Ecclesiastical Abdication: Bangladesh’s Lost Church and the Conciliar Sect’s Surrender to Secularism
The article from EWTN News laments the financial crisis hindering the “Catholic Church” in Bangladesh from reclaiming the site of the nation’s first church, built by Portuguese Jesuits in 1600. Located in Iswaripur, Satkhira district, the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus—consecrated on January 1, 1600—has been erased physically, with its land now occupied by a Muslim family. The Khulna “diocese” under “Bishop” Michael D’Rozario (1970-2005) allegedly attempted to recover the site but abandoned efforts due to financial constraints. Current “priest” Philip Mondal admits the “diocese” lacks funds and seeks government intervention. Lay Catholics urge building a chapel to “preserve history,” while government land officer Rashed Hossain vaguely promises to “look into the matter” if formally approached.
Naturalism Supplants Supernatural Mission
The entire narrative reduces the Church’s divine mandate to a mere historical preservation society. The conciliar sect’s representatives speak not of restoring sacred worship (sacrum cultum) or reclaiming stolen property for God’s glory but of bureaucratic negotiations and fundraising. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas primas (1925) condemns this inversion: “The Church is not a charitable organization, a school, or a democracy; she is the Kingdom of Christ on earth”. When “Father” Mondal states, “We need the support of the administration and a lot of money”, he exposes the post-conciliar mindset that places trust in Caesar rather than Christ the King.
The Silent Apostasy of Compromise
Nowhere does the article mention demanding restitution as a matter of divine justice. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1499) mandates: “All persons, whether clerical or lay, who unjustly detain ecclesiastical goods, are bound to restore them entirely”. Instead, the conciliar “clergy” negotiates with usurpers—exactly as the Freemasonic Syllabus of Errors (1864) predicted: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Error 80).
The land officer’s conditional response—“we need to see how the people who live there now came to own the land”—is met with passive acceptance. Contrast this with St. Pius X’s condemnation of religious indifferentism: “The Church alone has the right to judge all matters of faith and morals” (Lamentabili sane exitu, 1907).
Sacrilegious Silence on Sacramental Reality
Layman Praveen Mondal’s lament—“It cannot be that the history of a religion has been erased”—betrays a modernist reduction of Catholicism to cultural heritage. The true scandal is the absence of any call to restore the Sacrifice of the Mass on desecrated ground. The Jesuits who built the church understood their mission: to offer the propitiatory Victim (hostia pro peccatis) for the salvation of souls. The conciliar sect, however, seeks only a “small chapel”—likely a table for its invalid Novus Ordo meal—rather than demanding reparations for sacrilege.
False Ecumenism Over Catholic Triumphalism
The article highlights Muslims and Hindus “regard Christians highly” for their schools and hospitals—a typical conciliar distortion. Pius IX’s Quanta cura (1864) anathematizes such flattery: “Error cannot claim the same rights as truth”. True Catholic witness requires condemning false religions, not boasting of their “esteem.”
The original Jesuits would have demanded the land’s return in virtue of Christ’s Kingship. Instead, today’s apostates grovel before secular authorities. As Pius XI warned: “When men and states refuse to submit to the rule of our Savior, they hasten their ruin” (Quas primas). Bangladesh’s lost church is not a financial problem—it is the fruit of Vatican II’s betrayal.
Source:
History erased? Bangladesh Catholics struggle to recover first church land (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 10.01.2026