The Illusion of Catholic Identity in the Post-Conciliar University
The University of Notre Dame, a self-described “Catholic” institution, recently faced backlash over the appointment of Professor Sus…
The article from EWTN News reports on divided Catholic reactions to President Donald Trump’s February 24, 2026, State of the Union address, focusing on economic policy and immigration enforcement. Former Democratic Rep. Dan Lipinski criticizes the administration’s economic messaging as mere “showmanship” while acknowledging struggles with inflation, and condemns immigration rhetoric that demonizes all illegal immigrants. Alfonso Aguilar of the America First Policy Institute praises Trump’s economic vision and tough immigration stance, framing deportation of criminal aliens as necessary “putting the house in order.” Both commentators operate entirely within the framework of American partisan politics, presenting a false dichotomy between two secular positions while omitting any reference to the Social Reign of Christ the King or the Church’s immutable doctrine on the duties of the state and the rights of the Church.
The Annunciation Shooting: A Symptom of Apostasy Masked as a Call to State Power
The cited article from EWTN News reports on a press conference held on February 24, 2026, where an eighth-grade surviv…
Paul Thigpen’s Alien Fantasies: Modernism’s Theological Bankruptcy
Summary: A Theologian of the Conciliar Apostasy
EWTN News reports the death of theologian Paul Thigpen, praising his prolific outp…
The cited article from EWTN News (February 25, 2026) describes the building project of St. Andrew Catholic Parish in Utah, a community that has grown from a basement gathering to a gymnasium-based “pa…
The article from EWTN News reports that amid violent cartel retaliation following the death of a drug lord, Catholic authorities in Mexico—including self-styled “Cardinals” Aguiar Retes and Robles Ortega—organized prayers and displayed Marian images (Our Lady of Zapopan and Guadalupe), urging calm while collaborating with secular government statements. Parishes suspended Masses, and priests used social media. The response centered on Marian intercession and vague appeals to “social peace,” utterly omitting Christ’s Social Kingship, the duty of Catholic states to enforce divine law, and the sacramental life as the true source of peace. This naturalistic, pastoral strategy epitomizes the post-conciliar Church’s apostasy: replacing the reign of Christ with sentimental devotions and collaboration with godless powers, while remaining silent on the Modernist errors that have destroyed Mexican society.
The EWTN News article of February 25, 2026, reports on humanitarian efforts by Caritas Cuba and Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in distributing U.S. government aid to Cuba amid oil shortages, political…
Summary: EWTN News reports on President Donald Trump’s February 24, 2026, State of the Union address, highlighting his emphasis on banning gender transition procedures for minors and escalating mass deportations, while notably avoiding any mention of abortion. The article presents Trump’s rhetoric as a defense of parental rights and national security, quoting supporters who frame it as a rejection of “gender ideology.” It also notes criticism from Democrats and some Catholic voices regarding the harshness of immigration enforcement and rhetoric against Somali immigrants. The article concludes by mentioning the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) 2025 statement opposing “indiscriminate mass deportation,” revealing a tension between the Trump administration’s policies and the official stance of the post-conciliar hierarchy. The underlying thesis is that Trump’s address, while touching on moral issues, operates entirely within a secular, naturalistic framework that rejects the absolute and universal reign of Christ the King, thereby participating in the apostasy condemned by Pope Pius IX’s *Syllabus of Errors*.
The “Catholic Identity” Illusion at a Conciliar University
The National Catholic Register reports that Bishop Kevin Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend led a rosary at the University of Notre Dame’s gro…
The EWTN News portal reports that eighteen U.S. Catholic “bishops” and “archbishops” from border states issued a statement ahead of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, urging policy changes on immigration enforcement. Their recommendations focus on “human dignity,” “due process,” and “sensitive locations” like churches, entirely within the framework of natural law and secular rights discourse, with no reference to the Social Reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the supernatural purpose of law, or the Church’s divinely given authority to guide temporal affairs. This statement is a quintessential manifestation of the post-conciliar apostasy, reducing the Church’s social mission to a mere humanitarian NGO operating within the principles of Modernist liberalism condemned by the pre-1958 Magisterium.
