Divine Mercy Novena: Modernist Devotion Masquerading as Catholicism
The cited article from the National Catholic Register (April 6, 2026) promotes the Divine Mercy novena, a devotion originating from the alleged revelations of St. Maria Faustina Kowalska, canonized by the antipope John Paul II in 2000. It presents this novena as a pious Catholic practice, urging the faithful to pray for the conversion of the world through the “fathomless mercy” of Christ. This analysis, from the perspective of integral Catholic faith, exposes the devotion as a dangerous Modernist construct that undermines the doctrines of divine justice, the necessity of the true Church for salvation, and the immutable nature of Catholic worship.


