Ascension Without the King: How the Conciliar Church Evacuates Christ’s Royalty
EWTN News portal reports on a reflection by Fr. Roger Landry for the Solemnity of the Ascension, framed as an exhortation to missionary discipleship and charitable works. The article presents Christ’s departure as a pedagogical device to mature the faith of believers, emphasizing human agency, the Holy Spirit’s power, and the call to evangelize through works of mercy. Beneath its pious veneer, however, the article systematically omits the most fundamental truths about the Ascension: the transfer of Christ’s sovereign Kingship to His Church, the duty of nations to submit to His reign, and the absolute primacy of the supernatural order over all naturalistic reductions. This is not an isolated oversight but a symptom of the conciliar apostasy that has gutted the Church’s social Kingship and reduced the Faith to horizontal humanitarianism.


