Catholic News Agency’s January 5, 2026 article celebrates “St.” John Neumann as the “promoter of Catholic education in the U.S.,” canonized by Paul VI in 1977. The piece describes his Bohemian origins, Redemptorist missionary work, and purported establishment of “the first Catholic education network” in America, while omitting critical doctrinal context.
Illegitimacy of Post-Conciliar Canonizations
The article fails to disclose that Neumann’s 1977 canonization by Paul VI holds no legitimacy according to pre-1958 ecclesiology. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1999 §1) requires moral unanimity among bishops and faithful for canonizations – an impossibility under conciliar sect leadership. Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis (1943) established that saints must manifest “the holiness of the Church herself” – a standard contradicted by Neumann’s alleged “ecumenical” educational model that laid groundwork for religious indifferentism.
Naturalistic Reduction of Catholic Education
Neumann’s school system is praised while ignoring its deviation from Catholicam Ecclesiam principles. Pius XI’s Divini Illius Magistri (1929) condemned education not ordered toward “Christian formation and perfection of youth” through integral doctrine. The article boasts of Neumann teaching “history of the Bible for schoolchildren” rather than catechism – a modernist precursor to today’s scripture-only pedagogy that omits dogmatic theology. His multilingual outreach to immigrants becomes suspect when considering the Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemned proposition that “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Prop 18).
Redemptorist Complicity in Americanist Heresy
The portrayal of Neumann’s Redemptorist work whitewashes their role in fostering Americanism. Leo XIII’s Testem Benevolentiae (1899) condemned the heresy of adapting doctrine to “the spirit of liberty” which permeated 19th-century US missions. That Neumann “preached outside taverns” rather than condemning them aligns with Americanist accommodation condemned as “adding poison to the food of life” (Leo XIII). His supposed “piety” stands in stark contrast to the true Redemptorist charism defined by St. Alphonsus Liguori’s Moral Theology – which the conciliar sect has gutted through liturgical destruction.
Omissions Revealing Conciliar Agenda
Nowhere does the article mention Neumann’s conformity to Quas Primas (1925) requiring “states to recognize the rights of the reigning Christ”. Instead, it celebrates building “80 churches” while ignoring whether they housed the Traditional Latin Mass or promoted post-Vatican II architectural heresies. The claim that he “never regretted” his American mission directly contradicts the Syllabus condemnation of those claiming “the Roman Pontiff can reconcile himself with progress” (Prop 80).
Symptomatic of Conciliar Apostasy
This hagiography exemplifies the conciliar sect’s modus operandi: fabricating “saints” to legitimize its revolution. Just as John Paul II canonized Modernists to validate Vatican II, Neumann’s glorification retroactively justifies Americanist errors. The article’s emphasis on education devoid of doctrinal content mirrors Bergoglio’s “throw open the doors” apostasy. As the Lamentabili Sane (1907) warned, such historical revisionism serves “to corrupt the pure faith” (Intro).
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St. John Neumann, promoter of Catholic education in the U.S., is celebrated today (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 05.01.2026