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Our Lady of Victory & the Church Militant

10-04-2026Weekly Reflection

In the 16th century, the enemy of Christian civilization was a reality in the Ottoman Empire. Today the enemy is more watered-down and is even rendered present inside the Church. Today the attacks are not localized in a specific territory but have penetrated inside souls. Ours is a situation in which God is out of the picture and the “de-structuring” of the human being, the family, education and the Christian sense of social and political life is sought. Today we are facing a cultural battle which has been shaping principles and dogma for centuries. This is how the Spanish Bishop of Alcalá de Henares, Juan Antonio Reig Pla, described it in a pastoral letter from 2020.

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