Digital Syncretism Masquerading as Youth Evangelization
Catholic News Agency reports (November 17, 2025) on the United States “Conference of Catholic Bishops” (USCCB) Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, where “bishops” discussed faith formation ahead of the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC). The event, scheduled for November 20–22 in Indianapolis, will feature a digital dialogue between antipope Leo XIV and teenagers, framed as an opportunity for “prayer, community, evangelization, and service.” “Archbishop” Nelson Pérez of Philadelphia declared this encounter reflects the antipope’s “desire to connect with young people,” whom he claims “want to be seen, heard, and valued” by the Church. Auxiliary “Bishop” Joseph Espaillat of New York praised the event’s “energy,” while “Bishop” William Byrne of Springfield celebrated a 226% growth in the USCCB’s social media following as evidence of reaching “young people who are curious and hungry.” “Bishop” Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester attributed youth engagement to a rejection of atheistic “vapid philosophy,” urging attendees to “build community” at NCYC. The article presents this as a triumphant moment of ecclesial relevance, masking a profound betrayal of Catholic evangelization.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Faith
The NCYC event epitomizes the conciliar sect’s reduction of the Church’s mission to therapeutic affirmation and technological spectacle. Pérez’s assertion that youth seek to be “seen, heard, and valued” reduces the Gospel to a corporate diversity initiative, erasing the sine qua non of conversion: “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3). Nowhere is there mention of sin, grace, or the Four Last Things—the very pillars of Catholic catechesis. Instead, the “bishops” parrot the language of secular self-help: Espaillat gushes about “positive energy,” while Byrne reduces evangelization to social media metrics. This echoes Pius X’s condemnation in Lamentabili Sane (1907) of modernists who “reduce revelation to man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20). The digital “encounter” with the antipope substitutes the unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary for a livestreamed therapy session, where Christ’s Kingship is replaced by algorithmic “closeness.”
“They want to be loved by the Church.” (Pérez)
This sentimentalism inverts the ordo caritatis. True charity demands first God’s love for man through the objective means of sacraments and doctrine—not an emotional transaction where the Church “loves” by validating subjective experiences. As Pius XI warned in Quas Primas (1925), Christ reigns not through “gentleness and sweetness” alone but by demanding “the obedience of faith” (Romans 1:5). The silence on confession, Eucharistic adoration, or the necessity of the state of grace exposes this event as spiritual fraud.
Masonic Tactics in Modernist Garb
The digital dialogue’s structure—a “live online interview” framed as groundbreaking—parallels Masonic disinformation strategies detailed in the False Fatima Apparitions file. Just as Freemasonry exploited “apparitions” to “divert attention from modernist apostasy,” the NCYC spectacle distracts from the conciliar sect’s doctrinal bankruptcy with technological novelty. Byrne’s boast of 226% social media growth mirrors Stage 2 of the “Masonic Operation ‘Fatima’“: globalization of cultic practices through controlled narratives. Barron’s praise of online outreach as a remedy for atheism ignores Pius IX’s condemnation in the Syllabus of Errors (1864) of those who “equate the Church with false religions” (Proposition 18). His Word on Fire platform, with “nearly 3 million YouTube subscribers,” exemplifies the “evolution of dogmas” condemned in Lamentabili (Proposition 22), reducing theology to content marketing.
“Our goal is to get people locked on Jesus Christ and have the impression be Jesus Christ and his bride, the Church.” (Byrne)
Yet this “bride” is a counterfeit. The true Church, as defined by Pius XII in Mystici Corporis (1943), requires profession of the same faith, sacraments, and governance—all denied by the USCCB’s collaboration with antipopes. The NCYC’s focus on “community” over doctrine fulfills the modernist goal condemned by St. Pius X: “to accommodate itself to contemporary intellectualism” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907).
Antichurch’s War on Catholic Youth
The article’s glowing portrayal of youth “vibrancy” conceals a grim reality: since Vatican II, 80% of baptized Catholics abandon the Faith by age 23 (Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, 2015). Instead of diagnosing this collapse as the fruit of indifferentism, the “bishops” double down on the poison. Pérez’s reference to Bergoglio’s “now of God” heresy—equating divine eternality with temporal fads—reveals the apostate core of this event. True formation, as outlined in Pius XI’s Divini Illius Magistri (1929), requires “submission to Divine Revelation” and “fear of the Lord,” both absent from NCYC’s program.
Social media growth is not conversion. Barron’s admission that online engagement creates a “private world” admits the failure of digitalism to forge militant Catholics. The USCCB’s TikTok metrics are as spiritually efficacious as Luther’s 95 Theses—tools of rebellion, not renewal. As the Defense of Sedevacantism file proves, these “bishops” have ipso facto lost office through public heresy (Canon 188.4, 1917 Code). Their NCYC is a synodal puppet show, conditioning youth to obey apostates rather than “rightly divide the word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15).
Conclusion: Christ the King Versus the Algorithm
The NCYC digital encounter is sacrilege disguised as innovation. It replaces the altar with a screen, the Consecration with a chat window, and the Real Presence with emotive pixels. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas demands nations “obey Christ the King“—not a usurper in white. Until these “bishops” repent of their conciliarist errors, their events will remain occasions of sin, accelerating souls toward damnation. Let the faithful heed Our Lord’s warning: “If they say to you, ‘Behold, he is in the desert,’ do not go out” (Matthew 24:26). True youth formation begins at the Traditional Mass—now suppressed by these very prelates.
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Bishops discuss faith formation before National Catholic Youth Conference (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 17.11.2025