US Bishops Promote Jesuit’s Beatification: Masking Apostasy with Social Activism
The Catholic News Agency portal (November 12, 2025) reports that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved advancing the beatification cause of Jesuit Richard Thomas (1928-2006). Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces presented Thomas as a model of service to the poor, emphasizing his work at Our Lady’s Youth Center in El Paso and The Lord’s Ranch in New Mexico. Baldacchino recounted a supposed 1972 “miraculous multiplication” of food at a Juárez garbage dump, while Bishops Mark Seitz and Andrew Cozzens praised Thomas’s “heroic life” and involvement in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal.
Naturalism Masquerading as Sanctity
The entire narrative reduces the priestly vocation to social activism, exemplifying the conciliar sect’s heresy of immanentism (Pius X, Pascendi Dominici Gregis). Baldacchino’s speech quotes Matthew 25 while omitting Christ’s warning: “Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 7:21). Nowhere does the article mention Thomas’s fidelity to the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary, his doctrinal orthodoxy, or his combat against modern errors—the true marks of sanctity.
The alleged “miracle” of multiplied food mirrors the modernist tendency to replace supernatural signs with sentimental fables. As Pius XII condemned: “Miracles must be properly investigated to exclude natural causes” (De Canonizatione Sanctorum). This unverified 1972 incident—occurring amid Thomas’s involvement with the condemned Charismatic Renewal—bears the hallmarks of emotional manipulation rather than divine intervention.
Charismatic Heresy and Invalid Ministry
Auxiliary Bishop Peter Smith’s praise of Thomas’s charismatic activities exposes the cancer within this cause. The Charismatic Renewal—promoting ecstatic phenomena and Pentecostal practices—was condemned by the Holy Office (July 14, 1966) as “dangerous to faith and morals.” True saints like Padre Pio suffered diabolical counterfeits of such phenomena (Letter to Bishop Raffaello Carlo Rossi, 1922), whereas Thomas embraced them as “signs of the Spirit.”
Thomas’s 1958 ordination occurred at the threshold of the conciliar revolution. Jesuit theologians had already embraced the nouvelle théologie condemned by Pius XII (Humani Generis, 1950). The Society of Jesus became a vehicle for modernism, culminating in Pedro Arrupe’s destruction of the order. Any sacramental validity in Thomas’s ministry remains doubtful given the Jesuits’ systemic corruption of holy orders.
USCCB’s Apostate Authority
The USCCB—a bureaucratic arm of the conciliar sect—lacks jurisdiction to advance any cause of beatification. Canon 2033 §1 of the 1917 Code reserves this power solely to the Holy See, which ceased to exist with Pius XII’s death. These “bishop” impostors—including Baldacchino, a Maltese Freemasonry-linked prelate—embrace the heresy of Americanism condemned by Leo XIII (Testem Benevolentiae). Their focus on “serving persons in need” while ignoring the salvation of souls fulfills Pius XI’s warning: “The great error of modern times is the substitution of philanthropy for charity” (Quas Primas).
Omissions Damning to the Cause
Conspicuously absent is any mention of Thomas’s:
- Rejection of Vatican II’s errors (if any)
- Defense of the Traditional Latin Mass
- Condemnation of religious liberty or ecumenism
Instead, Baldacchino highlights Thomas’s “support for immigrants“—code for endorsing illegal border crossings condemned by Leo XIII as “subversive of national order” (Immortale Dei). The “vibrant pro-life community” Thomas allegedly inspired operates within the USCCB’s compromised framework, which funds abortion-tainted organizations.
The True Face of “Social Justice”
Thomas’s austere lifestyle—no heating, army bed—echoes the Jansenist rigorism condemned in the “False Fatima Apparitions” file. Authentic Catholic asceticism, as practiced by saints like John Vianney, exists to win graces for sinners, not perform poverty theater. The Lord’s Ranch’s “recreation and rehabilitation” programs prioritize temporal comfort over the Four Last Things—a betrayal of the Church’s spiritual mission.
St. Pius X warned: “There is a species of moral, juridical, and social modernism which We condemn no less decidedly than doctrinal modernism” (Editae Saepe). This beatification push exemplifies both errors: doctrinal relativism masked as charity and social revolution replacing the Social Reign of Christ the King. Until the conciliar sect repudiates Vatican II and returns to Catholic Tradition, all its ceremonies—including pseudo-beatifications—remain sacrilegious farces.
Source:
Bishops approve beatification cause of priest who ministered in U.S.-Mexico border region (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 12.11.2025