[EWTN News] reports that Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court permanently closed the investigation into Father José Eduardo de Oliveira e Silva, a priest from Osasco, São Paulo, who was named in November 2024 as a suspect in the 2022 attempted coup d’état aimed at preventing the inauguration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The investigation, which did not result in formal charges, was dismissed following a request from the priest’s defense. The defense attorney, Miguel Vidigal, stated the priest’s visits to Brasília were for “spiritual care and guidance — nothing more than that,” and criticized media and private individuals for “unfounded and slanderous messages.” The article notes the investigation was part of a broader case involving former President Jair Bolsonaro and military figures, and that the Prosecutor General’s Office did not file charges.
This narrative, presented by a flagship post-conciliar media outlet, is a masterclass in naturalistic obfuscation that systematically erases the supernatural framework of Catholic social doctrine. The article’s very premise—treating a priest’s alleged political activity as a matter for secular courts and public opinion—reveals the profound apostasy of the conciliar sect that now occupies the Vatican. From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, the case is not about “clearing” a name but about exposing a Church that has abandoned its duty to teach the Social Kingship of Christ and has instead embraced the secularist errors condemned by Pius IX.