Rolling Billboard of Naturalism: Columbus Diocese Reduces the Church to a Social Service Agency
The National Catholic Register reports that the Diocese of Columbus, Ohio, has received a cargo van donated by race car driver Cody Coughlin, which has been transformed into a “mobile outreach ministry” delivering food, resources, and what the diocese calls “the Gospel message” to communities in need. Bishop Earl Fernandes blessed the vehicle on March 8 outside the Basilica of St. Mary of the Assumption in Lancaster, Ohio. The van is adorned with Catholic imagery — Jesus at the feeding of the 5,000, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Divine Mercy image, a portrait of Mother Teresa, and Matthew 25:40 — and has been used to transport food, furniture, and supplies to various charitable endeavors. Deacon Dave Bezuko, director for Catholic Charities in the area, described the van as “a rolling billboard of Catholicism” and an “evangelization tool” intended to show that “Christ is present in our communities.” The diocese hopes to deploy it at Fourth of July parades, high school football games, nursing homes, and county fairs. This entire enterprise, presented with breathless enthusiasm by the conciliar apparatus, is a textbook illustration of how the post-conciliar sect has reduced the supernatural mission of the Church to mere naturalistic social work, stripping the Faith of its divine content while retaining the aesthetic trappings of Catholicism as a marketing strategy.




