The National Register portal reports on a commentary by Mr. Kevin C. Rhoades, the occupant of the “episcopal” see of Fort Wayne-South Bend, secretary of the USCCB, and chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Priorities and Plans, originally published in Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Catechetical Review. Mr. Rhoades proposes the consecration of the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus during the June 2026 USCCB assembly, coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. He frames this act as entrusting the nation to “the love and care of Jesus, the Redeeming of the World,” while simultaneously reminding Catholics of their task to “perfect the temporal order with the spirit of the Gospel,” as taught by the Second Vatican Council. The commentary extensively references “Popes” Francis and Leo XIV, presenting devotion to the Sacred Heart as a remedy for modern ills, emphasizing reparation, personal encounter, and mission, while weaving in personal anecdotes and promoting the cause for “canonization” of Brother Columba O’Neill. The entire discourse, however, is a masterclass in modernist equivocation, where authentic Catholic terminology is hollowed out and refilled with conciliar errors, naturalistic humanism, and a profound silence on the true kingship of Christ and the necessity of the social reign of Christ the King.
