Secularized “Church” Complicity in Bangladesh’s Revolutionary Turmoil
The Catholic News Agency portal (December 19, 2025) reports on Bangladesh’s political turmoil following the assassination of Sharif Osman Hadi, a leader of the 2024 uprising against dictator Sheikh Hasina. The article quotes “Father” Liton Hubert Gomes, secretary of the “Justice and Peace Commission” of the “Catholic Bishops’ Conference” in Bangladesh, condemning arson attacks on media offices while expressing doubts about the interim government’s ability to protect voting rights. The report frames the violence as youth protests demanding justice, with the Nobel laureate-led administration condemning the destruction while avoiding substantive analysis of the revolutionary context.
Naturalistic Reduction of Justice to Political Partisanship
The “ecclesiastical” commentary reduces justice to temporal political stability, with Gomes declaring: “We condemn this attack and we are very concerned about the upcoming elections”. This naturalistic approach ignores the Church’s perennial teaching that justice stems from conforming society to God’s eternal law (Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris). Nowhere does Gomes reference the Regnum Christi or condemn the revolutionary overthrow of Hasina – an act Pius IX condemned as “unlawful to refuse obedience to legitimate princes” (Syllabus of Errors, 63). The silence on the mortal sin of rebellion (Romans 13:1-2) constitutes complicity with revolutionary forces.
False Neutrality in Revolutionary Violence
By lamenting attacks on media while ignoring the sacrilegious assault on Catholic institutions mentioned elsewhere (“church attacks… bomb attacks on St. Mary’s Cathedral”), these “leaders” expose their ideological alignment. The CNA report itself buries the December 17, 2025 bombing of Dhaka’s cathedral in a tangential link, prioritizing coverage of secular targets like the Prothom Alo newspaper. This inversion of priorities mirrors the conciliar sect’s betrayal of Quas Primas, where Pius XI established that Christ’s kingship demands “not only private individuals but also rulers and governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him”.
Revolutionary Subversion of Ecclesiastical Structures
The very existence of a “Justice and Peace Commission” promoting electoral politics constitutes apostasy from the Church’s divine mission. As the Syllabus of Errors condemned the notion that “the Roman pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error 80), so too must we condemn these conciliar structures for reducing the Church to a NGO. Gomes’ demand for “freedom for any newspaper” directly contradicts Leo XIII’s teaching that “error has no rights” (Libertas Praestantissimum), instead embracing the condemned heresy of religious indifferentism.
Omission of Supernatural Final Causes
The report’s exclusive focus on temporal consequences – property damage, electoral concerns – constitutes material heresy by omission. No mention is made of the eternal consequences for souls participating in revolutionary violence, nor of Bangladesh’s duty to constitute itself as a Catholic state. This modernist reduction was anticipated by Pius X’s condemnation of those who “omit the question of the origin of government and of the rights of the Church” (Lamentabili Sane, 5). The silence on Bangladesh’s 0.3% Catholic population and 90% Muslim demographic betrays the Great Commission mandate (Matthew 28:19).
Canonical Irregularities and Invalid Ministry
The article fails to disclose that Gomes belongs to the Holy Cross “Congregation” – an organization whose post-1968 ordinations are doubtfully valid due to Paul VI’s illicit Ordo Missae. As the Defense of Sedevacantism file establishes: “By notorious and publicly manifested heresy, the Roman Pontiff… is deprived ipso facto of his personal jurisdiction” (Wernz and Vidal). Consequently, any sacraments administered by Gomes lack certainty, rendering his “ministry” spiritually dangerous. The CNA’s failure to investigate these canonical issues exposes its complicity with the counterfeit church structure.
Conclusion: Revolutionary Wolves in Shepherd’s Clothing
This incident illustrates how thoroughly the conciliar sect has become “the synagogue of Satan” (Revelation 2:9) by blessing revolutionary movements that Pius IX anathematized. As the true Church teaches through St. Paul: “Let every soul be subject to higher powers: for there is no power but from God” (Romans 13:1). The only legitimate response to Bangladesh’s crisis would demand public repentance, national consecration to Christ the King, and restoration of Catholic monarchy – not NGO-style handwringing over burnt newspaper offices by invalidly ordained revolutionaries in clerical attire.
Source:
Church leaders condemn arson attack on top Bangladesh newspaper offices (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 19.12.2025