2026-04-02

Vatican’s Cosmic Apostasy: Artemis II and the Rejection of Christ’s Kingship

Summary of the Article

The cited article, published by the National Catholic Register’s Catholic News Agency on April 1, 2026, reports on comments from Jesuit Father Richard A. D’Souza, director of the Vatican Observatory since September 2025, regarding NASA’s Artemis II crewed lunar mission. D’Souza calls the mission “a great development” for scientific understanding of the moon’s origin and the potential for cosmic experiments shielded from Earth’s electromagnetic pollution. He acknowledges the Catholic Church’s historical support for space exploration but expresses concern that commercialization should benefit all humanity and warns against polluting “pristine environments in space” and creating space debris. He justifies the mission’s cautious, preparatory approach due to human risk. When asked if space exploration distracts from Earth’s suffering, he reiterates the Church’s support but stresses the need for international treaties to ensure peace, justice, and equitable benefit. He concludes by noting future medical challenges for long-duration missions like those to Mars.

Thesis: This interview, emanating from the “Vatican Observatory” of the conciliar sect, is a quintessential manifestation of post-Vatican II apostasy: it sacralizes naturalistic humanism, utterly omits the supernatural purpose of creation and man’s dominion under Christ the King, and replaces the Church’s divine mission to teach all nations with a secular agenda of “benefit for all” and environmental stewardship, thus propagating the errors of Modernism condemned by St. Pius X and the Syllabus of Errors.