Vatican Legate Parolin Distorts Ansgar’s Mission with Modernist Heresies
VaticanNews portal (January 27, 2026) reports on Pietro Parolin’s Mass in Copenhagen marking the 12th centenary of St. Ansgar’s Danish mission. The antipope’s secretary of state claims the Church’s credibility derives not from “power, numbers, or strategies” but from “faith becoming lived witness” through “acts of liberation, justice, and mercy.” He compares 9th-century slavery to modern “economic, cultural, spiritual” forms while praising ecumenical collaboration with Lutherans. Parolin cites Ansgar’s “courageous choice” of mission work under Emperor Louis the Pious, framing evangelization as social activism rather than conversion of souls.