Spanish Church’s State Pact Betrays Christ’s Kingship

EWTN News carries a report from ACI Prensa that on March 30, 2026, the conciliar “bishops’ conference” of Spain, along with the “Dominican Father” Jesús Díaz Sariego of the religious confederation, the Spanish government’s minister Félix Bolaños, and the people’s ombudsman Ángel Gabilondo, signed a protocol establishing a state-church system for compensating victims of abuse. The agreement gives the state’s ombudsman office final decision-making power in disputes, sets no fixed compensation parameters, and complements the Church’s own PRIVA plan—already used in over 100 cases with €2.5 million paid. The Vatican’s Secretariat of State was involved in the negotiations, with the minister confirming a recent meeting there alongside King Felipe VI’s audience with antipope Leo XIV. This protocol, effective April 15, concludes a process begun in 2022 after an ombudsman’s report recommended a state-run reparations system, which the conciliar “bishops’ conference” had previously rejected as discriminatory. The minister openly criticized the PRIVA plan’s “original sin” of self-judgment, yet the new system still subjects the Church to state oversight. This collaboration with a secular government that denies Christ’s social kingship is a stark betrayal of Catholic doctrine and a capitulation to modernist principles of state supremacy over the Church.