Modernist Bishop Praises Wartime Clergy While Subverting Christ’s Kingship

EWTN News reports that Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, described Ukrainian wartime clergy as “two living saints” after meeting them at the New York Encounter. Fernandes lauded their humanitarian work and willingness to die for their people, contrasting their “reality” with his own comfortable life in the U.S. He linked their witness to combating “invisible forces” and fostering charity amid American polarization. This narrative, devoid of supernatural criteria for sanctity and centered on naturalistic humanitarianism and vague spiritual warfare, represents a profound betrayal of Catholic doctrine. It exemplifies the post-conciliar Church’s substitution of the Social Kingship of Christ with a humanistic, experience-based religion, rendering it apostate.