Naturalistic “Peace” Plan Omits Reign of Christ Over Nations
An article from Catholic News Agency (January 4, 2026) reports that “Archbishop” Samuel Kleda of Douala presided over a New Year Mass where he outlined a social agenda focused on forgiveness, justice, and peace. The text presents his vision as moral renewal through human effort while systematically excluding the supernatural foundation of Catholic social order.
Reduction of Peace to Anthropocentric Endeavor
The Douala figure states:
“Peace cannot take root in society unless it first reigns in individual lives”
while failing to identify the Princeps Pacis (Prince of Peace) as the sole source of true harmony. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) condemns this naturalism:
“Nations will be deluded into false peace if they neglect to implore and recognize Christ’s royal dignity” (Quas Primas §1)
. By reducing peacebuilding to psychological conversion and behavioral modification, Kleda operates within the condemned modernist framework that treats religion as social therapy rather than supernatural submission to divine law.
Silence on Religious Liberty Heresy
When urging “unity rooted in diversity,” the prelate describes a Pentecost-like harmony while omitting that the Holy Spirit’s descent converted multitudes to the one true Faith. This covertly promotes the Vatican II heresy of religious liberty condemned by Pius IX:
“The absurd and erroneous doctrine of liberty of conscience is a most contagious error” (Quanta Cura §3)
. The Pentecost reference becomes blasphemous when divorced from Peter’s call to “Repent and be baptized” (Acts 2:38) – the very antithesis of modern ecumenism.
Social Analysis Without Theological Foundation
Kleda catalogs Cameroon’s material problems – unemployment, corruption, poverty – while treating them as purely socioeconomic issues. Contrast this with Pius XI’s teaching:
“When once men recognize the Church’s right to freedom, they will understand the civil freedom to which they have a claim in justice” (Quas Primas §32)
. The archbishop’s failure to demand public submission to Christ’s social reign perpetuates the Syllabus of Errors‘ condemned proposition that “The Church ought to be separated from the State” (Syllabus Errorum §55).
Sacramental Amnesia
In 1,000+ words about “moral renewal,” Kleda never mentions:
- The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as font of grace
- Sacramental confession for societal healing
- Reparation to the Sacred Heart
- Consecration to Mary’s Immaculate Heart
This confirms the modernist tendency denounced in Lamentabili Sane:
“They empty the sacraments of their efficacy, reducing them to mere psychological aids” (Proposition 41)
. When he paradoxically claims “every obstacle is a grace,” he perverts the Catholic understanding of actual grace by severing it from sanctifying grace accessed through sacraments.
False Mercy Over Justice
The injunction to forgive “70 times seven” is weaponized against justice. Pius XII clarifies:
“Mercy without justice is dissolution; justice without mercy is cruelty” (Radio Message, 1946)
. By demanding unilateral forgiveness for armed insurgents without requiring their conversion, public penance, and restitution, Kleda enables the cycle of violence he claims to oppose.
Conclusion: Naturalism Masquerading as Piety
This “pastoral plan” exemplifies the condemned modernist synthesis: psychologized spirituality (no mention of hell or judgment), horizontal solidarity (without mention of membership in Christ’s Mystical Body), and sociopolitical activism (detached from Rex Regum‘s dominion). Cameroon’s true crisis isn’t lack of dialogue but rejection of Dominus Noster Iesus Christus Universorum Rex – the sovereign remedy prescribed by Pius XI and trampled by conciliar revolutionaries.
Source:
Cameroon archbishop sets new year agenda of forgiveness, justice, and peace (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 04.01.2026