Summary: The EWTN news portal reports on statements by Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem regarding alleged attacks by Israeli settlers on Christians in the West Bank. The article presents a purely naturalistic, political narrative centered on land disputes, property damage, and human rights, while completely omitting any supernatural perspective, the duty of Catholic rulers to recognize Christ the King, the sin of Jewish and Muslim occupation of the Holy Land, or the necessity of the Catholic Church’s social kingship. This reveals the apostate nature of the post-conciliar hierarchy, which has exchanged the doctrine of the regnum Christi for the secular ideology of human rights and interreligious dialogue. The complete silence on the final judgment, the state of grace, and the exclusive salvific role of the Catholic Church exposes the theological and spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar sect’s approach to the Middle East.
The False Witness of a Conciliar Prelate
The article cites “Auxiliary Bishop William Shomali of Jerusalem,” a figure operating within the post-1958 “ecclesiastical” structures that occupy the Vatican. From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, any bishop who acknowledges the authority of a manifest heretic—such as the current antipope “Leo XIV” (Robert Prevost)—cannot possess valid jurisdiction. St. Robert Bellarmine, whose teaching on the loss of office by a manifest heretic is definitive, states: “A manifest heretic… by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head… he may be judged and punished by the Church” (De Romano Pontifice). The “pope” whom Shomali recognizes has publicly embraced heresies against the Faith, particularly in his promotion of religious indifferentism and the dignity of the human person apart from Christ. Therefore, Shomali’s “episcopacy” is null, and his testimony is that of a schismatic, not a Catholic pastor. His words carry no magisterial weight; they are the complaints of a man serving a false church that has abandoned the kingship of Christ.
A Narrative Stripped of the Supernatural
The article’s entire frame is naturalistic. Shomali describes “aggressions,” “threats,” “property damage,” and the loss of “livelihood.” These are presented as political and social problems, requiring human intervention—contact with the American ambassador, “Church” aid. The language is that of human rights activism, not Catholic doctrine. This is a direct rejection of the teaching of Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas, which insists that all peace and order flow from the recognition of Christ’s kingship: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The article never mentions that the land in question is the Holy Land, consecrated by the life, death, and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. It never calls for the public confession of Christ the King as the sole sovereign over Judea and Samaria. Instead, it accepts the secular terminology of “West Bank” and “settlements,” thereby ratifying the partition of the sacred territory and the denial of Christ’s dominion. This is the spirit of the modernist errors condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu, which reduces sacred history to political conflict and “human factors.”
Silence on the True Danger: Modernist Apostasy
The article, like the conciliar sect itself, is obsessed with external threats (Israeli settlers) while completely silent on the internal apostasy that has consumed the “Church” since the mid-20th century. Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors condemns the separation of Church and State (#55) and the idea that the State may not publicly honor Christ (#77). The conciliar “bishops” have embraced these errors, promoting religious liberty and the equality of all religions. Shomali’s complaint is not that the Jews and Muslims are denied the true Faith, but that “Christians” (in the ecumenical sense) face violence. This reflects the modernist “hermeneutics of discontinuity” that treats the Catholic Church as one religion among many. The Syllabus also condemns the notion that “the civil power may interfere in matters relating to religion” (#44), yet the article implicitly accepts the Israeli state’s authority over the Holy Land, never demanding that the civil government recognize the Social Kingship of Christ. The true “aggression” is the conciliar rejection of Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus and the subsequent surrender of the Holy Places to non-Catholic powers.
The Omission of Catholic Social Doctrine
Pius XI in Quas Primas teaches that Christ’s reign “encompasses all men” and that rulers have the duty to publicly obey Christ and issue laws based on His commandments. The article shows no awareness of this. It does not call for the conversion of the Jewish and Muslim occupants of the Holy Land. It does not demand that the Israeli state, if it wishes to avoid divine judgment, submit to the law of Christ. Instead, it operates within the framework of the “two-state solution” and “international law,” which are human constructs devoid of Catholic content. This is the fruit of the conciliar revolution, which replaced the doctrine of the societas perfecta (the perfect society of the Church) with the naturalistic principles of the United Nations. The article’s appeal to the “American ambassador” is a confession of faith in the false religion of diplomacy and human rights, not in the intercession of the saints or the triumph of the Immaculate Heart.
The Conciliar Roots of the Error
The modernist mentality on display is precisely what St. Pius X condemned in Pascendi Dominici gregis and Lamentabili. The “errors” include:
- The belief that “the Church ought to tolerate the errors of philosophy, leaving it to correct itself” (#11 of Lamentabili), which underlies the acceptance of secular Zionism.
- The idea that “the science of philosophical things and morals… may and ought to keep aloof from divine and ecclesiastical authority” (#57), which separates the land dispute from moral theology.
- The denial that “the Church has the power of defining dogmatically that the religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion” (#21 of the Syllabus), which makes “Christians” (including Orthodox and Protestants) into a protected group rather than souls to be converted.
The article’s tone is cautious, bureaucratic, and “pastoral” in the conciliar sense—concerned with “dialogue” and “aid,” not with the proclamation of the exclusive reign of Christ. This is the “synthesis of all errors” (Pius X) in action: a religion of human dignity stripped of the Cross, the sacraments, and the necessity of membership in the Catholic Church.
Conclusion: The Apostasy of the Conciliar Sect
This news item is not a report on a geopolitical conflict; it is a symptom of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15). The conciliar “Church” has exchanged the doctrine of the regnum Christi for the secular cult of man. It mourns the inconveniences of “Christians” (a category that includes heretics and schismatics) while remaining silent on the damnation of souls outside the Catholic Church. It appeals to the powers of this world instead of invoking the mighty arm of Christ the King. The only legitimate Catholic response to the situation in the Holy Land is the one given by Pius XI: the public confession of Christ’s kingship, the conversion of all peoples (including Jews and Muslims) to the Catholic Faith, and the establishment of a social order where “the law will regain its former authority, sweet peace will return again, swords and weapons will fall from hands” (Quas Primas). The conciliar sect, having rejected this, is incapable of such a proclamation. Its “bishops” are hirelings who see the thief (the secular state) and do not intervene (John 10:12). The true Catholic, standing with the persecuted faithful of the pre-1958 Church, must reject this naturalistic narrative and pray for the conversion of all involved—and for the end of the conciliar apostasy.
Source:
Israeli settlers step up aggressions against Christians in West Bank, Jerusalem bishop says (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 21.03.2026