Summary: Studio Brussel, a Belgian radio station, aired a video segment in which its hosts smashed statues of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, framing it as a humorous response to “Blue Monday.” When questioned, host Sam De Bruyn admitted the act might be offensive but claimed it “is not a big issue” in secular Belgium, contrasting it with the danger of mocking Islam. The station later apologized, stating the hosts “underestimated how sensitive religious symbols can be.” This incident epitomizes the post-conciliar church’s descent into naturalistic humanism, where sacred symbols are treated as disposable cultural artifacts while the supernatural reality they represent is denied, and a cowardly, relativistic fear of Islam replaces the Catholic duty to defend the Faith.
The cited article reveals not a mere cultural misstep but a profound apostasy: the public desecration of the sacred images of Our Lord and His Mother by individuals identifying as “Catholic” is treated as a trivial joke, while the same individuals exhibit a terror of offending Islam. This exposes the complete theological and spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar sect’s “hermeneutics of continuity,” which has reduced the Incarnation and the Communion of Saints to mere sentimentality, and replaced the Social Reign of Christ the King with the tyranny of secular opinion and the dhimmitude of false ecumenism.
The Desecration as Logical Fruit of Modernist Indifferentism
The actions of De Bruyn, De Roo, and Lenaerts are not an anomaly but the inevitable outcome of the “errors” condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors. Their claim that smashing statues is acceptable because “all the things we smashed were all things that were already broken” is a perfect manifestation of Syllabus Error #58: “All the rectitude and excellence of morality ought to be placed in the accumulation and increase of riches by every possible means, and the gratification of pleasure.” Here, the “gratification” is the fleeting pleasure of viral humor, achieved through the destruction of sacred art. They treat the statues not as sacra signa—sacred signs pointing to the heavenly reality—but as mere broken objects, devoid of supernatural significance. This is the direct consequence of the modernist proposition condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu, #41: “The sacraments merely serve to remind man of the presence of the ever-benevolent Creator.” The statues, as reminders of the Incarnate God and His Mother, are thus reduced to sentimental reminders, easily discarded for a laugh.
The hosts’ explicit contrast—”dangerous” to smash a Muhammad statue versus “not a big issue” to smash Christ and Mary—unmasks the true religion of the post-conciliar world: the cult of man and the fear of the world. Their “Catholic upbringing” is presented not as a bond to supernatural truth but as a license for irreverence, a “get out of jail free” card for blasphemy. This inverts the Catholic principle. As Pius XI taught in Quas Primas, the Kingdom of Christ encompasses all nations and must be publicly honored: “Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ.” Instead, we have public derision by those claiming a Catholic identity, while the civil authority (the state of Belgium, with its 59% secular population) is implicitly upheld as the arbiter of what is “a big issue.” This is Syllabus Error #19: “The Church is not a true and perfect society… but it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church.”
The Heresy of “Humorous” Sacrilege and the Omission of the Supernatural
The station’s apology—”they underestimated how sensitive religious symbols can be”—is a masterpiece of naturalistic, bureaucratic language. It speaks of “sensitivity” and “respect for every religion” in purely sociological terms. It is a statement from the “Church of the New Advent,” which has exchanged the sensus fidelium (the sense of the faithful) for the sensus saeculi (the sense of the age). The grave, unaddressed sin is not mere insensitivity but sacrilege and blasphemy. The statues, once blessed, are sacred objects. Their violent destruction is an act of direct irreverence toward the Persons they represent. The apology’s focus on the “symbol” rather than the Person it signifies is a classic modernist trick, condemned by Pius X in Pascendi Dominici gregis: the separation of the “religious sentiment” from objective truth.
The article’s complete silence on the supernatural consequences of such an act is deafening. There is no mention of:
- The violation of the First Commandment.
- The offense against the Communion of Saints, which includes the veneration of sacred images.
- The duty of reparation and the danger of divine chastisement.
- The fact that the Blessed Virgin Mary, whose image was smashed, is the Mother of God and our Co-Redemptrix.
This silence is the hallmark of the conciliar sect. It operates on a purely natural, ethical plane (“respect,” “sensitivity”), completely evacuating the supernatural order of grace, sin, judgment, and heaven/hell. This is the “natural religion” warned against in the Syllabus (#5, #6). The hosts, raised “Catholic,” have internalized this naturalism perfectly.
