The article from EWTN News (March 29, 2026) reports that “Bishop” António Francisco Jaca and “Archbishop” Kryspin Witold Dubiel urged journalists to deepen their knowledge of the Catholic Church ahead of “Pope” Leo XIV’s visit to Angola. Jaca recommended consulting post-conciliar documents such as the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the 1983 Code of Canon Law, emphasizing responsible reporting on social issues, national development, and “truth, justice, and social cohesion.” Dubiel described the papal visit preparations as a “school of humility,” calling for positive, value-driven language that “blesses Angola” by speaking well and promoting unity. The event, part of a “Jubilee” for journalists, framed communication as a tool for harmony and the common good, with no mention of supernatural realities like sin, grace, or salvation. **This analysis exposes the theological and spiritual bankruptcy of a program that reduces the Catholic Church to a naturalistic humanist NGO, stripping it of its divine mission and aligning with the modernist errors condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium.**
The Conciliar Hierarchy: A Null Authority
The entire premise of the article rests on the legitimacy of “Pope” Leo XIV and his appointed “bishops” and “archbishops.” From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, this is a fatal error. The pre-conciliar Magisterium, as definitively taught by St. Robert Bellarmine and codified in canon law, holds that a manifest heretic loses all ecclesiastical office ipso facto, without any formal declaration. The bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio (1559) declares that any cleric, even a pope, who “has defected from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy” is deprived of all jurisdiction, and his promotion is “null, void, and of no effect.” The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 188.4) explicitly states that an office becomes vacant by the “mere fact” of “publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” Since the occupants of the Vatican since John XXIII have promulgated heretical doctrines (e.g., religious liberty, ecumenism, collegiality) and abrogated the Catholic faith, they are manifest heretics. Therefore, “Pope” Leo XIV and his appointees, including “Bishop” Jaca and “Archbishop” Dubiel, possess no legitimate authority. Their instructions are those of schismatics and apostates, not Catholic pastors. Any “obedience” or “respect” due to them is a delusion, as they occupy a sedes vacans and lead souls into error.
Reduction of the Church to Social Humanism
The article’s core message reduces the Catholic Church to a vehicle for social cohesion, national development, and “the common good.” Jaca states that communication should “promote truth, justice, and social cohesion,” and Dubiel urges journalists to “bless Angola” by speaking well and fostering “unity, hope, and social development.” This is a stark denial of the Church’s primary supernatural mission. Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925), instituting the feast of Christ the King, defines the Church’s purpose: to lead souls to eternal salvation through the worship of God and obedience to Christ’s law. Pius XI warns that when “God and Jesus Christ… are removed from laws and states,” society is destroyed, and “the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The article, by contrast, presents the Church as a collaborator with secular state goals (patriotism, development), echoing the errors condemned in the Syllabus of Errors. Error #40 states: “The teaching of the Catholic Church is hostile to the well-being and interests of society.” The conciliar sect has internalized this calumny, betraying the faith by subordinating the Church to temporal powers and reducing its message to a bland moralism acceptable to the world. The “kingdom of Christ” is absent; in its place is the “kingdom of man,” with the Church as its chaplain.
Silence on Supernatural Realities: The Gravest Accusation
The most damning aspect of the article is its complete omission of the supernatural. There is no mention of:
- The necessity of the Catholic faith for salvation (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus).
- The Sacrifice of the Mass as the true worship of God.
- The reality of sin, grace, or the Four Last Things (death, judgment, heaven, hell).
- The primacy of the worship of God over all human activities.
This silence is not accidental but doctrinal. St. Pius X’s decree Lamentabili sane exitu (1907) condemns Modernism’s reduction of faith to human consciousness. Proposition #20: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God.” Proposition #25: “Faith, as assent of the mind, is ultimately based on a sum of probabilities.” The article’s focus on “responsible reporting,” “social cohesion,” and “national development” embodies this naturalistic religion. It treats the Church as a human institution among many, whose value lies in its social utility, not in its divine institution as the sole ark of salvation. This is the essence of the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place: a counterfeit church that speaks the language of charity but denies the God who is Charity.
The “Jubilee” and “School of Humility”: Modernist Reinterpretations
The article describes the “Jubilee” as a “biblical time of renewal, reconciliation, and restoration, symbolizing a return to justice, freedom, and equality.” This is a modernist redefinition. The biblical jubilee (Leviticus 25) was a supernatural institution focused on liberation from slavery and return to ancestral property, prefiguring the spiritual liberation of Christ. The conciliar “jubilee” is a secularized celebration of human progress. Similarly, Dubiel calls the papal visit preparations a “school of humility,” requiring “reflection, adaptability, and continuous learning.” True Catholic humility is the recognition of one’s sinfulness before God, the submission of the intellect to divine revelation, and the acceptance of the Church’s exclusive authority. The “humility” described here is the adaptability of the Church to the world’s expectations—a virtue of the apostate, not the believer. It is the humility of the serpent, not the dove.
The Recommended Documents: Tools of Modernism
Jaca specifically urges journalists to consult the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the 1983 Code of Canon Law. These are not neutral reference works but instruments of the conciliar revolution. The Catechism (1992) promotes religious liberty (¶ 2105), ecumenism (¶ 821), and a novel understanding of conscience (¶ 1790), all condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus (Errors #15-18, #77-80). The 1983 Code, unlike the 1917 Code, embodies the “new ecclesiology” of Vatican II, reducing the Church’s rights and increasing state interference (cf. Syllabus Errors #19-55). By recommending these texts, Jaca is directing journalists to sources that propagate heresy. The true documents of Catholic doctrine are those promulgated before the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958: the 1917 Code of Canon Law, the Roman Catechism (1566), the decrees of the Council of Trent, and the encyclicals of pre-conciliar popes. These alone contain the unchanging faith.
The Role of Journalists: Naturalistic Virtues Without Christ
Jaca’s ethical framework for journalists is entirely naturalistic: “Truth must always be the guiding criterion,” “communication should promote truth, justice, and social cohesion,” and journalists must “respect human dignity.” While these are good in themselves, they are presented as ends in themselves, detached from their supernatural foundation. Catholic journalism, as taught by pre-conciliar popes, must first and foremost defend the faith, expose error, and call for conversion. Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas states that the feast of Christ the King is instituted to combat the “plague” of secularism, which has “removed Jesus Christ and His most holy law from… public life.” The article’s journalists are urged instead to “balance critical thinking and faith” and to avoid “sensationalism and hate speech”—euphemisms for any uncompromising proclamation of Catholic truth that might offend the modern world. This is the “dialogue” of the conciliar sect: a one-sided surrender to the world’s standards, where the Church’s message is watered down to avoid “division.”
Conclusion: The Apostasy in Action
This event is a microcosm of the great apostasy foretold by Our Lord (Matthew 24:10-12) and condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici gregis. The conciliar hierarchy, having abandoned the faith, now operates as a naturalistic, philanthropic organization. Its “bishops” and “nuncios” are functionaries of a paramasonic structure, promoting a religion of man rather than the religion of God. The journalists are being trained to be propagandists for this false church, spreading a gospel of social harmony without the Cross, a “kingdom” without the King. The true Catholic must reject this apostasy entirely, cling to the immutable faith of the pre-1958 Church, and recognize that the only legitimate authority resides in those bishops and priests who uphold the integral Catholic faith and reject the conciliar errors. The “fruits” of this visit will be intellectual and spiritual only if they lead to the conversion of souls to the one true Church; as it stands, they will only deepen the abomination.
Source:
Ahead of Angola papal visit, journalists urged to ‘deepen knowledge’ of Catholic Church (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 29.03.2026