The EWTN News portal reports on the National Prayer Vigil for Life held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., attended by over 5,000 people, predominantly youth. The event featured Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska, declaring the goal to “make abortion unthinkable” while citing various social justice issues. Cardinals Robert McElroy, Sean O’Malley, and apostolic nuncio Christophe Pierre participated, with the latter conveying a message from antipope Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”) affirming participants’ efforts as fulfilling “the Lord’s command to serve him in the least of our brothers and sisters.” The article frames the event as part of post-Roe v. Wade activism, emphasizing youth involvement and political advocacy while omitting any reference to the Social Reign of Christ the King or the necessity of sacramental grace for societal conversion.
Naturalistic Activism Replaces Supernatural Faith
The vigil exemplifies the conciliar sect’s reduction of Catholicism to social activism, condemned by Pius XI in Quas Primas: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.” Nowhere does Bishop Conley mention that abortion flourishes precisely because nations reject Christ’s sovereignty. Instead, he reduces the Church’s mission to a political campaign, stating: “Our goal is not only to make abortion illegal… Our goal is to make abortion unthinkable.” This echoes the naturalist heresy condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (1864): “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55).
The article’s description of attendees praying the “luminous mysteries of the rosary” – a modernist innovation introduced by antipope Wojtyła in 2002 – further demonstrates liturgical corruption. As St. Pius V’s Quo Primum (1570) established the traditional 15-decade rosary as immutable, this novelty constitutes illicit worship. Moreover, the event’s focus on “building a culture of life” through human effort without demanding America’s submission to Christ’s reign confirms the conciliar sect’s apostasy from Quas Primas: “Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ.”
Illegitimate Clergy Preside Over Sacrilegious Liturgy
The presence of McElroy – who publicly supports Communion for adulterers and homosexuals – and O’Malley – who concelebrated pagan rituals in the Vatican gardens – renders the Mass objectively sacrilegious. Canon 188 §4 of the 1917 Code states: “Any office becomes vacant ipso facto… if he has publicly defected from the Catholic faith.” St. Robert Bellarmine’s De Romano Pontifice (II.30) affirms: “A manifest heretic is ipso facto deposed… he who is not a Christian cannot be Pope.” Thus, Prevost’s (“Leo XIV’s”) message holds no spiritual authority, being issued by a manifest heretic automatically deprived of jurisdiction.
The article notes antipope Prevost bestowed an “apostolic blessing” on participants, constituting blasphemous simulation of sacramental power. True popes like Pius XI condemned such naturalistic activism: “When the State ignores the Divine Law… society is shaken to its very foundations and is on the road to ruin” (Quas Primas). The conciliar sect’s “pro-life” posturing deliberately ignores that abortion is God’s punishment for national apostasy, as Scripture warns: “They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons… Therefore the Lord was angry with his people” (Psalm 106:37-40).
Omission of Christ’s Kingship as Theological Sabotage
Nowhere does the article mention the necessity of America’s consecration to Christ the King or public repentance for national sins – the only solution to abortion. Instead, Bishop Conley equates abortion with purely natural issues like “gun violence” and “racism,” reducing the Church’s mission to progressive activism. Pius IX’s Syllabus condemned this error: “The Church ought to adjust herself to modern civilization” (Error 80). Cardinal Pie prophetically warned: “Jesus Christ is being banished from laws, constitutions, schools… We must expect that God will punish us.”
The youth participants’ testimonies reveal the conciliar sect’s spiritual bankruptcy. Miriam Ware’s interest in becoming a “pro-life advocate” and Gus Buell’s comment about “trusting God” absent any reference to sacramental life or doctrinal formation demonstrate catechetical failure. True Catholic action flows from sanctifying grace, as Pius X taught: “The first means is the assiduous teaching of Christian doctrine… There is no surer sign of the destruction of a people than the neglect of religious education” (Acerbo Nimis, 1905).
Symptomatic of Conciliar Apostasy
This event epitomizes the conciliar sect’s replacement of Catholic integralism with humanitarian activism. The USCCB’s designation of abortion as its “preeminent priority” while ignoring America’s formal rejection of Christ’s social kingship constitutes pharisaical hypocrisy. As Archbishop Lefebvre warned: “They want the Church to serve the Revolution… by accepting religious liberty, ecumenism, and collegiality.” The vigil’s syncretic nature – blending invalid sacraments, modernist devotions, and naturalistic politics – fulfills St. Pius X’s warning in Pascendi (1907): “The Modernist substitutes for faith a sentiment which arises from the need of the divine… This need leads man to fashion religion according to his own inclinations.”
Until America kneels before Christ the King – not through political marches but through sacramental repentance and public enthronement of His Sacred Heart as Pius XI commanded – such “pro-life” efforts remain empty theatrics. As Pope Pius XI declared: “Oh, what happiness would be Ours if all men, individuals, families, and nations, would but let themselves be governed by Christ!” (Quas Primas). The conciliar sect’s refusal to preach this truth confirms its status as the synagogue of Satan.
Source:
Thousands attend Catholic March for Life vigil with goal ‘to make abortion unthinkable’ (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 23.01.2026