The article from the National Catholic Register (April 1, 2026) reports that following an attack on the Christian town of Al-Suqaylabiyah in Syria, the Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchate of Antioch and most other Churches in Syria announced the scaling back of Easter celebrations to “prayers inside churches only,” citing “the current discouraging circumstances.” The Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch condemned the attack but framed its response in terms of “citizenship,” “integration,” and the state’s duty to provide security, while a U.N. report on broader violence, including against Druze civilians, is presented as contextual background.
This response is not a prudent pastoral measure but a spectacular manifestation of the theological and spiritual bankruptcy of the post-conciliar “Church,” which has completely abandoned the Social Kingship of Christ and the duty of public confession of the Faith, reducing Christianity to a private, timid cult utterly subservient to the naturalistic principles of the world.