Vatican Exercises Preach Naturalistic “Freedom” While Omitting Christ the King

The Vatican’s Lenten spiritual exercises for 2026, as reported by EWTN News, feature Bishop Erik Varden of Trondheim reflecting on “Christian freedom” and “the splendor of truth” before the Usurper “Pope” Leo XIV and the Roman Curia. Varden, a post-conciliar bishop, grounds his meditation in the personalist, naturalistic theology of St. Bernard of Clairvaux while explicitly praising the “universal call to holiness” of the apostate Second Vatican Council. The article reveals a profound and deliberate omission of the non-negotiable, integral Catholic doctrine that pre-1958: the absolute primacy of God’s law, the social reign of Christ the King, the exclusive salvific role of the Catholic Church, and the duty of all societies to publicly honor the Divine King. Instead, it promotes a vague, interiorized “freedom” and “holiness” stripped of supernatural content, aligning perfectly with the Modernist errors condemned by St. Pius X and Pope Pius IX.