The Abomination of Desolation Preaches a Naturalistic Gospel of Mercy
The conciliar sect’s “Latin Patriarchate” in Jerusalem, through its rector “Fr.” Bernard Poggi, has issued a statement echoing the globalist, humanist propaganda of the post-Vatican II “church.” This statement, disseminated by the “Catholic” News Agency (EWTN), represents a complete rupture with the unchanging teaching of the Catholic Church on the legitimate authority of the state and the supernatural foundation of justice. It is a satanic inversion, replacing the reign of Christ the King with the cult of man and his “dignity,” thereby promoting the very secularism condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors and the modernist errors condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu.
Factual Level: A House Built on Sand of Modernist Heresies
The cited article presents the position of “Fr.” Poggi as the authentic teaching of the “Catholic Church.” This is a fundamental lie. The entity occupying the Vatican since the death of Pope Pius XII is the “Church of the New Advent,” a paramasonic structure that has systematically dismantled Catholic doctrine. The arguments presented are not Catholic but are drawn from the poisoned well of Modernism:
- It cites the post-conciliar “Catechism” (para. 2267), a synthetic document that evolved the Church’s teaching under the guise of “development of doctrine,” a heresy explicitly condemned by St. Pius X. The pre-1958 Magisterium never declared the death penalty intrinsically evil; it recognized it as a legitimate, though rarely justifiable, power of the state derived from God.
- It elevates “human dignity” to an absolute principle, detached from its supernatural foundation in the Imago Dei and the law of God. This is the naturalism of the Enlightenment, which the Syllabus (Errors #56-58) condemns: “Moral laws do not stand in need of the divine sanction… All the rectitude and excellence of morality ought to be placed in the accumulation and increase of riches… Right consists in the material fact.” The article’s focus on “dignity” and “mercy” is a deliberate omission of the four last things: death, judgment, hell, and heaven. This silence is the gravest accusation, revealing a religion of this world.
- It misuses Genesis and the Cain/Abel story. While it correctly states man is made in God’s image, it divorces this from the Catholic doctrine that society must be ordered according to God’s law. The state’s power to punish, even with death, is part of that order. The article implies the “Thou shalt not kill” commandment prohibits all killing, which is a Protestant and modernist error. Catholic theology distinguishes between murder (unjust killing) and legitimate defense or capital punishment by rightful authority.
- It references Sister Helen Prejean and “Dead Man Walking”. This is a direct embrace of the “cult of the victim” and sentimentalism that replaces justice. Prejean’s work is a prime example of the “errors concerning civil society” (#63-64 of the Syllabus): “It is lawful to refuse obedience to legitimate princes… The violation of any solemn oath… is… altogether lawful and worthy of the highest praise when done through love of country.” Here, “love of country” is replaced with “love of the criminal,” but the principle is the same: rebellion against God-ordained authority.
Linguistic Level: The Language of Naturalism and Apostasy
The rhetoric employed is pure modernism. Notice the vocabulary:
- “Sanctity of life,” “human dignity,” “mercy,” “reconciliation,” “hope,” “forgiveness.” These are all good words, but they are emptied of their supernatural content and turned into vague, humanitarian platitudes. There is no mention of sin, justice as a virtue, the common good (which includes the security of the innocent), or the duty of the state to protect society. The tone is soft, psychological, and therapeutic, not doctrinal and authoritative. This is the language of the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15).
- “Twisted ideas of justice,” “political interests,” “revenge becomes dominant.” This is a caricature. The classical Catholic position, held by St. Thomas Aquinas and the Roman Catechism, sees capital punishment not as revenge but as medicina animae (medicine for the soul) and a just retribution that protects the common good. The article’s framing is a straw man, setting up a false dichotomy between “mercy” and “justice.”
- The invocation of Holy Week and the “unjust” trial of Jesus is particularly perverse. It uses the Passion of Our Lord to argue against state authority, when in fact, Christ’s death was the ultimate injustice perpetrated by a corrupt tribunal. His kingship, as Pius XI teaches in Quas Primas, is precisely what gives state authority its legitimacy and limits. To use His sacrifice to undermine the state’s right to punish is a diabolical reversal.
