Only One Thing Is Necessary — Or Is It? Archbishop Hebda’s Naturalistic Vision of Family Life
EWTN News portal reports that Archbishop Bernard Hebda of Saint Paul and Minneapolis released a pastoral letter on May 13, 2026, the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima and the 10th anniversary of his installation, titled “Only One Thing Is Necessary: How Catholic Families Can Strive To Be United in This Life and the Next.” The letter emphasizes the importance of strong Catholic families, quotes St. John Paul II on the family as the “first and vital cell of society,” references the Ulma family beatified by Pope Francis, invokes Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, and ends with a prayer composed by Pope Francis to the Holy Family of Nazareth. Despite its pious veneer, the letter is a masterclass in post-conciliar naturalism — devoid of any mention of the supernatural transformation wrought by Holy Mass, the necessity of the state of grace, the reality of mortal sin, the eternal consequences of apostasy, or the duty of Catholic families to resist the modernist revolution consuming the Church from within.


