2026

The ncregister.com portal publishes a commentary by Father Raymond J. de Souza celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence, presenting the Masonic revolutionary document as a vessel of “history-changing power” whose theological deficiencies are remedied by the neo-modernist anthropology of Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes and the preaching of the antipope John Paul II. The article argues that the Declaration’s claim “all men are created equal” finds its true grounding in the imago Dei revealed in Genesis, but admits the text invokes only a generic “Creator” rather than the Triune God, suggesting this “thin claim” can be “read that way by faithful Christians.” It holds up Cardinal Wojtyła’s 1976 Philadelphia Eucharistic Congress address — citing Gaudium et Spes #22 as the “theological center” of the conciliar revolution — as the definitive Christian interpretation of the Declaration. The thesis is clear: the American founding, though not explicitly Christian, finds its “fullest expression” in the conciliar church’s humanistic theology. This is not Catholic commentary; it is the baptism of Masonic liberalism by the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican.