Philippine “Bishop” Promotes Religious Indifferentism Under Guise of Shared Prayer
VaticanNews portal (February 11, 2026) reports that “Bishop” Jose Colin Bagaforo of Kidapawan, chairman of the Commission on Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines, has framed the coincidental alignment of Ash Wednesday and Ramadan as a “shared sacred moment” for Muslims and Christians. The article claims this convergence offers a “rare opportunity” to “walk together toward God, who is ‘Merciful and Compassionate,'” while quoting the Quran (10:25) alongside Matthew 5:9. The “bishop” further invokes Bergoglio’s Fratelli Tutti to advocate for “human fraternity,” environmentalism, and collective social action through the syncretic Filipino practice of Alay Kapwa (Lentern Offering).
Equating Islamic Ritual With the Holy Lenten Fast: A Sacrilegious False Equivalence
The article elevates Ramadan—a man-made Islamic observance commemorating the false revelation of a heretical text—to parity with Holy Lent, which prepares Catholics for the unbloody re-presentation of Christ’s Sacrifice (Council of Trent, Session XXII). This blasphemous parallel ignores the sine qua non distinction between divine revelation and diabolical deception:
“Ramadan commemorates the first revelation of the Qur’an to the Prophet Muhammad, while Lent prepares Catholics for the commemoration of the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.”
By treating Muhammad’s fabricated “revelation” as spiritually analogous to Christ’s Passion, the text violates the First Commandment and the dogmatic teaching of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (Pope Eugene IV, Cantate Domino, 1442). Pius XI explicitly condemned such syncretism: “Religions… founded by men… are certainly not pleasing to God” (Mortalium Animos, 1928). The Quran’s denial of Christ’s divinity (Surah 4:171) renders its citation alongside Holy Scripture an act of theological treason.
Interreligious Dialogue as Apostasy From the Missionary Mandate
“Bishop” Bagaforo’s insistence that Muslims and Christians must “walk together in faith” directly contradicts Christ’s command: “Go ye into the whole world and preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15). The article’s emphasis on “mutual understanding” substitutes the Church’s converting mission with a naturalistic ethic of coexistence—precisely the error condemned by Pius IX:
“The Church has not the power of defining dogmatically that the religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion” (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 21).
Worse, the “bishop” perverts fasting—a penitential weapon against concupiscence—into a social justice ritual: “Fasting opens our eyes to suffering and enlarges our compassion… sacrifice becomes hope for communities affected by poverty.” This reduces the supernatural act of expiating sin to a humanitarian exercise, echoing Modernism’s eradication of transcendence (St. Pius X, Lamentabili Sane, Proposition 22).
The Abandonment of Christ’s Exclusive Kingship
Nowhere does the article mention the Social Reign of Christ the King, the sole foundation of true peace (Pius XI, Quas Primas). Instead, it promotes the Bergoglian heresy that “peace is more than the absence of war… the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor are one,” reducing the Church to a NGO. The reference to Fratelli Tutti—a document praising the pantheistic “Book of Nature” (§285)—exposes the underlying apostasy: replacing Dogma with ecological sentimentality.
The Filipino tradition of Alay Kapwa, now twisted into interfaith activism, exemplifies how the post-conciliar sect distorts piety to serve the Masonic agenda of universal brotherhood without the Cross. St. Augustine’s warning resounds: “For peace is not sought that there may be war, but war is waged that there may be peace” (City of God, XIX.12). True peace demands conversion to Christ—not shared rituals with adherents of a false religion.
Omission of the Supernatural: The Silent Heresy
The article’s gravest evil lies in what it suppresses:
- No mention of sin, the need for grace, or the Four Last Things—the very raison d’être of Lent.
- No call for Muslims to convert, denying Christ’s exclusivity: “Neither is there salvation in any other” (Acts 4:12).
- No distinction between Allah (an impersonal deity) and the Triune God—a distinction pivotal to evangelization.
This silence fulfills St. Pius X’s prophecy: “The Modernist… embraces all false religions” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, §14). By portraying Islam as a parallel path to God, the conciliar sect completes its surrender to the Antichurch, where “the seat of Satan” (Revelation 2:13) replaces the Throne of Peter.
Source:
Philippine Church highlights unity as Lent, Ramadan begin together (vaticannews.va)
Date: 11.02.2026