is not liberation but slavery to the prince of this world.
Source:
U.S. government reminds public schools to allow prayer (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 06.02.2026