Syria’s Secular Trial Exposes Void of Divine Justice and Natural Law
Vatican News portal reports on Syria’s first public trial concerning March clashes between pro-government forces and Alawite minorities, framing it as a test of President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s “accountability” promises. The article states that “14 defendants appeared at the Palace of Justice in Aleppo” charged with “fomenting civil war, secession, premeditated murder and looting,” following violence that killed approximately 1,500 Alawites and 200 security personnel. While emphasizing secular notions of “ending a dark phase of secretive authoritarian rule,” the report utterly ignores the regnum sociale Christi (social kingship of Christ) and reduces justice to mere human political calculations.
