NCR Promotes Masonic Democracy Over Christ the King
Sr. Christine Schenk, a Sister of St. Joseph writing for the modernist National Catholic Reporter (NCR), reports on a virtual campaign call organized by “Catholics in Communion” (CIC) featuring Sr. Norma Pimentel and Megan Toppe Goodwin. The event mobilized nearly 200 activists to oppose Trump administration immigration policies and defend electoral integrity through interfaith collaboration, liberation theology networks, and “poll chaplain” training. The article frames political activism as the primary expression of Catholic identity, citing case studies from the Philippines, Malawi, and the DRC where the conciliar hierarchy intervened in secular elections. This is not Catholicism; it is the paramasonic “Church of the New Advent” reducing the Bride of Christ to an NGO for globalist democracy.
The Naturalistic Reduction of the Church’s Mission
The cited article breathes the spirit of laicism condemned by Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” Schenk and her interlocutors present the Church’s mission as the defense of “human and legal rights of migrants” and “the integrity of the U.S. election process” — purely naturalistic ends. There is no mention of the salvation of souls, the Social Kingship of Christ, the necessity of the Catholic Faith for eternal life, or the duty of states to profess the true religion. The “theological basis for Catholic engagement in democracy” outlined by Goodwin is a novelty unknown to the Magisterium before 1958. Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors condemned the proposition: “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State, to the exclusion of all other forms of worship” (Error 77). The conciliar sect’s obsession with “democracy” is a capitulation to Error 80: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.”
Liberation Theology and the “Preferential Option” for Political Activism
The article explicitly references the “Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, which merges liberation theology and community organizing”. Liberation theology was condemned by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (1984, 1986) under the false “pope” John Paul II, but its roots were already anathematized by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis and Lamentabili Sane Exitu as Modernism — “the synthesis of all errors.” The Lamentabili decree condemned the proposition: “Christ did not proclaim any specific, all-encompassing doctrine suitable for all times and peoples, but rather initiated a certain religious movement, applied or applicable to different times and places” (Prop. 59). This is precisely the hermeneutic of the CIC activists: they replace the immutable deposit of faith with a mutable “movement” for social justice. Sr. Pimentel’s exhortation — “The most important thing we do is simply to love, to care, to have compassion, to be present” — is a sentimental humanitarianism that substitutes the theological virtue of charity (love of God for His own sake) with naturalistic philanthropy. Caritas Christi urget nos (2 Cor 5:14) — the charity of Christ urges us to the conversion of souls, not to “poll chaplain” training.
False Ecumenism and Interfaith Indifferentism
The article culminates in a “virtual Interfaith Immigration Summit” sponsored by the Catholic Legal Immigration Network. This is the practical application of the heresy of religious liberty condemned by Gregory XVI (Mirari Vos), Pius IX (Quanta Cura, Syllabus), Leo XIII (Immortale Dei, Libertas), and Pius XI (Mortalium Animos). Pius XI taught: “The Catholic Church alone… can provide the remedy for the evils which afflict mankind… The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ.” The CIC’s collaboration with “Faiths United to Save Democracy” and “Interfaith” summits is a public profession of indifferentism: the lie that all religions are equally valid paths to the common good. The Syllabus condemns: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” (Error 15) and “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Error 16). The conciliar sect’s “dialogue” is the “ecumenism project” exposed in the Fatima analysis: “The imprecise formulation… opens the way to religious relativism. It can serve to legitimize dialogue with schismatic Orthodoxy.”
The “Shero” of the Rio Grande: A Symbol of the Neo-Church
Sr. Norma Pimentel is hailed as a “beloved Catholic ‘shero'” — a neologism revealing the feminist, anthropocentric ethos of the neo-church. Her ministry, Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley, operates as a government contractor facilitating the resettlement of illegal migrants, often funded by federal grants. This is the Church of the New Advent functioning as an arm of the Masonic state. The article notes that “a number of naturalized citizens will have a deep fear of going to the polls given concerns over racial profiling by law enforcement” — framing law enforcement as the enemy, while the real enemy is the rejection of Christ’s Kingship over nations. Pope Pius XI warned: “Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ… For what we wrote at the beginning of Our Pontificate about the diminishing authority of law and respect for power… ‘When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.'” The CIC’s “Protecting Participation in Civic Life Workbook” and “Election Official Outreach Toolkit” are instruments of the Masonic “psychological operation” to entrench liberal democracy as the only legitimate order.
