Central African Bishops’ Naturalistic Peace Appeal Betrays Catholic Truth
The Vatican News portal (January 13, 2026) reports that the Central African Republic Bishops’ Conference issued a message following national elections, urging the government to safeguard “peace founded on justice” while denouncing corruption and violence. The bishops declare peace an “inalienable right” and call for “dialogue, fraternity, and the common good,” emphasizing ecumenical and interreligious collaboration as paths to reconciliation.
Subordination of Supernatural Order to Naturalistic Humanism
The bishops’ assertion that “peace is not the absence of war” superficially echoes Augustine’s definition (De Civitate Dei, XIX, 13), yet utterly distorts it by divorcing peace from its sole source: the Social Reign of Christ the King. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925) dogmatically declares: “When men recognize… the royal prerogatives of Christ… a manifold blessing of peace and liberty will follow” (§1). By reducing peace to a secular “right” attainable through political processes, the bishops commit a twofold heresy:
1. Denying the Unum Sanctam principle (Boniface VIII, 1302) that “outside the Church there is neither salvation nor remission of sins” – implying non-Catholics can contribute to true peace.
2. Reversing the hierarchy of ends by placing temporal stability above the lex divina, as condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864): “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error #55).
Ecumenical Apostasy Masquerading as Pastoral Care
The call for “ecumenical and interreligious dialogue as authentic paths to reconciliation” constitutes formal heresy against the extra Ecclesiam nulla salus dogma. The Holy Office decreed under Pius XII (Mystici Corporis, 1943): “Those who do not belong to the visible Body of the Catholic Church… cannot be sure of their eternal salvation” (§103). This syncretism directly violates:
- Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928): “The Apostolic See cannot in any way take part in their assemblies… Catholicism cannot be reconciled with non-Christian religions.”
- The Oath Against Modernism (1910): “I sincerely hold that the doctrine of faith was handed down… from the apostles through orthodox fathers… always in the same sense and interpretation.”
Silence on Sacramental Means of Peace
The bishops’ message omits any reference to the Only Means of Salvation: the Sacraments, prayer, and conversion. Unlike Pius XII’s teaching that “peace is the work of justice” (Summi Pontificatus, §34) – understood as justice toward God through adherence to His Law – these modernists reduce justice to socio-political mechanics. They ignore:
• The necessity of the Sacrament of Penance to remit sins fueling conflicts (Council of Trent, Sess. XIV, Chap. 2).
• The Mass as the propitiatory sacrifice for peace (Council of Trent, Sess. XXII, Chap. 2).
• The Blessed Virgin Mary as Regina Pacis, through whose intercession true peace is obtained.
Political Neutralization of the Episcopate
By urging respect for “the political choices of others” and declaring “a political opponent is not an enemy,” the bishops implicitly endorse moral relativism. This contradicts Pius IX’s condemnation of liberalism: “error has no rights” (Quanta Cura, 1864), and Pius X’s condemnation of the Sillonist movement for “placing authority in majority rule” (Notre Charge Apostolique, 1910). Their focus on “credible institutions” and “transparency” reduces the Church’s mission to NGO-style activism, abandoning Gregory XVI’s condemnation of “the false and absurd maxim that liberty of conscience must be procured for everyone” (Mirari Vos, §14).
Conclusion: A Modernist Manifesto
This document exemplifies the conciliar sect’s apostasy, reducing Catholicism to a humanitarian ethic. As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi (1907): “The Modernist sustains and propagates a philosophy from which follows… the intrinsic evolution of dogma” (§39). By substituting the Kingship of Christ with UN-style peacebuilding and ecumenism, these bishops reject their duty to “teach all nations” (Matthew 28:19) – confirming Pius VI’s prophecy: “A church without combat is a church without victory” (Super Soliditate, 1786).
Source:
Central African Republic Bishops: Peace is a right, not a luxury (vaticannews.va)
Date: 13.01.2026