The EWTN News portal reports on a “digital missionary” of the conciliar sect, one “Father” José Juan Montalvo, styled “Padre Borre,” who warns that “hate-filled speech” on social media damages the “emotional well-being” of youth. His prescription: detach self-worth from “likes” and remember “we are loved by God for who we are.” The cited article relates a purely naturalistic, psychologized simulacrum of the Catholic apostolate, devoid of the Cross, sin, grace, the sacraments, and the regnum Christi (Kingdom of Christ).
The “Digital Missionary”: A Functionary of the Neo-Church
The subject of this piece is a “priest” of the Archdiocese of Monterrey, a structure of the secta conciliaris (conciliar sect) occupying the visible patrimony of the Church in Mexico. He operates under the aegis of EWTN, a media arm of the neo-church founded by the modernist “Mother” Angelica. His title — “founder of digital ministry” — is a neologism unknown to the Magisterium before 1958. It signifies not a missio canonica (canonical mission) to save souls, but a bureaucratic role in the “new evangelization,” that false program which replaces conversio (conversion) with dialogue and sanctificatio (sanctification) with self-actualization. This “Padre Borre” is a hireling of the abominatio desolationis (abomination of desolation), not a shepherd of Christ’s flock.
Reduction of the Supernatural to the Psychological
The entire discourse revolves around “emotional well-being,” “self-esteem,” “approval of others,” “persona,” “loneliness,” and “meaning.” Not a single word is uttered about the state of grace, mortal sin, the Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell), the necessity of the Sacramentum Paenitentiae (Sacrament of Penance), or the Sacrificium Missae (Sacrifice of the Mass). The “Christ” presented is a Divine Therapist who affirms intrinsic self-worth: “You are not worth more because you have many followers, nor are you worth less because no one ‘liked’ your post.” This is Pelagianism disguised as piety — man saves himself by realizing his own dignity, independent of gratia sanctificans (sanctifying grace). Pius XI, in Quas Primas, teaches that “Christ reigns in the minds of men… because He Himself is Truth, and men must draw truth from Him and accept it obediently” and that “He inclines our free will and conquers it with His inspiration, so that we are inflamed for the noblest deeds.” Montalvo’s “Christ” demands no obedience, conquers no will, inspires no nobility — He merely validates.
Silence on the Social Kingship of Christ: The Gravest Omission
The article treats social media as a neutral “space where we interact,” a pastoral field to be managed. It utterly ignores the teaching of Quas Primas that “men united in societies are no less subject to the authority of Christ than individuals” and that “rulers of states… have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him.” The digital realm is not a playground for “digital missionaries” offering emotional support; it is a domain where the lex Christi (Law of Christ) must be acknowledged. The “hate speech” condemned is undefined — does it include condemnation of sodomy, abortion, false religions, the conciliar apostasy? The conciliar sect’s definition of “hate” is invariably “non serviam” to the religion of man. By focusing on “criticism” and “mockery” as the primary evils, Montalvo inverts the moral order: the worst evil is not offending God, but hurting feelings.
The “Digital Missionary” as Agent of False Ecumenism and Religious Indifferentism
The method described — “reaching out, listening, letting these individuals know that their worth… doesn’t depend on social media” — is the methodology of Unitatis Redintegratio and Gaudium et Spes: accompaniment without conversion, dialogue without truth. The “hope that Christ offers” is stripped of spes theologalis (theological hope), which is “certa expectatio futurae beatitudinis” (certain expectation of future beatitude) grounded in God’s promises and grace. It is replaced by spes naturalis (natural hope): a psychological crutch for the lonely. This is the cultus hominis (cult of man) condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis and by Pius IX in the Syllabus (Error 16: “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation”). Montalvo offers a Christ who does not judge, does not demand metanoia (repentance), does not feed with His Flesh and Blood — a Christ who is not the Rex Regum (King of Kings) but a “digital missionary” like himself.
The Invalidity of the Conciliar “Priesthood” and “Mission”
Even if Montalvo’s intentions were subjectively pious, his “ministry” is null. The “Archdiocese of Monterrey” is a jurisdiction of the usurpers beginning with John XXIII. The “ordination” he received (post-1968) utilized the invalid Pontificale Romanum of Paul VI, which altered the form and intention of the Sacrament of Orders. As Leo XIII defined in Apostolicae Curae, “when the form is changed, the sacrament is invalid.” He is a layman in vestments, simulating the priesthood. His “digital mission” is a lay apostolate of the neo-church, devoid of potestas ordinis (power of orders) and potestas iurisdictionis (power of jurisdiction). The “EWTN News Español” platform that amplifies him is a propaganda organ of the structura paramasonica (paramasonic structure) in the Vatican. As the Syllabus condemns (Error 55): “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” — the neo-church has separated itself from Christ the King.
Symptomatic of the Conciliar Apostasy: Therapeutic Deism
This article is a perfect specimen of the haeresis modernismi (heresy of Modernism) diagnosed by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane Exitu and Pascendi. Proposition 62 of Lamentabili condemns: “The Church is incapable of effectively defending evangelical ethics, because it steadfastly adheres to its views, which cannot be reconciled with modern progress.” Montalvo “reconciles” the Gospel with the digital age by evacuating it of all supernaturale content. The “young people” are not souls to be saved from Hell by the Sanguis Christi (Blood of Christ), but “users” to be protected from “hurtful remarks.” The “digital missionary” is the precursor of the Antichrist’s false prophet, offering a religion of bene esse (well-being) instead of esse in gratia (being in grace). There is no salvation in “digital ministry,” no redemption in “emotional well-being,” no eternal life in “feeling loved for who you are.” Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Outside the Church there is no salvation) — and the Church is not the conciliar sect, its “archdioceses,” its “digital missionaries,” or its media networks.
Conclusion: A Call to the True Apostolate
The faithful must flee these pseudopastores (false shepherds) who offer stones for bread. The true remedy for the evils of social media — which are real, being instruments of the synagoga Satanae (synagogue of Satan) for spreading impurity, blasphemy, and heresy — is not “learning to use it without neglecting our lives outside of it,” but the regnum Christi established in the Mensae Domini (Lord’s Table) of the Missale Romanum of St. Pius V, under the authority of true bishops with valid Orders and jurisdiction, adhering to the Symbolum Athanasianum and the Catechismus Tridentinus. “You were redeemed not with corruptible gold or silver… but with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot” (1 Pet 1:18-19, cited in Quas Primas). Let the “digital missionaries” of the neo-church keep their therapeutic deism. We keep the Sacrificium Propitiatorium (Propitiatory Sacrifice), the Sacra Doctrina (Sacred Doctrine), and the Corona Martyrum (Crown of Martyrs).
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Digital missionary: The bane of hate-filled speech on social media (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 04.11.2026