Humanitarian Distortion Masks Apostasy in Minneapolis Shooting Aftermath
The EWTN News portal reports on reactions to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis, focusing on statements from “Father” Harry Tasto and “Archbishop” Bernard Hebda. Tasto, who worked with Pretti at a Veterans Affairs hospital, described him as “known for his kindness and gentleness” during a Mass at the Basilica of St. Mary. The article emphasizes calls for prayer from post-conciliar prelates, including vague appeals to “peace” and “fraternity” from “Archbishop” Paul Coakley and “Pope” Leo XIV, while omitting any reference to divine justice, repentance, or the supernatural purpose of human suffering.
Naturalistic Sentimentality Replaces Catholic Doctrine
Tasto’s reduction of Pretti’s character to “kindness” exemplifies the conciliar sect’s abandonment of lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of belief). Nowhere does the article mention whether Pretti died in a state of grace, sought last rites, or adhered to Catholic moral teaching—omissions revealing a pastoral bankruptcy condemned by Pope Pius XII: “The first duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas… but in the prudence which avoids all dangerous familiarity with those who err” (Mystici Corporis Christi, 104). Instead, Tasto’s eulogy aligns with the naturalism of Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes, which substitutes sanctifying grace for secular humanism.
“The archbishop has requested that we remember him [Pretti] and his family tonight in our worship here,” Tasto said.
This directive from “Archbishop” Hebda transforms the Mass—the unbloody renewal of Calvary’s sacrifice—into a political vigil, violating Pope Pius XI’s warning that “when once men recognize… that Christ has been banished… they will soon realize that they must revolt against an order which is founded upon the lies and injustice” (Quas Primas, 18). The Mass becomes a vehicle for ideological memorialization, not the propitiatory offering for souls.
Pseudo-Magisterium Endorses Revolutionary Rhetoric
“Archbishop” Coakley’s invocation of “peace built on respect for people” inverts the Catholic hierarchy of values. Pax Christi in regno Christi—peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ—demands submission to divine law, not egalitarian platitudes. Coakley’s statement echoes the heresy condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55). Meanwhile, “Pope” Leo XIV’s recycled call for the Gospel to serve as a “leaven of fraternity” distorts its primary mission: the salvation of souls through doctrinal clarity and rejection of error (Matthew 10:34).
Jesuit “Father” R.J. Fichtinger’s admonition that “each and every person is created in the image and likeness of God” deliberately ignores the distinction between nature and grace. Unbaptized souls bear God’s image but lack sanctifying grace—a truth suppressed to advance the conciliar sect’s false ecumenism. His refusal to name Pretti’s actions (kicking federal vehicles, resisting arrest) as violations of the Fourth Commandment exemplifies the silent apostasy Pius X condemned in Lamentabili Sane: “Truth changes with man, because it develops with him” (Error 58).
Canonization of Political Agitators
The article’s portrayal of Pretti as a victim “gunned down despite posing no threat” ignores his documented assault on federal agents. This hagiography follows the pattern of elevating secular activists to pseudo-martyrdom, as seen in the conciliar sect’s veneration of Óscar Romero—a Marxist-aligned rebel never canonized by the true Church. Schleicher’s comparison of Pretti to George Floyd exposes the ideological agenda: to sacralize civil disobedience against lawful authority, directly opposing Romans 13:1 (“Let every soul be subject to higher powers”).
Stephen Miller’s branding of Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” is met with indignation by the conciliar clergy, yet none address whether Pretti’s actions constituted scandal or endangerment of public order. The silence confirms Pius XI’s indictment: “Society now… is more in danger from… the enemies within than from the enemies without” (Divini Redemptoris, 18).
Sacramental Nullity in Neo-Church Rituals
The “Mass” referenced in the article holds no spiritual weight. “Father” Tasto’s ordination—presuming it occurred after Paul VI’s invalid 1968 rite—is sacramentally null. As Pope Pius XII declared in Sacramentum Ordinis, the priesthood requires uninterrupted apostolic succession, which the conciliar sect lacks. Hebda’s request for prayers in this invalid context constitutes a sacrilegious parody, reducing worship to “community organizing”—a hallmark of the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15).
Nowhere does the article warn the faithful that attending such “Masses” or receiving “communion” from invalidly ordained ministers incurs mortal sin. This omission fulfills St. Pius X’s prophecy: “Modernists… would have the laity feed on errors” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 26).
Conclusion: Betrayal Disguised as Compassion
The EWTN report epitomizes the conciliar sect’s surrender to modernity. By memorializing a man who assaulted federal agents as a model of “gentleness,” withholding judgment on his moral state, and reducing the Mass to a political theater, these pseudo-clerics confirm their role as “enemies of the Cross of Christ” (Philippians 3:18). Only a return to the integral Catholic faith—embodied in the pre-1958 Magisterium—can rescue society from the nihilism this article sanctifies.
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Update: Priest who worked with Alex Pretti says he was known for ‘kindness’ (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 27.01.2026