Nigeria’s Kidnapping Crisis and the Post-Conciliar Church’s Spiritual Bankruptcy
The VaticanNews portal (December 22, 2025) reports the release of 130 abducted children and staff from St. Mary’s Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Niger State, Nigeria. According to “Bishop” Bulus Dauwa Yohanna of the Kontagora “Diocese,” the release resulted from government intervention and global prayers. While expressing relief, he praised Nigerian authorities and called for inter-agency collaboration to protect schools. This narrative epitomizes the conciliar sect’s surrender to naturalism and abandonment of regnum Christi (the reign of Christ).
Naturalism Masquerading as Pastoral Care
The article’s focus on governmental efforts (“decisive and coordinated efforts of the Government”) and psychological support (“trauma examination, medical care”) exposes the conciliar sect’s reduction of the Church’s mission to social work. Quas Primas unequivocally declares: “Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ” (Pius XI, 1925). Yet “Bishop” Yohanna subordinates the supernatural to bureaucratic pragmatism, thanking security agencies while relegating divine providence to vague “prayers.”
Nowhere does he demand Nigeria’s consecration to Christ the King or condemn the Islamist terror endemic to the region—a silence that echoes Paul VI’s betrayal at Nostra Aetate. The Syllabus of Errors condemns such cowardice: “It is an error to believe that the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself to progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Pius IX, 1864, Error 80).
Theological Vacuum and Sacramental Abandonment
“Bishop” Yohanna’s statement—“through prayers, solidarity, and unwavering faith, we have witnessed the mercy of God”—avoids all references to the sacraments, grace, or repentance. Contrast this with pre-1958 Catholic teaching: “The state of grace is the only means of averting God’s justice provoked by collective apostasy” (Pius XI, Divini Redemptoris). The children’s trauma demands sacramental healing—Confession to absolve possible mortal sins incurred under duress, Extreme Unction for spiritual wounds, and exorcism for demonic oppression. Instead, the “diocese” offers secular counseling, reducing the Church to an NGO.
The article’s call for “collaboration” with “civil society” (a Marxist construct) directly violates Quas Primas: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace, and harmony”. True shepherds would demand Nigeria’s rulers submit to Christ’s sovereignty, not beg for crumbs from secular authorities.
Omission of Islamist Persecution: A Betrayal of Martyrs
VaticanNews carefully avoids identifying the kidnappers as Islamist terrorists (likely Boko Haram or Fulani militants), despite Nigeria’s decades-long martyrdom of Christians. This echoes Francis-Bergoglio’s Human Fraternity heresy, which equates Islam with Catholicism. Lamentabili Sane condemns such equivocation: “It is an error to believe that Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (St. Pius X, 1907, condemning religious indifferentism). By refusing to name the enemy, the conciliar sect betrays the 50,000 Nigerian Catholics slaughtered since 2009.
The False Ecumenism of “Solidarity”
“Bishop” Yohanna’s gratitude toward interfaith “partners” reveals the conciliar sect’s syncretism. Mortalium Animos forbids such dialogue: “The Apostolic See cannot on any terms take part in their assemblies, nor is it anyway lawful for Catholics to support or to work for such enterprises” (Pius XI, 1928). Authentic Catholic action would demand the conversion of kidnappers, not “trauma-informed care” for victims.
Conclusion: A Church in Eclipse
This episode epitomizes the conciliar sect’s apostasy. Where the pre-1958 Church wielded doctrinal swords, the neo-church brandishes bureaucratic plowshares. As Quas Primas warns: “The rebellion of individuals and states against the authority of Christ has produced deplorable consequences”. Until Nigeria—and all nations—publicly enthrone Christ as King, such atrocities will multiply. Those pretending to shepherd the faithful while courting secular powers are wolves in miters.
Source:
Nigeria: Kontagora’s Christmas gift – the return of its abducted children (vaticannews.va)
Date: 22.12.2025