National Catholic Register portal reports on June 4, 2026, about Rev. Canon Jean-Baptiste Commins, a priest of the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, who tackled an 18-year-old suspect fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run outside St. Joseph Shrine in Detroit. The priest, acting in full cassock, subdued the young man—admitting he “had to unfortunately give him a couple punches”—and then rushed to provide spiritual aid to the injured woman. The article celebrates this as heroic priestly action, quoting the priest’s casual remark: “Just another day in the D.” While the physical courage displayed is commendable on a natural level, the article’s uncritical celebration of this priest and his institute reveals the profound theological confusion and spiritual danger inherent in those pretending to be traditional Catholics who remain in communion with the conciliar sect.
The Institute of Christ the King: A Schism Within the Abomination of Desolation
The article identifies Canon Commins as serving within the Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, an organization that, while dedicated to the traditional Latin Mass, continues to recognize the usurpers occupying the Vatican as legitimate authorities. This is not a minor disciplinary matter but a fundamental question of faith and communion. The conciliar sect, beginning with John XXIII and continuing through the current antipope Leo XIV, has promulgated heresies, destroyed the liturgy, and erected the abomination of desolation in the holy place. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili sane exitu (1907), Modernism is “the synthesis of all errors”—and the conciliar sect is its fullest institutional manifestation.
The Institute of Christ the King, by maintaining communion with these manifest heretics, participates in their errors. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches in De Romano Pontifice, “a Pope who is a manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head.” The 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 188.4, confirms that every office becomes vacant “by the mere fact and without any declaration” if the cleric “publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The conciliar antipopes have done precisely this—promulgating religious liberty, ecumenism, and the evolution of dogmas condemned by the Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX, 1864) and Pascendi Dominici gregis (Pius X, 1907).
The False Premise: “Priest” in the Conciliar Sect
The article repeatedly refers to Commins as “Rev. Canon” and “priest,” titles that, according to the radical convention, must be enclosed in quotation marks when referring to those in communion with the conciliar sect. This is not mere pedantry but a matter of theological precision. Can a manifest heretic validly ordain? This is a grave question that the article ignores entirely. If the consecrating bishop himself was in communion with the conciliar sect, the validity of his orders becomes suspect. As the Defense of Sedevacantism file explains, a manifest heretic “cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member; now, he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian… therefore, a manifest heretic cannot be Pope.”
Furthermore, the article notes that Commins was aboard the “Good News Cruise” earlier this year, offering the traditional Latin Mass alongside Father Mike Schmitz, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and Father Leo Patalinghug—all prominent figures of the conciliar sect. This ecumenical mixing of true and false, of the traditional Mass with modernist “clergy,” is itself a scandal. As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas (1925), “the hope of lasting peace will not yet shine upon nations as long as individuals and states renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.” The reign of Christ the King demands separation from error, not collaboration with it.
The Omission of Supernatural Realities
The article’s most glaring omission is any mention of the state of grace, final judgment, or the eternal destiny of souls. The priest’s first concern, after subduing the suspect, was to check if the injured woman “needed the anointing of the sick or blessing.” But the article frames this as a mere pastoral gesture, not as the supreme supernatural act it truly is. In the true Church, the sacraments are not optional additions to a “heroic” narrative—they are the very means of salvation. As the Council of Trent teaches, “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Yet the article reduces the priest’s role to that of a social worker with a collar. The woman’s spiritual condition—whether she was in a state of grace, whether she had received the sacraments, whether she was prepared for judgment—is entirely absent. This is the hallmark of the conciliar sect: the reduction of the Church’s mission to naturalistic humanism. As Pius IX condemned in the Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 58: “No other forces are to be recognized except those which reside in matter, and 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.”
The Cult of Man and the Democratization of Holiness
The article’s tone is one of breathless admiration for the priest’s physical courage—”Never underestimate a priest in a cassock,” tweets Fr. Joseph Hudson. But this is precisely the cult of man that the true Church rejects. Holiness is not measured by physical prowess or media attention but by fidelity to the unchanging deposit of faith. As St. Paul writes, “though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing” (1 Cor 13:2).
The article also promotes Regina Caeli Academy, a “classical homeschool hybrid” with which Commins is affiliated. This is yet another example of the conciliar sect’s attempt to create parallel structures that mimic Catholic education while remaining under the authority of manifest heretics. True Catholic education, as defined by Pius XI in Divini Illius Magistri (1929), must be “entirely ordered to the formation of Christ in the soul” and cannot be separated from the authority of the true Church.
The Symptomatic Silence on Apostasy
Perhaps most damning is the article’s complete silence on the modernist apostasy within the Church. There is no mention of the heresies promulgated by the conciliar sect, no warning about the dangers of false ecumenism, no call to return to the unchanging Tradition. Instead, the article presents a world in which “heroic” priests tackle criminals and offer blessings as if the Church were merely a charitable organization.
This is the fruit of the conciliar revolution: the reduction of the priesthood to social work, the replacement of supernatural faith with natural virtue, and the silencing of the Church’s prophetic voice against error. As Our Lord warned, “the time will come when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God” (John 16:2). The conciliar sect has inverted this: now, those who collaborate with error are hailed as heroes.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Neo-Church
The story of Canon Commins tackling a hit-and-run suspect is, on its surface, a tale of natural courage. But the article’s uncritical celebration of this priest and his institute reveals the profound spiritual bankruptcy of those pretending to be traditional Catholics who remain in communion with the conciar sect. The true Church demands separation from error, not collaboration with it.
As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” This authority is not exercised through “heroic” priests in the conciliar sect but through the true Church, which endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests. Let us reject the neo-church of the Antichrist and return to the unchanging Tradition, for “the gates of hell shall not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18).
Source:
Hero Priest Tackles Suspect and Helps Woman After Hit-and-Run in Detroit (ncregister.com)
Date: 04.06.2026