Advent Distorted: Naturalism Masquerading as Christian Hope
The Vatican News portal (November 29, 2025) presents a commentary by “Fr.” Luke Gregory, OFM, framing Advent as “a supreme time for praying for reconciliation and world peace.” The text reduces this eschatological season to social activism, claiming Advent “invites us to consider… the deep desire for reconciliation and peace within our fractured world” while quoting selectively from Scripture. Emphasizing global harmony and “collective responsibility,” it omits the necessity of personal conversion, the Kingship of Christ over nations, and the Church’s exclusive mediation through the sacraments. This transformation of a penitential season into a vehicle for humanistic utopianism exemplifies the neo-church’s apostasy.









