Nicaragua’s Church Silence Exposes Post-Conciliar Apostasy
The EWTN News portal (November 25, 2025) reports on Félix Maradiaga’s analysis of the Catholic Church’s silence under Daniel Ortega’s Nicaraguan dictatorship. Maradiaga, president of the World Liberty Congress, laments the regime’s censorship tactics and transnational repression against clergy, while expressing hope in “Pope” Leo XIV’s meeting with exiled Bishop Rolando Álvarez. The article frames the Church’s dilemma as balancing pastoral duties with political resistance, emphasizing human rights and democratic ideals over doctrinal clarity. This narrative exemplifies the conciliar sect’s surrender to naturalism and abandonment of regnum Christi (the reign of Christ).
Ecclesial Silence as Capitulation to Tyranny
The report describes how Ortega’s regime “prohibited more than 16,500 processions” and enforces silence through threats against priests’ families. Maradiaga claims the Church faces a “dilemma” between “preaching the Gospel” and confronting persecution. This false dichotomy betrays the conciliar sect’s fundamental error: Ubi defecerit vis ordinaria, extraordinaria adhibenda est (When ordinary power fails, extraordinary measures must be employed – St. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica II-II Q33 A4). True shepherds confront heresy and tyranny without compromise, as Pius XI declared: “The peace of Christ can only be achieved through the reign of Christ” (Quas Primas, 1925).
The article’s lament over “terrible censorship” ignores the conciliar sect’s own complicity. By accepting Vatican II’s heresy of religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), the neo-church surrendered its right to denounce persecution. When Maradiaga states priests are “prohibited from making any complaints,” he inadvertently exposes the fruit of the aggiornamento: a clergy trained in cowardice, not combat.
False Hope in Modernist Puppetry
Maradiaga’s praise for “Pope” Leo XIV’s meeting with Bishop Álvarez reveals tragic delusion. The conciliar antipopes have systematically dismantled the Church’s resistance to communism since John XXIII’s betrayal at Metz in 1962. As the Syllabus of Errors condemns: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80). True Catholics recognize Bergoglio’s successor remains the chief promoter of the “cult of man” Pius XI warned against.
The report’s focus on “human trafficking” and migration issues while ignoring the supernatural crisis proves its naturalistic foundations. Nowhere does it mention the sacrilegious “masses” offered by conciliar “priests” under Ortega – a regime that, like the neo-church, rejects extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. The true dilemma isn’t political survival but eternal salvation.
Lay Activism as Symptom of Hierarchical Failure
Maradiaga’s claim that “the responsibility of committed laypeople is to speak for our brother priests” inverts Catholic order. The Code of Canon Law (1917) reserves doctrinal authority to bishops (Canon 1322-1325), while laity serve in submission. This inversion fulfills Pius X’s warning: “The enemy has succeeded in introducing… the doctrine that would attribute to the human conscience the dignity of a supreme tribunal” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907). The article’s celebration of lay NGOs like the World Liberty Congress exposes the neo-church’s democratization – a heresy condemned as “statolatry” by Pius XI (Non Abbiamo Bisogno, 1931).
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Mission
Throughout the report, the Church’s mission is reduced to promoting “democracy, human rights, and freedom” – Enlightenment ideals condemned as “the pest of indifferentism” (Pius IX, Quanta Cura, 1864). Not once does Maradiaga mention Nicaragua’s need for the Social Kingship of Christ or the Immaculate Heart’s triumph. Instead, he advocates “striking a blow against Nicolás Maduro’s dictatorship” through U.S. intervention – a purely political solution antithetical to Catholic thought.
The conciliar sect’s silence in Nicaragua proves its apostasy. As the Syllabus teaches: “The Church has not the power of using force” (Proposition 24) is a condemned error. True prelates like St. John Chrysostom faced exile for denouncing emperors, while today’s “bishops” negotiate survival with tyrants. Until Catholics reject the conciliar counterfeit and return to integral Tradition, such betrayals will multiply.
Source:
New World Liberty Congress president analyzes ‘silence’ of Church in Nicaragua (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 25.11.2025