ACI Prensa/EWTN News reports that Bishop Robert Flock of San Ignacio de Velasco, Bolivia, during Lent 2026, encouraged the practice of “spiritual intelligence,” defining it as “being attuned to God” and claiming it allows movement “from a mere understanding of things to true wisdom.” He cited psychologist Howard Gardner’s theory of “multiple intelligences,” placing spiritual intelligence above others as the most important, and asserted that all of Jesus’ teachings and actions emanated from this intelligence. The article presents this as a Lenten spiritual invitation without critique of its theological foundations.
This presentation is a quintessential manifestation of the post-conciliar apostasy, reducing the supernatural life of grace to a naturalistic, humanistic psychology while omitting the essential means of salvation and the absolute necessity of the Catholic Church. It is a dangerous synthesis of Modernism and New Age thought, utterly alien to the integral Catholic faith.