Vatican News Justifies North Korean Missile Tests Through Omission of Divine Law
Vatican News reports on North Korea’s ballistic missile tests (January 27, 2026), framing the event through purely geopolitical lenses while omitting the moral-theological dimensions essential to Catholic analysis. The article describes technical details of the launches (“fired several suspected short-range ballistic missiles”, “flew about 350 kilometers”) and geopolitical context (“supplied short-range missiles and artillery to Russia”), but remains silent on the lex aeterna (eternal law) violated by these actions. This reduction of moral evil to technical military data constitutes implicit acceptance of the naturalistic fallacy that dominates conciliar sect journalism.
Naturalistic Reporting as Complicity in Moral Evil
The article’s clinical description (“missiles were launched from the Pyongyang area toward waters off the North’s east coast”) ignores the Catholic principle that bellum iniustum (unjust war) constitutes mortal sin against both divine and natural law. Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors explicitly condemns the modernist error that “the injustice of an act when successful inflicts no injury on the sanctity of right” (Proposition 61). By reporting weapons development as mere technical facts (“part of a tactical nuclear arsenal to counter the United States and South Korea”) without moral judgment, Vatican News implicitly endorses the North Korean regime’s rejection of Christ’s universal kingship.
Omitting the Supernatural Dimension of Geopolitical Conflicts
Nowhere does the analysis mention that North Korea systematically persecutes Christians, with Open Doors reporting 1,200 Christians currently imprisoned in labor camps for practicing their faith. This omission violates the Church’s perennial teaching that “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12, quoted in Pius XI’s Quas Primas). The article’s focus on weapons transfers to Russia (“under a 2024 mutual defense pact”) ignores how such alliances constitute formal cooperation with regimes that outlaw Catholicism – a mortal sin requiring explicit condemnation.
False Neutrality as Apostasy From Christ the King
The conciliar sect’s journalistic approach exemplifies the condemned proposition that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Pius IX, Syllabus, Proposition 80). By describing missile launches without invoking Quas Primas‘ teaching that “the peace of Christ can only be achieved in the kingdom of Christ” (§1), Vatican News demonstrates its fundamental apostasy from Catholic social doctrine. The article’s concluding invitation to “keep up-to-date by subscribing to our daily newsletter” reduces divine judgment to secular news consumption – a blasphemous trivialization echoing Bergoglio’s “Who am I to judge?”
The True Catholic Response to Tyrannical Regimes
Authentic Catholic teaching demands uncompromising condemnation of regimes like North Korea that outlaw Christ’s social reign. Pius XI in Quas Primas established that “rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ” (§32), making the Kim dynasty’s atheist tyranny intrinsically illegitimate. The Catholic response must be:
- Public demand for North Korea’s conversion to the One True Faith
- Excommunication of all officials involved in religious persecution
- Calls for Catholic nations to enact trade embargoes against Godless regimes
Instead, Vatican News reduces the Church’s mission to reporting military statistics while ignoring the supernatural destiny of 25 million enslaved souls. This confirms the conciliar sect’s complete abandonment of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (no salvation outside the Church) – the first truth entrusted to Peter’s successors.
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North Korea fires missiles into sea (vaticannews.va)
Date: 27.01.2026