The Case Studies: Conciliar Hierarchy as Political Party
Goodwin’s case studies — the Philippines (1986), Malawi (1992), DRC (2016) — reveal the conciliar hierarchy acting as a political opposition party. Cardinal Sin’s “Catholic Radio Veritas” mobilizing two million against Marcos; Malawi’s bishops sparking “national resistance, strikes and protests”; DRC bishops deploying 40,000 observers. This is the clericalism of the Modernists: priests and bishops abandoning the altar for the barricades. St. Pius X in Lamentabili condemned: “The Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” (Prop. 57) — but the conciliar church has become the champion of “progress” as defined by the world. The “pattern that led to success” identified by Goodwin — “Bodies at the ballot box,” “an honest number said aloud,” “a media channel that couldn’t be captured” — is a blueprint for revolutionary agitation, not Catholic action. The true Catholic pattern is Restaurare omnia in Christo (Eph 1:10) — to restore all things in Christ, beginning with the Mass, the sacraments, the Faith.
The Theological Vacuum: No Christ the King, No Supernatural End
Read the article again. Search for “Christ the King,” “Social Kingship,” “Salvation,” “Grace,” “Sacraments,” “Mass,” “Confession,” “Eucharist,” “Hell,” “Judgment,” “Heaven.” They are absent. The only “Masses” mentioned are “special Masses” for the “World Day of Migrants and Refugees” — a conciliar invention. The “Virtual Theological Conference” features “two archbishops and theologians from over eight universities” — the same universities that have been seedbeds of Modernism since the 1960s. The “JustFaith Network” training programs are formation in the hermeneutic of rupture. The article’s closing quote from Sr. Pimentel — “Because together we make the presence of God even stronger… It is that that will transform the world, transform this country” — is Pelagian activism: man “transforming the world” by his own efforts, without grace, without the Cross, without the Church. This is the “cult of man” denounced by Paul VI at the close of Vatican II (a rare moment of truth from a false pope), but which the conciliar sect has made its religion.
Sedevacantist Verdict: The Structures Are Not the Church
The individuals and organizations named — Sr. Schenk, Sr. Pimentel, Goodwin, CIC, Catholic Charities, JustFaith, Faiths United, Franciscan Action Network, CLINIC, the “archbishops” and “theologians” — operate within the paramasonic structures occupying the Vatican. They are not the Catholic Church. The true Church endures in the catacombs, in the hands of bishops and priests who retain valid orders (pre-1968) and the integral Faith. Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code: “Every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration… if the cleric: 4. Publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The public defection of the conciliar hierarchy is manifest in articles like this: they have replaced the Gospel with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Bellarmine teaches: “A manifest heretic cannot be Pope… he cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member.” The “pope” Leo XIV (Prevost) and his “bishops” are not the Church. The NCR is not a Catholic publication. The “sisters” are not religious in the canonical sense (the new rite of profession is invalid). The “Masses” they plan are not the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary but a Protestantized assembly.
Conclusion: Return to the Integral Faith
The article is a manifesto of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Mt 24:15). It proves that the conciliar sect is a political action committee for the Masonic New World Order, using Catholic vocabulary to deceive the faithful. The remedy is not “better activism” or “prayer for elections.” The remedy is Quas Primas: the public, liturgical, social, and political reign of Christ the King. Non est aliud nomen sub caelo datum hominibus in quo oporteat nos salvari (Acts 4:12). No “Interfaith Summit,” no “poll chaplain,” no “toolkit” saves souls. Only the Catholic Church, the Ark of Salvation, outside which there is no salvation (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus), possesses the means of grace. The faithful must flee the neo-church, adhere to the true Mass and true bishops, and pray for the restoration of the Papacy and the conversion of the nations to the one true Faith. Viva Cristo Rey!
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To protect elections and migrants, Catholics must pray, recall history (ncronline.org)
Date: 10.09.2026