The Symptomatic Cowardice: Fear of Islam vs. Contempt for Christ
The most telling moment is the hosts’ unanimous declaration that smashing a Muhammad statue would be “dangerous.” This reveals the true hierarchy of values in the post-Vatican II world: fear of the carnal power of Islam supersedes any duty to defend the honor of Christ. This is the logical endpoint of the “dialogue” and “religious freedom” promoted by the conciliar popes. It is the dhimmitude foretold by the “errors” of the Syllabus (#77-80), which condemned the idea that all religions are equally true and that the Catholic faith should not be held as the state religion.
From the integral Catholic perspective, the duty of a Catholic state (and of Catholic citizens within a secular state) is to publicly honor Christ the King and to suppress public blasphemy. Pius XI in Quas Primas is unequivocal: “The annual celebration of this solemnity will also remind states that not only private individuals, but also rulers and governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him… it will remind them of the final judgment, in which Christ… will very severely avenge these insults.” Instead, we have a “Catholic” radio host stating that in Belgium, desecrating Christ is “not a big issue,” while desecrating Muhammad is “dangerous.” This inverts the order of charity and justice. The true danger is the wrath of God (cf. Romans 1:18), not the wrath of men. Their fear is of temporal consequences; their contempt is for the eternal God. This is the spirit of apostasy described in the “False Fatima Apparitions” file: a diversion from the real danger of “modernist apostasy within the Church.”
The “Catholic Upbringing” Alibi and the Failure of Formation
De Bruyn’s claim that being “raised Catholic” gives them “a little more credit to do this” is a damning indictment of the catechetical formation since the Second Vatican Council. It suggests that Catholic identity is a cultural, ethnic, or sentimental asset that can be cashed in for license to mock the very foundations of that identity. This is the “evolution of dogmas” condemned by St. Pius X (#54, #60 of Lamentabili): “Dogmas, sacraments, and hierarchy… are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness.” The “dogma” here is that being “from the Christian tradition” means one can treat its central mysteries with casual contempt. The “evolution” is from the Catholic principle that “the worship due to God alone is called latria” to a vague “respect for every religion” that places the worship of the One True God on the same level as the worship of a false prophet.
This formation is a product of the “conciliar sect.” The “Catholic” upbringing these hosts received was not the integral Catholic faith of before 1958. It was the modernist, anthropocentric, sentimental religion of the post-conciliar period. They are, therefore, perfect fruit of the “Church of the New Advent.” Their apology, issued by the station, uses the language of the “abomination of desolation”: “We are not concerned with comparing religions but with treating everyone’s beliefs with care.” This is the heresy of indifferentism (Syllabus Error #15, #16) dressed in corporate PR.
Conclusion: A Call to Reparation and Separation
This incident is a microcosm of the Great Apostasy. It demonstrates:
- The complete evaporation of the sensus Catholicus among those who identify with the Church.
- The replacement of the supernatural virtue of religion with naturalistic “sensitivity.”
- The prioritization of fear of man (Islamic reprisal) over fear of God.
- The reduction of sacred images to cultural symbols to be smashed for amusement.
- The utter failure of the conciliar sect’s formation, producing apostates who think their “Catholic” background legitimizes their blasphemy.
The only adequate response from the remnant of the true Church is:
- Public reparation through prayer, penance, and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered in the traditional rite, which affirms the Real Presence and the sacrifice of Calvary—the very truths mocked by the destruction of the statues.
- Uncompromising separation from the conciliar sect and all its agents, who have proven themselves to be “enemies within” (as St. Pius X warned) and public apostates. The fact that these individuals are “raised Catholic” and work for a media outlet that likely receives some form of ecclesial recognition makes their sin more grave.
- A reaffirmation of the Social Kingship of Christ as taught by Pius XI in Quas Primas: “The annual celebration of this solemnity will also remind states that not only private individuals, but also rulers and governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him.” The current rulers of Belgium and the “conciliar church” have done the opposite.
The desecration of the statues is a physical act that mirrors the spiritual desecration of the Faith perpetrated by the “paramasonic structure” occupying the Vatican since 1958. The hosts’ fear of Islam and contempt for Christ is the precise spirit of the “ecumenism project” and “diversion from apostasy” described in the “False Fatima Apparitions” analysis. They focus on external threats (offending Muslims) while omitting the main danger: their own souls and the modernist apostasy that has consumed the institutional church. The path forward is not an apology to the world, but a public act of reparation to God and a total break with the apostate conciliar system.
Source:
Belgian Radio Station Apologizes After Smashing Statues of Jesus, Blessed Mother (ncregister.com)
Date: 25.03.2026