Theological Level: A Direct Assault on the Social Reign of Christ
The article’s teaching is heretical because it denies the doctrine of the Social Kingship of Christ, defined by Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas and condemned by the Syllabus (Error #77: “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State”).
“The kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men… His reign extends not only to Catholic nations… but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” (Pius XI, Quas Primas)
If all human authority, including that of the state, is subject to Christ the King, then the state’s penal power must be exercised in accordance with His law. The modern “Catholic” opposition to the death penalty is based not on divine law, but on a sentimental, humanistic “dignity” that places the individual’s “right to life” above the common good and the divine mandate for authority to wield the sword (Rom. 13:4). This is the error of the “autonomy of the temporal order” condemned by Pius XI.
The article also promotes the heresy of indifferentism (Syllabus Error #15-17) by implying that the “sanctity of life” is a universal human value accessible apart from Christ. It speaks of a message “for the whole world,” but this “world” is the naturalistic, de-Christianized world of Modernism. The true Catholic message is that peace and true justice are found only in the Kingdom of Christ.
Symptomatic Level: The Fruit of the Conciliar Apostasy
This statement is not an anomaly; it is the logical fruit of the “aggiornamento” of John XXIII and the “new Pentecost” of Paul VI. The “Church” that now speaks is the one that:
- At Vatican II, in Gaudium et Spes, placed man, not God, at the center, speaking of “the dignity of the human person” in a way that divorces it from original sin and the need for redemption.
- In Dignitatis Humanae, proclaimed the false right to religious freedom, making the state neutral in religious matters—a direct contradiction of Christ’s kingship over nations.
- Has systematically replaced the language of justice and sin with the language of rights and dignity, thus adopting the vocabulary of Freemasonry and liberal democracy.
The reference to “political or ideological opposition” making one a “target” is a veiled endorsement of the “resistance” movements condemned by Pius IX (Syllabus Error #63). It suggests the state is inherently oppressive and that “mercy” means never using coercive power. This is the anarchical, quietist spirit of the “enemies within” warned of by St. Pius X.
The True Catholic Teaching: Christ the King and the Duty of the State
The unchanging teaching of the Church, as defined before the revolution of 1958, is clear:
“The state must leave the same freedom to the members of Orders and Congregations… but it must also publicly honor Christ and obey Him… for it will remind them of the final judgment, in which Christ… will very severely avenge these insults, because His royal dignity demands that all relations in the state be ordered on the basis of God’s commandments and Christian principles.” (Pius XI, Quas Primas)
The state’s authority to punish, including with death, is part of this “royal dignity” of Christ. The state does not act on its own; it acts as the minister of God (Rom. 13:1-4). To deny this is to deny the Social Kingship of Christ. The article’s “mercy” is not Catholic mercy; it is a humanistic sentiment that denies the state’s duty to protect the innocent and uphold justice, which are themselves expressions of God’s law. The true “door of hope” is not an indefinite life in prison, but repentance and reconciliation with God through the sacraments—a hope the article never mentions because its “church” has lost the sacraments in all but name.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Conciliar Sect and Return to Tradition
The statement from “Fr.” Poggi and the “Latin Patriarchate” is a masterpiece of modernist doublespeak. It uses Christian terminology to preach a pagan gospel of human autonomy and sentimentalism. It is a direct continuation of the “errors concerning civil society” listed in the Syllabus and the “false striving for novelty” condemned by St. Pius X. It represents the final stage of the apostasy: the replacement of the Corpus Mysticum with a humanitarian NGO, and the replacement of the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary with a “table of assembly” where the “dignity” of man is the new god.
True Catholics, who hold the integral faith handed down from the Apostles, must reject this conciliar abomination. We must reaffirm, with Pius XI, that “the entire human society had to be shaken, because it lacked a stable and strong foundation” when it removed Christ. The only foundation is Christ the King, whose law includes the state’s legitimate power of the sword. The “Church” that denies this is not the Catholic Church, but the synagogue of Satan (Apoc. 2:9, 3:9) occupying the Vatican.
The choice is clear: the supernatural, hierarchical, monarchical society of Christ the King, or the naturalistic, egalitarian, humanitarian nightmare of the Modernists. There is no middle ground.
Source:
Catholic Church in Holy Land Rejects Death Penalty, Calls for Mercy and Human Dignity (ncregister.com)
Date: 31.03.2026