Communist Persecution in Cuba Reveals Neo-Church’s Apostasy
The EWTN News portal (January 30, 2026) reports Cuban communist authorities interrogated two priests – Castor Álvarez Devesa and Alberto Reyes of Camagüey archdiocese – along with lay dissidents Dagoberto Valdés Hernández and Yoandy Izquierdo Toledo for advocating democratic reforms and criticizing economic conditions. The article frames this persecution through the lens of “human rights” violations while invoking the memory of Karol Wojtyła (“John Paul II”), whose 1998 visit allegedly inspired Cuban resistance. This narrative deliberately obscures the radix omnium malorum (root of all evils): the conciliar sect’s betrayal of Catholicism’s uncompromising opposition to communism and its cowardly silence about Christ’s Social Kingship.
Naturalistic Framing Conceals Supernatural Reality
The report reduces persecution to a political conflict, stating victims were targeted for “defending human dignity, freedom, and the right to a better society.” This secularized vocabulary omits the essential truth: Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Outside the Church there is no salvation). True Catholic resistance must proclaim Cuba’s salvation lies not in Western-style democracy but in submission to Regnum Christi (the Kingship of Christ) through His one true Church. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) dogmatically declared: “Nations will be happy only when they accept the divine truth that the Church of Christ must not only occupy honor place but must occupy first place in ruling human society.”
“People were saying that the United States had not supported the Cuban people. Today the perception is different…” (Álvarez Devesa)
Such statements reveal poisoned minds seeking earthly saviors rather than the Unum Necessarium (One Thing Necessary): Cuba’s consecration to the Sacred Heart and Immaculate Heart. The article’s fixation on geopolitical analysis (“capture of Nicolás Maduro,” “US military intervention”) ignores the supernatural dimension of communist persecution – namely, Satan’s war against those preserving vestiges of Catholic civilization.
Conciliar Poison Paralyzes Resistance
EWTN’s reference to Wojtyła’s 1998 visit epitomizes the neo-church’s destructive ambiguity. The Polish antipope’s Cuban spectacle embodied Vatican II’s treasonous Ostpolitik, which Pius XI had condemned in Divini Redemptoris (1937): “Communism is intrinsically perverse, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any field whatsoever.” Wojtyła’s photo-op with Fidel Castro – butcher of Cuban Catholics – scandalously legitimized a regime Pius XII called “the most bestial of history’s tyrannies” (Radio Message, 1948).
The interrogated priests’ association with this conciliar “heritage” renders their witness suspect. Father Reyes’ weekly Facebook posts exemplify post-conciliar clericalism – reducing prophecy to social media activism while avoiding the hard truths:
“It’s no secret that after what happened in Venezuela, hopes have soared for a radical change in Cuba that would bring an end to the dictatorship” (Reyes)
Where is the call for Cuba’s consecration to Christ the King? Where is the denunciation of Havana’s Masonic temples? Where is the warning that democratic pluralism constitutes heresy against the Unam Sanctam (One Holy Church)? The article’s silence mirrors the neo-clergy’s fundamental apostasy: reducing the Faith to a “human rights” NGO.
False Ecumenism Enables Communist Tyranny
The report uncritically promotes the “Convivencia Studies Center” – a group seeking “peaceful transition to democracy.” This terminology echoes the conciliar sect’s suicidal embrace of religious liberty, condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864): “Error 77: In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State.” Cuba’s tragedy springs directly from abandoning the doctrina catholica (Catholic doctrine) that nations must formally profess the True Faith.
When security forces accused Valdés of “terrorism” for meeting US diplomats, they unwittingly exposed the neo-church’s complicity. Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes – which praised communist “social justice” – created the blueprint for today’s persecution. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili Sane (1907), Modernism “corrodes the very foundations of Faith” by reducing doctrine to evolving human consciousness. The conciliar church’s “dialogue” with Marxists guaranteed Cuba’s Catholics would face prisons rather than pulpits.
Conclusion: Only Tradition Can Save Cuba
This report’s greatest failure? Ignoring that Cuba’s suffering flows from rejecting the Social Reign of Christ the King. Until Cubans embrace Pius XI’s remedy – “the restoration of all things in Christ through the Church” (Ubi Arcano, 1922) – no political solution will avail. The interrogated clergy’s conciliar formation renders them incapable of preaching this truth. Their ordeal, while tragic, remains spiritually sterile without conversion to integral Catholic resistance. Let Cuba’s faithful abandon the neo-church’s dead structures and seek true priests offering the bloodless Sacrifice of Calvary – the only power that can exorcise communism’s demonic hold.
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Cuban regime interrogates priests and dissidents over their public statements, activities (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 30.01.2026