Naturalistic Heroism Masquerades as Catholic Charity in Post-Conciliar Media
The National Catholic Register portal (EWTN News) publishes a report dated August 11, 2026, by Victoria Arruda — a journalist identified as assistant editor of ChurchPOP Portuguese and Digital Media Specialist at EWTN News — detailing the actions of Dr. Germán Andres Somoyar, a Colombian pediatrician who evacuated ten newborns from the sixth-floor neonatal unit of Clínica Panamericana hospital in Apartadó, Antioquia, during a 7.4-magnitude earthquake. The article frames the episode as a “symbol of solidarity and hope,” highlighting the doctor’s “protective instinct” and “courage and love for life,” while quoting his emphasis on “coordinated team effort” and the priority of the babies. The report is accompanied by photographs and an Instagram embed from a secular account (@en_el_ruedo_). This ostensibly edifying narrative is in reality a quintessential product of the conciliar revolution: a purely naturalistic humanitarianism stripped of the supernatural order, paraded as Catholic witness by the very structures that have usurped the Church’s voice.