The EWTN News article from March 11, 2026, reports on Catholic Sisters Week, highlighting the stark decline in religious sisters in the United States—from 178,740 in 1965 to 33,135 in 2025, an 82% decrease. It frames this collapse as a successful shift from “more sisters” to “more missions,” emphasizing lay collaboration, diverse ministries like environmental justice, and the appointment of women to Vatican roles under “Pope” Leo XIV. The tone is one of optimistic adaptation, presenting the post-conciliar transformation of religious life as a vibrant renewal.
This narrative is not merely inaccurate; it is a deliberate apostasy that replaces the supernatural goal of consecrated life—the sanctification of souls and the salvation of souls—with a naturalistic, human-centered activism. The article’s celebration of decline as “expansion” exposes the theological and spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar sect, which has systematically dismantled the Church’s hierarchical, sacramental, and missionary structure in favor of a Masonic-inspired project of social engineering and ecclesial self-destruction.