Conciliar Betrayal Masquerading as Unity and Light
The Vatican News portal (January 18, 2026) presents a “Gospel Commentary” by Fr. Edmund Power, OSB, which perpetuates the conciliar sect’s perpetual subversion of Catholic ecclesiology. The text promotes a false “light to the nations” narrative while omitting the Social Reign of Christ the King (Pius XI, Quas Primas), reduces Christian unity to ecumenical dialogue, and advances naturalistic interpretations of mission.
Universalism Contrary to Catholic Missions
The article claims Isaiah’s prophecy (“I will give you as a light to the nations“) demands an “unrestricted universality” that “knows no boundaries.” This deliberately ignores the dogmatic definition that “outside the Church there is no salvation” (Council of Florence, Cantate Domino). Pius IX condemned such indifferentism in his Syllabus of Errors, rejecting the notion that “man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Error 16).
“This openness to others stands in contrast to the nationalistic sense of privilege… Protectiveness and exclusion are often mechanisms used to defend something we fear to lose.”
Fr. Power’s portrayal of Catholic exclusivity as “nationalistic privilege” is a modernist trope. The Church’s missionary mandate—to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19)—is not defensive but offensive: a divine command to conquer souls for Christ, not to engage in interfaith dialogue. Pius XI in Mortalium Animos declared ecumenism a “false opinion” that “considers all religions as more or less good and praiseworthy.”
The False Lamb of Indifferent Sacrifice
The commentary distorts St. John the Baptist’s witness by framing Christ as a “Lamb” who merely “takes away the sin of the world” without demanding conversion. This echoes the heretical notion of universal redemption irrespective of sacramental life or doctrinal adherence. Contrast this with the Council of Trent’s decree that justification requires “the sacrament of baptism” and “observance of the commandments” (Session VI, Canon 7).
Worse, the article reduces Christian witness to “your way of living and believing” as sufficient epiphany. This contradicts St. Paul’s imperative: “Woe to me if I do not preach the Gospel!” (1 Corinthians 9:16). The Catechism of the Council of Trent teaches that faith without explicit proclamation is dead, for “faith comes from hearing” (Romans 10:17).
Ecumenical Apostasy Disguised as Prayer
Fr. Power links the Sunday reflection to the “octave of prayer for Christian Unity,” invoking Christ’s prayer “that they may be one” (John 17:11). But true unity requires submission to Rome’s authority, not interfaith gatherings. Leo XIII’s Satis Cognitum asserts: “The unity of the Church can only be maintained by communion with the Roman Pontiff.” The conciliar sect’s ecumenism—condemned by Pius XI as “the false opinion of those who think that all religions are more or less good“—is a Masonic ploy to dissolve Catholic identity.
Omission of the Kingship of Christ
The article’s gravest silence concerns the Social Reign of Christ the King. Pius XI’s Quas Primas declares: “Nations will be in happiness only when they accept the rule of Christ.” By promoting “light to the nations” without demanding societal submission to Christ’s authority, the text advances the modernist heresy condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus (Errors 77-80)—that “the Church ought to be separated from the State.” True Catholic mission seeks not mere moral influence but the conversion of nations to the One True Faith.
Symptomatic of Conciliar Apostasy
This commentary exemplifies the neo-church’s abandonment of its divine mandate. The reduction of salvation to “hope and love” absent doctrinal clarity reflects Modernist subjectivism condemned in St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “For the Modernists, faith is a sentiment… not assent to revealed truth.” When Fr. Power urges “recognising his presence” while omitting the necessity of the sacraments and hierarchical Church, he denies extra Ecclesiam nulla salus.
The conciliar sect’s “light to the nations” is a false beacon leading souls to the abyss. As St. Pius X warned: “The enemies of the Church now mask themselves as friends.” Only the integral Catholic Faith—grounded in immutable dogma and the Social Kingship of Christ—can dispel this darkness.
Source:
Lord’s Day Reflection:A light to the nations (vaticannews.va)
Date: 18.01.2026