Cardinal Quevedo’s False Peace: Ecumenism Masquerading as Catholic Virtue
Catholic News Agency reports (November 8, 2025) that Cardinal Orlando Quevedo received the Philippine government’s “Gawad Kapayapaan” peace award for promoting interfaith dialogue in Mindanao. The article celebrates his “bridges of understanding” between Muslims (5.69 million in BARMM), Christians, and Lumad indigenous groups, quoting presidential peace adviser Carlito Galvez Jr. praising Quevedo’s “compassion, unity, and faith in humanity.” Quevedo claims “peace is born in the heart” through “building bridges between hearts,” dedicating his award to all religious groups while omitting any reference to conversion or Catholic exclusivity. This celebration of syncretism epitomizes the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (Outside the Church There Is No Salvation).
Subversion of Christ’s Kingship Through False Ecumenism
The article lauds Quevedo’s interfaith initiatives like the Bishops-Ulama Conference, framing dialogue with Muslims and pagans as virtuous. Yet Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925) condemns such equality between truth and error: “The Church cannot approve of that false liberty which…places all religions on the same footing.” By treating Islam as parallel to Catholicism, Quevedo violates Canon 1325 §2 (1917 Code), which forbids Catholics from “taking part in non-Catholic worship.” His “peacebuilding” directly contravenes the Syllabus of Errors (1864), which rejects the notion that “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Proposition 18) or that “good hope may be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not in the true Church of Christ” (Proposition 17).
Quevedo insists “peace is born in the heart…[through] compassion, unity, and respect for human dignity”
This naturalistic reduction ignores St. Paul’s warning: “Can light commune with darkness?” (2 Cor 6:14). The article’s silence on Quevedo’s duty to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19) exposes the conciliar sect’s apostasy from Catholic mission. Pius IX’s Quanto Conficiamur Moerore (1863) condemns the “fatal error” that “the way of eternal salvation can be found in any religion.”
Theological Bankruptcy of “Dialogue” Over Conversion
Quevedo’s focus on “inclusive governance” and “people-to-people encounters” substitutes Marxist class struggle for supernatural charity. Lamentabili Sane (1907) condemned the modernist error that “faith is an assent based on probabilities” (Proposition 25) – precisely what Quevedo promotes by prioritizing “fellowship” over dogma. The article praises his work with “former revolutionaries,” ignoring St. Pius X’s condemnation of the Sillon movement for seeking “false fraternity with enemies of the Church.”
Worst of all, Quevedo’s “peace” omits the Social Reign of Christ the King. Pius XI declared in Quas Primas that nations must obey Christ’s laws to avoid ruin: “When once men recognize…that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty.” By contrast, Quevedo’s secular award celebrates the State’s authority to define “social cohesion” – a rejection of the Church’s Magisterium over temporal affairs condemned in the Syllabus (Propositions 39-55).
Oblates of Mary Immaculate: From Missionaries to Masonic Collaborators
Quevedo’s religious order (OMI), founded to evangelize pagans, now betrays its charism. The article mentions his membership without noting the OMI’s modernist degeneration since Vatican II. Contrast this with their pre-conciliar missions documented in Maximum Illud (1919), where Benedict XV urged missionaries to “plant the Church” through conversion, not dialogue. Quevedo’s “Man of Peace” title blasphemously echoes Christ’s title Princeps Pacis (Prince of Peace), reserved for He who “came not to bring peace, but a sword” (Matthew 10:34) against error.
The Philippine government honors Quevedo for “healing divisions and inspiring hope”
This partnership between churchmen and the State – both apostate – fulfills Masonic plans exposed in Leo XIII’s Humanum Genus (1884): “The partisans of evil…have formed a wicked federation…to overthrow the Church.” Quevedo sits on BARMM’s Council of Leaders, aiding a government that enforces sharia law – a betrayal of Catholics persecuted under Islamic rule.
Conclusion: False Peace as Spiritual Sabotage
Quevedo’s ecumenism advances the conciliar sect’s false gospel of human brotherhood. As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi, modernists reduce religion to “an experience of the heart” divorced from doctrine. The article’s glowing tribute – devoid of references to grace, conversion, or Christ’s Kingship – proves Quevedo serves the Antichurch. True Catholics must reject this “peace” that denies the Unam Sanctam (Boniface VIII, 1302): “Outside the Church there is neither salvation nor remission of sins…It is altogether necessary to salvation for every human creature to be subject to the Roman Pontiff.”
Source:
Cardinal Orlando Quevedo: Mindanao’s ‘Man of Peace’ and his lifelong mission of unity (catholicnewsagency.com)
Article date: 08.11.2025