Imperialist Aggression Conceals Shared Apostasy From Christ the King
The Catholic News Agency portal (January 3, 2026) reports on U.S. military strikes in Caracas culminating in the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro under drug trafficking and corruption charges. The article frames this as a victory for “American justice,” quoting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s promise that Maduro will face “the full wrath of American justice on American soil.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly stated “no further action” would follow the arrest.
Selective Enforcement of Natural Law Exposes Western Hypocrisy
The indictment’s focus on “cocaine-fueled corruption” ignores America’s own systemic violations of divine law. While correctly identifying drug trafficking as evil (cf. Pius XI, Casti Connubii condemning substances that “weaken the faculties”), the U.S. government simultaneously promotes abortion, contraception, and gender ideology – graver sins that “cry to heaven for vengeance” (Catechism of St. Pius X). This selective prosecution reveals the modernist heresy of moral relativism, condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 56).
Maduro “allows cocaine-fueled corruption to flourish for his own benefit”
Such language exposes America’s Pharisaical obsession with others’ sins while ignoring its own state-sponsored culture of death. The Church teaches that no nation may arrogate to itself the right to punish moral crimes abroad while permitting worse domestically (Leo XIII, Libertas Praestantissimum). Venezuela’s socialist regime undoubtedly violates Catholic social principles, but U.S. military intervention constitutes unlawful aggression condemned by Pius XII’s 1939 Christmas Address: “Nothing is lost by peace; everything may be lost by war.”
Secular “Justice” Replaces Divine Law
Bondi’s invocation of “American justice” exemplifies the modernist heresy of statolatry – substituting civil authority for God’s sovereignty. The indictment was filed in a secular U.S. district court, bypassing international bodies, revealing the West’s rejection of Christ’s Kingship over nations (Pius XI, Quas Primas). True justice flows from lex divina, not human legislatures (St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I-II Q. 93).
The absence of any reference to Venezuela’s Catholic heritage or the Church’s moral authority proves both nations have apostatized. The article mentions neither country’s obligation to recognize Christ as King – the only solution to political corruption (Pius XI, Quas Primas: “When once men recognize…Christ’s royal dignity…a just liberty, order and tranquility will be the result”).
Conciliar Church Complicit in Moral Collapse
The silence regarding Venezuela’s modernist “bishops” speaks volumes. Since Vatican II’s abandonment of Societas Perfectas teaching (Condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus, Proposition 19), the conciliar sect has enabled tyranny by reducing the Church to a humanitarian NGO. Venezuelan “bishops” likely prioritized dialogue with Maduro’s regime over denouncing its evils – a fatal error Pius XI condemned in Divini Redemptoris when facing communist threats.
Meanwhile, America’s Catholic leadership remains equally complicit. Attorney General Bondi – ostensibly Catholic – champions “justice” while her administration funds abortion worldwide. This diabolical disconnect flows directly from the conciliar sect’s embrace of religious liberty heresy (Vatican II’s Dignitatis Humanae vs. Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos).
Imperialism Replaces Evangelization
The military strike’s timing – during Christmastide – underscores Western civilization’s complete de-Christianization. Rather than sending missionaries to convert Venezuela, America deploys bombers – fulfilling Pius X’s warning about nations abandoning Christ: “All order is shaken; and rushing headlong to destruction, they hasten toward their ruin” (Encyclical E Supremi).
This aggression violates just war principles requiring last resort and proportionality (St. Augustine, City of God). No evidence suggests drug trafficking posed an imminent threat justifying invasion. The operation instead reveals globalist power politics masquerading as justice – condemned by Leo XIII: “Justice being preserved, it is not lawful to prosecute war for trifling reasons” (Au Milieu Des Sollicitudes).
Conclusion: Spiritual Solution to Political Corruption
The Maduro indictment distracts from both nations’ shared apostasy. Venezuela’s socialist tyranny and America’s liberal imperialism are twin fruits of rejecting Christ’s Social Kingship. As Pius XI declared: “When…religion is banished…society is unquestionably threatened with ruin” (Quas Primas). True peace requires nations to enthrone Christ as King through consecration and obedience to His Church – the sole Ark of salvation outside which there is no liberation from sin’s tyranny.
Source:
U.S. indictment accuses Venezuelan president Maduro of years of ‘cocaine-fueled corruption’ (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 03.01.2026