New York’s Embrace of Assisted Suicide: A Direct Assault on Christ’s Kingship
The “EWTN News” portal reports that New York Governor Kathy Hochul has legalized physician-assisted suicide, disregarding opposition from conciliar-sect “bishops” and disability advocates. The law, framed as granting “bodily autonomy,” permits terminally ill patients to end their lives with medical assistance. Conciliar officials issued generic condemnations while failing to denounce Hochul’s apostasy. The article cites Catechism paragraphs 2276-2277 but omits the lex iniusta non est lex (an unjust law is no law) principle requiring civil resistance to evil statutes.
Naturalism Replaces Divine Sovereignty
Governor Hochul’s assertion that assisted suicide allows New Yorkers to “endure less suffering” reveals the gnostic hatred of redemptive suffering condemned by Pius XII (Mystici Corporis Christi, 1943). Her appeal to “bodily autonomy” directly contravenes Pius IX’s condemnation of the error that “human reason… is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood, and of good and evil” (Syllabus of Errors, 1864, Proposition 3). By enshrining suicide as a civil right, New York rejects the Regnum Christi (Kingship of Christ) over legislatures, which Pius XI declared must “publicly honor and obey” Christ or face judgment (Quas Primas, 1925).
Conciliar ‘Bishops’: Complicit Silence on Apostasy
The conciliar sect’s New York “bishops” limited their response to asking Hochul “to reject physician-assisted suicide for themselves” rather than enforcing Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code, which holds that public defection from Catholic truth incurs automatic loss of office. Their statement avoids labeling Hochul’s action as formal heresy despite her facilitating mass murder. This mirrors the silence of Modernist clergy who “equate the Church with false religions” (Pius IX, Syllabus, Proposition 18).
“While physician-assisted suicide will soon be legal here in New York, we must clearly reiterate that it is in direct conflict with Catholic teaching…”
This mealy-mouthed phrasing exemplifies the conciliar sect’s refusal to declare Hochul ipso facto excommunicated under Canon 2314 for enacting anti-Christian laws. Contrast this with Pope Leo XIII’s injunction: “Rulers must serve the divine law in administering human law” (Libertas Praestantissimum, 1888).
Disability Advocates Expose the Culture of Death’s Logic
Jessica Rodgers correctly identifies assisted suicide as enabling “executioners” in white coats, but fails to trace this to Vatican II’s embrace of religious liberty. When New York claims authority to redefine murder as medical care, it fulfills Pius X’s warning about states that “deny God’s right over human society” (Vehementer Nos, 1906). The article’s reference to “underutilized” palliative care ignores how conciliar hospitals already withhold food/water from patients under “quality of life” assessments.
Omissions Reveal Modernist Capitulation
Nowhere does the article mention:
1. The eternal consequences for legislators voting for this law (Apocalypse 21:8: “murderers… shall have their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone“).
2. The duty of Catholics to disobey immoral laws per Acts 5:29 (“We ought to obey God rather than men“).
3. Christ’s exclusive authority over life/death (Deuteronomy 32:39: “I kill and I make alive“).
This silence confirms the conciliar sect’s surrender to the “cult of man” denounced by Pius XI. When “EWTN” reduces Catholicism to one voice among many in the public square, it rejects the extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (no salvation outside the Church) dogma.
The Only Remedy: Restoration of Christ’s Social Reign
New York’s death decree proves the necessity of Pius XI’s remedy: “When men recognize Christ’s royal dignity… nations will heal their wounds… swords will fall from hands” (Quas Primas). Until civil leaders kneel before the Rex Regum (King of Kings), all “guardrails” on assisted suicide will collapse as they have in Canada, where euthanasia now targets the poor and mentally ill. The faithful must reject all collaboration with this murderous regime and demand the restoration of Catholic civil order.
Source:
Patient advocate on passage of New York assisted suicide bill: ‘Reexamine your consciences’ (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 09.02.2026