The National Catholic Register, a portal notorious for its relentless promotion of the conciliar sect’s narrative while feigning orthodoxy, reports on Kyle Diamantas assuming the role of Acting Commissioner of the FDA following Marty Makary’s resignation. The article details Diamantas’s frantic efforts to reassure pro-life advocates of his commitment to a “pro-life agenda,” particularly regarding the abortion drug mifepristone. It highlights concerns from some pro-life groups due to Diamantas’s past legal work for a Planned Parenthood affiliate, alongside his subsequent outreach to organizations like March for Life and Live Action. While presented as a positive development within the narrow confines of American politics, this entire spectacle is a tragicomic illustration of the utter bankruptcy of attempting to reconcile the immutable Catholic Faith with the diabolically inspired machinery of modern secular governance and its inherent rejection of Christ the King’s law.
The Illusion of “Pro-Life” Influence Within a Godless System
The very premise of the article—that a “pro-life agenda” can be meaningfully advanced within an institution like the FDA, which operates under the jurisdiction of a secular state that has legalized and promotes the mass murder of innocents—is a profound theological error. It reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of true peace and order, which can only exist under the sovereign reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ. As Pope Pius XI unequivocally stated in his encyclical *Quas Primas*, “the hope of lasting peace will not yet shine upon nations as long as individuals and states renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.” The FDA, as an arm of the United States government, is constitutionally bound to uphold laws that are themselves in direct violation of God’s law, specifically the Fifth Commandment: “Thou shalt not kill.” To seek “guardrails” or “safety studies” for an intrinsically evil act like abortion, rather than its complete and unconditional prohibition, is to implicitly accept the legitimacy of the state’s authority to permit such evil, a concept anathematized by the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 39: “The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits.”).
The Primacy of God’s Law Over Human Legislation
The article’s focus on “regulations,” “studies,” and “deregulation” concerning mifepristone completely bypasses the only relevant question: the absolute moral imperative to outlaw and suppress the murder of unborn children. This approach reduces the defense of life to a bureaucratic negotiation within a system fundamentally opposed to God’s law. The Catholic Church has always taught that human laws contrary to divine law are null and void. Pope Pius IX, in his Apostolic Letter *Ad Apostolicae*, declared that laws which are “absolutely contrary to the divine constitution of the Church” are “null and void.” While this directly pertains to ecclesiastical law, the principle extends to all human legislation that contravenes the natural law and the divine positive law. The FDA’s role in approving and regulating an abortion drug is not a matter of administrative oversight but of active complicity in a gravely immoral act. The notion that a “pro-life champion” within such an institution can effect meaningful change is a dangerous illusion, distracting from the true solution: the conversion of the state to Christ the King and the submission of all its laws to His divine authority.
The Symptom of Modernist Accommodation
The article’s tone and content are symptomatic of the pervasive Modernist error that seeks to reconcile the Church with the world, rather than calling the world to conversion. This is evident in the very language used: “pro-life agenda,” “pro-family agenda,” “stakeholders,” “decision-making,” “damage control.” This is the vocabulary of secular politics and corporate management, not of the Church Militant. It reflects the post-conciliar mentality criticized by St. Pius X in *Lamentabili Sane Exitu* (Proposition 65: “Contemporary Catholicism cannot be reconciled with true knowledge without transforming it into a certain dogmaless Christianity, that is, into a broad and liberal Protestantism.”). The “pro-life movement” as depicted here, operating within the confines of secular political advocacy, often falls into this trap, seeking incremental gains within a system that is inherently corrupt and opposed to the fullness of Catholic truth. It prioritizes political expediency over the uncompromising demands of the Gospel.
The Silence on the Root Cause: Secularism and Apostasy
What is conspicuously absent from this article, and indeed from the entire discourse it represents, is any acknowledgment of the root cause of the abortion crisis: the widespread apostasy and secularism that have engulfed nations, including the United States. Pope Pius XI lamented in *Quas Primas* that “this kind of outpouring of evil has afflicted the whole world because very many have removed Jesus Christ and His most holy law from their customs, from private, family, and public life.” The legalization of abortion is merely a symptom of a society that has rejected God’s sovereignty. To address the symptom without acknowledging and combating the disease is futile. The article’s focus on FDA commissioners and drug regulations completely ignores the spiritual battle at hand, the need for national conversion, and the establishment of Christ’s social kingdom. It reduces a profound moral and spiritual crisis to a matter of administrative policy, thereby trivializing the gravity of the offense against God and the sanctity of human life.
The Futility of “Incremental” Victory Against Intrinsic Evil
The article highlights the desire for “real movement” on a “safety study” for mifepristone, hoping for “decisive action based on what that study shows.” This approach is fundamentally flawed when dealing with an intrinsic evil. Abortion is not a matter of “safety” or “guardrails”; it is the direct and deliberate killing of an innocent human life, always gravely illicit. No study can make it safe, and no regulation can make it morally acceptable. The Church’s teaching is clear: “The direct and voluntary killing of an innocent human being is always gravely immoral” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2271, reflecting unchanging doctrine). To seek “stricter regulations” or a “full safety study” implies that there might be conditions under which the drug could be safely or morally administered, which is a direct contradiction of Catholic moral theology. This incrementalist approach, common in secular politics, is antithetical to the Church’s prophetic witness, which demands an absolute and uncompromising condemnation of evil.
The Danger of “Personnel is Policy” Without True Conversion
Mark Harrington’s comment, “personnel is policy,” while true in a pragmatic sense, is insufficient from a Catholic integralist perspective. A “pro-life” FDA commissioner, even if personally committed, operates within a system that is fundamentally designed to facilitate the culture of death. His efforts will always be constrained by the legal and political framework of a secular state. True change, lasting peace, and the protection of innocent life can only come about through the conversion of hearts and minds to Christ, and the subsequent establishment of His law as the foundation of all human society. As St. Pius X warned in *Pascendi Dominici Gregis*, the Modernists seek to reconcile the Church with modern civilization, but this reconciliation is a betrayal of the Church’s divine mission. The FDA, as a product of modern secular civilization, cannot be reformed into an instrument of Catholic morality; it must be superseded by a social order that explicitly recognizes the Kingship of Christ.
Conclusion: A Call to True Order, Not Mere Regulation
The article from the National Catholic Register, by focusing on the political machinations surrounding the FDA and mifepristone, inadvertently highlights the profound spiritual crisis of our time. It demonstrates how even those who claim to be “pro-life” can be ensnared by the secular paradigm, seeking solutions within a system that is inherently opposed to God’s law. The Church’s mission is not to lobby for “safety studies” or “stricter regulations” within a godless bureaucracy, but to proclaim the absolute truth of the Gospel, the Kingship of Christ over all nations, and the intrinsic evil of abortion. Only through the full submission of individuals, families, and states to the divine law of Christ the King can true justice and peace, including the protection of unborn life, be realized. Anything less is a compromise with evil and a betrayal of the Faith once delivered to the saints.
Source:
FDA Acting Commissioner Kyle Diamantas Promises Pro-Life Agenda, Calls Advocates (ncregister.com)
Date: 14.05.2026