Catholic Church leaders in India’s capital are expanding an educational mentoring program to help young people compete for government jobs and university admissions. The Archdiocese of Delhi has broadened its youth coaching initiative to prepare students for India’s most competitive examinations, including the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) exam for government posts, the Common University Entrance Test (CUET) for university admissions, and the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) examination for elite civil service tracks such as the Indian Administrative Service and the Indian Foreign Service.
This initiative, we are told, is a form of “service” to the laity. Yet the complete absence of any supernatural horizon—conversion, sanctification, salvation of souls, or the social reign of Christ the King—reveals the utter spiritual bankruptcy of the post-conciliar “Church.” What is presented as pastoral care is in reality the reduction of Catholic life to a naturalistic, careerist assistance program, indistinguishable from secular NGOs or state-run coaching centers.