EWTN News presents a “Special prayer to conclude 2025 and welcome 2026” that exemplifies the neo-church’s reduction of Catholicism to subjectivist sentimentality. This liturgical replacement urges families to gather around Nativity scenes while systematically excluding every foundational doctrine of integral Catholic faith.
The EWTN News portal reports on 15,000 youths gathering in Paris for the Taizé Community’s ecumenical event, described as a “pilgrimage” involving “young Catholics and other fellow Christians from various traditions.” The article emphasizes communal prayer, testimonies of hope, and workshops facilitated by nearly 60 Taizé brothers, with Eastern Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I endorsing the gathering as forming “young peace builders.” Brother Mathew Thorpe calls participants to “break free from our algorithms” and become “pilgrims of peace and hope,” while Brother Alois claims the event helps “understand the Gospel” and shows “something that unites us in Europe.”
The EWTN News portal (December 30, 2025) reports the death of Begum Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first female prime minister, highlighting her education at Catholic schools and her purported support for religious minorities. The article frames her as a democratic reformer who “protected minorities” and maintained a “lifelong bond” with Catholics while introducing secular educational reforms and interreligious initiatives. This hagiographic narrative exemplifies the post-conciliar confusion between temporal progressivism and authentic Catholic principles.
EWTN News (December 27, 2025) profiles José Antonio Kast, Chile’s president-elect, as a “pro-life Catholic” who champions family values while employing secular arguments against abortion. The article praises Kast’s personal story – his parents’ rejection of contraceptive ideology leading to his birth – and his political battles against Chile’s abortion laws. While acknowledging Kast’s verbal opposition to gender ideology and abortion, the report reveals his systematic avoidance of Catholic doctrinal foundations in public discourse.
The EWTN portal (December 25, 2025) reports on a Christmas Eve homily delivered by conciliar sect official Mr. Pierbattista Pizzaballa in Bethlehem, promoting the heretical notion that God sanctifies unrepentant human history through mere presence rather than demanding conversion. The address reduces the Incarnation to divine acquiescence to human rebellion against Christ the King.
The EWTN News portal (December 24, 2025) describes disaster relief efforts by the conciliar sect’s Indonesian structures following Cyclone Senyar. Caritas Indonesia, directed by Mr. Fredy Rante Taruk, claims to provide food, shelter, and medical aid to flood victims in Sumatra. The report emphasizes environmental activism by figures such as Mr. Supriyadi Pardosi, who blames deforestation for the disaster and invokes the heresies of Jorge Bergoglio (“Pope Francis”) to demand corporate accountability. The article frames the Church’s mission as humanitarian aid and ecological advocacy, omitting any mention of sacramental ministry or the salvation of souls. This reduction of the Church to a social NGO manifests the conciliar sect’s apostasy from its divine mandate.
The EWTN News portal reports on a “Christmas recital” at Sacred Hearts School in Kfardebian, Lebanon, organized by Sandra Akiki under the patronage of “Maronite Patriarch” Béchara Boutros Raï, aiming to break a Guinness World Record with 170 hours of continuous hymn-singing. The article frames this as a “collective act of faith” demonstrating Lebanon’s resilience despite crises, quoting antipope Leo XIV’s statement that Lebanon is “a country of joy” and misappropriating St. Augustine’s dictum that “he who sings prays twice” (December 24, 2025).
EWTN News reports (December 24, 2025) on Christmas celebrations in Syria following the repeal of U.S. “Caesar Act” sanctions. The article describes interfaith events like the Melkite “Olive Scout Troop” carnival in Damascus, Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi visiting Mar Elias Church, a “non-ecclesial” Christmas market in Tartous, and minor vandalism incidents. It frames these as hopeful signs despite “lingering security fears,” while noting U.S. congressional oversight for “protecting minorities.” This naturalistic narrative omits the Divine Kingship of Christ and sacralizes the modernist cult of man.
The EWTN portal reports on the December 2025 visit of “Sister” Tiziana Merletti, secretary of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, to Bangladesh. The article celebrates her five-day program with religious communities, emphasizing inter-congregational cooperation and social outreach while omitting all supernatural elements of consecrated life. “Merletti told CNA she was impressed by the vitality of Bangladesh’s small Catholic community,” framing the Church’s mission through a sociological lens rather than as the societas perfecta (perfect society) established by Christ. Security concerns about “three recent explosions near Catholic facilities” are cited without connecting them to the abandonment of Christus Rex’s social reign (Pius XI, Quas Primas).
EWTN News portal (December 21, 2025) reports the reopening of an Aqaba church ruin as a “rare window into pre-Constantinian Christianity,” framing this archaeological site as evidence of early Christian communal organization while promoting Jordan’s “religious plurality.” The excavation team under Thomas Parker claims the structure dates to 293–303 AD, presenting pottery, glass lamps, and alleged bronze cross fragments as proof of Christian worship before Constantine’s Edict of Milan.
