The “Nostra Aetate” Jubilee: A Celebration of Apostasy Against Catholic Truth
VaticanNews portal (November 21, 2025) reports on a symposium at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross commemorating the 60th anniversary of the conciliar declaration Nostra Aetate. The event—attended by representatives of Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, and the conciliar sect—praised interfaith dialogue as essential for global “peacebuilding.” “Cardinal” George Koovakad, prefect of the “Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue,” declared that “religion has an important role to play” in policymaking, while Prof. Philip Goyret asserted that “religious leaders… can contribute to building peace.” Participants visited Rome’s Great Synagogue and Great Mosque, framing these acts as gestures of unity. The gathering culminated in Koovakad’s claim that Nostra Aetate had grown from a “seed of hope” into a “tall tree” of interfaith collaboration. This spectacle epitomizes the conciliar sect’s wholesale betrayal of Catholic exclusivity.
Rejection of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: The Core Heresy
The symposium’s premise violates the foundational dogma articulated by Pope Boniface VIII: “Outside the Church there is neither salvation nor remission of sins” (Unam Sanctam, 1302). By treating Judaism, Islam, and Buddhism as legitimate paths to truth, the event implicitly denies Christ’s words: “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Pius IX condemned this error explicitly: “Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ” is a “false and absurd opinion” (Syllabus of Errors, §17). The very act of hosting pagan leaders in places of false worship—while omitting any call for their conversion—constitutes communicatio in sacris, condemned by Canon 1258 of the 1917 Code.
Masonic Roots of Religious Indifferentism
The article’s rhetoric—”mercy unites people,” “dialogue as a seed of hope”—parrots Masonic naturalism. Pius VIII warned that Freemasonry seeks “to destroy the holy religion of our fathers” (Encyclical Traditi Humilitati, 1829), while Leo XIII exposed its goal of “founding an international citizenship based on humanitarianism” (Humanum Genus, 1884). The symposium’s organizer, the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, belongs to the Opus Dei network—a group historically linked to the post-conciliar revolution. Its collaboration with the “Abraham J. Heschel Center” (named after a rabbi who rejected Christ’s divinity) confirms Leo XIII’s judgment: “Judaism… is a deadly plague on civil society” (Dum Multa, 1902).
Omission of the Church’s True Mission: Conversion of Souls
Not once does the article mention the Mandatum of Christ: “Go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). Instead, “Cardinal” Koovakad reduces religion to a geopolitical tool for “peacebuilding,” ignoring Pius XI’s teaching: “Peace is only possible in the Kingdom of Christ” (Quas Primas, 1925). The silence on grace, redemption, and the Four Last Things exposes the symposium’s naturalistic worldview. Imam Akkad’s claim that “mercy” binds religions deliberately obscures Islam’s denial of the Trinity and Christ’s Crucifixion—truths Pius X called “the very foundations of Christianity” (Our Apostolic Mandate, 1910).
Nostra Aetate: A Document Born of Heretical Collaboration
The article celebrates Rabbi Abraham Heschel’s role in shaping Nostra Aetate, admitting he “played a decisive role” in Vatican II’s texts. This confirms St. Pius X’s condemnation of Modernist methods: “To hear them speak of their works… one would believe they contain only the words of Jesus Christ, yet in reality they are teeming with errors” (Pascendi, 1907). The symposium’s Buddhist speaker, Hiroshi Kiwano, openly admitted: “Christians pray for Buddhists, and Buddhists pray for Christians,” a syncretism Pius XI denounced as “false mysticism” (Mortalium Animos, 1928).
Theological Consequences: From Dialogue to Apostasy
By elevating “reconciliation” above doctrinal fidelity, the conciliar sect fulfills Pius IX’s prophecy: “They want to reconcile Christ with Belial” (Syllabus of Errors, Condemned Proposition §15). The article’s glowing account of mosque and synagogue visits ignores Canon 1258’s prohibition against Catholics “actively assisting” non-Catholic rites. Worse, it implies parity between the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and pagan rituals—a blasphemy condemned by the Council of Trent (Session XXII, Canon 7).
Source:
60 years of Nostra Aetate: from a seed of hope a great tree has grown (vaticannews.va)
Date: 21.11.2025