Dubious Miracles and Ecumenical Agendas: St. Charbel’s Cult Under Scrutiny
EWTN News reports two alleged miracles attributed to St. Charbel Makhlouf in 2026: an abdominal wound healing in Indiana and spontaneous tumor disappearance in Lebanon. The article presents these events as evidence of the Lebanese monk’s intercessory power, noting his canonization by Paul VI in 1977 and a recent visit by “Pope” Leo XIV (Bergoglio) to his tomb. This narrative exemplifies the theological confusion and naturalistic piety permeating the post-conciliar sect.
Canonization Without Authority
The very premise of St. Charbel’s sainthood rests on illegitimate foundations. Paul VI, who presided over his canonization, abandoned the Church’s traditional canonical processes, as Lamentabili Sane (1907) warned against modernist corruption of sacramental theology. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1999 §1-2) required rigorous examination of miracles by theologians before beatification, yet post-conciliar “saints” like Charbel emerge from a revolutionary paradigm that substitutes doctrinal fidelity for ecumenical appeal. When “Pope” Leo XIV calls Charbel’s intercession a “river of mercy,” he employs the language of indifferentism condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864): “All religions are to be treated equally by the State” (Error 77).
Miracles Without Catholic Criteria
The reported healings lack verification against traditional standards. St. Augustine teaches that miracles must lead souls to the true Faith (De Utilitate Credendi, 16.34), not interreligious syncretism. Yet EWTN emphasizes Charbel’s veneration by “Catholics, Muslims, and Druze,” violating Pius XI’s condemnation of false irenicism in Mortalium Animos (1928): “The union of Christians can only be fostered by promoting the return to the one true Church.” The alleged Indiana miracle involved oil blessed by Annaya monks – clerics operating under modernist Maronite authorities who concelebrate with schismatics. Such sacramentals become vehicles of religious indifferentism when detached from the Church’s exclusive claims.
St. Charbel died on Dec. 24, 1898. He was beatified by Pope Paul VI on Dec. 5, 1965, and was canonized by the same pontiff on Oct. 9, 1977.
This timeline reveals the corruption: Paul VI canonized Charbel after implementing the Novus Ordo Missae – an invalid rite according to Cardinals Ottaviani and Bacci’s 1969 study. A pseudo-pope cannot create saints, as Cum ex Apostolatus Officio (1559) declares: “Any elevation of a heretic to the papacy is null and void.” The article’s reference to monthly pilgrimages for Nouhad El Chami’s healing further exposes the cult’s emotionalism, replacing the Church’s liturgical cycle with gnostic “experience.”
Theological Omissions and Naturalism
Nowhere does EWTN mention the state of grace of the healed women, reducing Catholicism to faith healing. Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis Christi (1943) teaches that miracles primarily serve to confirm sanctity and doctrine, not provide medical convenience. Georgianne Walker’s recovery spared her surgery, but did it inspire repentance? Racha Charbel’s tumor vanishing produced sentimental gratitude, but no mention of Confession or amendment of life. The silence on supernatural realities echoes Modernism’s immanentism condemned in St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907): “Religious experience replaces objective truth.”
Bergoglio’s Endorsement: Masonic Strategy
“Pope” Leo XIV’s visit to Charbel’s tomb continues the Vatican II project of replacing the Social Kingship of Christ with human fraternity. His description of the saint as a “river of mercy” deliberately evokes the universal salvation heresy, contradicting Quas Primas (1925): “Nations will find no peace until they recognize Christ’s reign.” This parallels Freemasonry’s “operation Fatima,” where false mysticism diverts attention from apostasy, as documented in the False Fatima Apparitions file: “Masonic psychological operations undermine the sacraments.”
Conclusion: A Counterfeit Cult
The Charbel phenomenon exemplifies how post-conciliar structures manufacture “saints” to legitimize their apostasy. True miracles confirm ecclesia docens – the teaching Church – not interreligious dialogue. Until the hierarchical Church returns to professing extra Ecclesiam nulla salus and condemning false religions, all alleged supernatural events in conciliar circles remain suspect. As Our Lord warned: “False prophets will show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect” (Matthew 24:24).
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2 new miracles reported through intercession of St. Charbel in 2026 (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 26.01.2026