The Occult, Superstition, and the Church’s Timeless Warnings
The National Catholic Register portal, in a commentary by Bradley Shumaker dated June 7, 2026, attempts to delineate the Catholic Church’s stance on magic, divination, and the occult. While the article correctly identifies many prohibited practices and cites the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) and Scripture, its very existence within a post-conciliar publication, and its reliance on the post-conciliar CCC, immediately raises questions about the depth and authority of its theological pronouncements. The article’s approach, while seemingly orthodox on the surface, often lacks the full, uncompromising vigor of pre-conciliar Catholic doctrine, particularly in its failure to explicitly condemn the modernist errors that have infiltrated even the discussion of spiritual warfare. The commentary, by its nature, addresses a topic of grave spiritual danger, yet its framing within the context of the “conciliar sect” necessitates a critical examination of its omissions and its ultimate fidelity to immutable Tradition.


