EWTN’s Naturalistic Framing of Sacred Attacks
[EWTN] portal reports on the Russian missile strike against the 15th-century Bernardine Monastery and St. Andrew’s Church in Lviv, a UNESCO World Heritage site, quoting documentary producer Steven Moore who states the church “is probably the most historic church they have targeted so far.” The article frames the attack within geopolitical narratives of a “holy war” waged by Russia, the drone war with Iran, and global power dynamics, concluding with observations on Ukrainian drone warfare innovation and geopolitical shifts. The entire presentation remains confined to the naturalistic and political order, utterly omitting the supernatural significance of the desecration of a consecrated space, the blasphemy committed against the Real Presence (if the tabernacle was violated), and the duty of Catholic rulers to publicly avenge the injury to Christ the King.


