Has the Vatican Aligned Itself With the Dominant Liberal Ideology?

Indeed, according to him, these initial decisions "contradict the guidelines followed by the Vatican in the areas of immigration, gender, environment, and the 'green' economy, and, negatively, they highlight the fact that in the West, a global system dominated by liberal culture [in the American sense of the term, i.e., progressive] has been established.”

In other words, there is now "a totalitarian and elitist post-democracy managed by the American democratic administration, which brought together a wide range of power centers [while it] coordinated its operations."

He elaborated: "These power centers included the masters of the Web, the mainstream press, universities, so-called philanthropic foundations, international agencies, major Western governments, and the leadership of the European Union.”

"There are many reasons to believe that the Catholic Church had contributed to this totalitarian system, and that among its own objectives and those of the Biden administration, the Davos Forum, the European Commission, or the WHO—just to name a few—an unbiased observer [will] notice[] many convergences."

Stefano Fontana continues his analysis of the Roman authorities' alignment with progressive ideology: "The Catholic Church's first difficulty is precisely that it has not been able to detach itself from the dominant ideological power, that it has not escaped the links of the system, that it has not defended justice as it should have.”

"Not supporting the bishops who did not intend to give communion to politicians who support extreme abortion, such as President Biden and Nancy Pelosi; sending several messages of support and good wishes to Klaus Schwab, claiming that the Davos Forum could do much for the common good.”

"Having condemned with appeal all controls and restrictions on immigration, having accepted and supported the global police system, established during the two-year Covid period, and having confirmed all the WHO's decisions.”

“Having insisted, even with official documents such as the exhortation Evangelii Gaudium or the encyclical Laudato si’, on human-caused global warming, and having supported this climate ideology that is now being scuttled by Trump because it lacks scientific foundations and brings poverty to the working masses.”

"All this, and much more, testifies to a servile line toward the current system of social control." In short: "The policies that the Church has supported, either by proposing them itself or by remaining silent about their negative aspects, have caused great damage."

A Weak Voice

The Italian academic cites the weak voice of men of the Church on matters of abortion and gender ideology as an example of this complicity: "Its voice has become weak and almost absent, preferring to intervene on immigrants and the environment," he writes.

"in the meantime, however, the global liberal system has extended the right [to abortion] up to birth, inserting it in the Constitution, as in France, declaring it a human right, as in the European Parliament, and in many countries legalizing the distribution of abortion pills by mail order." 

He added: "When, thanks to the appointments made by Trump during his first term, the Supreme Court struck down the previous legislation as unconstitutional and returned jurisdiction over the matter to individual states, the Vatican simply took note," asserts Stefano Fontana, adding: "Now Trump is freeing imprisoned pro-lifers, but the Church had not mobilized a single protest in their defense. Not a word was heard."

Regarding the homosexual cause promoted by progressive ideology, the Italian academic notes: "Homosexuality is now accepted as a natural thing: 'God loves us as we are,'” according to recent words from Pope Francis to a transgender person, and according to Fiducia Supplicans, which authorizes non-liturgical blessings for same-sex couples.

Stefano Fontana also highlights the Church's "legal recognition of same-sex couples," previously prohibited by the Congregation for the Faith, and he denounces American Cardinal Blase Cupich, who has declared himself in favor of adoption by same-sex couples.

In summary, Fontana states that the Church's alignment with these globalist policies has led to societal harm, economic crises, social tensions, and a weakening of the Church's teaching on fundamental moral issues.

An Anti-Catholic Administration

This complicity with the ideology promoted by the Joe Biden administration is all the more inexplicable given that the ruling American Democratic Party made no secret of its policies against the family and life.

As George Weigel notes on First Things on January 22: Under his presidency, Joe Biden has led "the most rabidly pro-‘choice’ [pro-abortion] administration in American history—with himself as cheerleader-in-chief for an unrestricted, unregulated abortion license." 

"That cheerleading took many forms; it was grotesquely summed up by Biden's awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America's highest civilian honor, to Cecile Richards, longtime chieftain of Planned Parenthood.” Pope Francis also received this honor from Joe Biden before he left the White House.

He continues: "During the Biden administration, gender ideology—a frontal assault on the biblical idea of ​​the human person and a threat to religious freedom—became embedded in virtually all federal agencies. Thus it was no surprise that the administration promoted [gay] ‘Pride Month’ and the LGBTQ+ agenda, even as it became empirically demonstrable that ‘transitioning’ [gender reassignment] did not improve mental health outcomes over time, and that surgical interventions and puberty blockers with gender-dysphoric youngsters deserved condemnation as child abuse.”

George Weigel does not hesitate to call the Biden administration’s policy “an agenda that could properly be described not simply as un-Catholic, but as anti-Catholic.”