Vatican Envoy’s False Peace: Masking Apostasy in US Hierarchy
The EWTN News portal (January 31, 2026) reports on Cardinal Christophe Pierre’s interview, wherein the apostolic nuncio to the United States dismisses tensions between the Vatican and U.S. bishops as “normal,” praising the late antipope Francis as a “magnificent leader” while promoting synodal ambiguity, Eucharistic indifferentism, and immigration policies devoid of evangelization. Pierre’s remarks epitomize the conciliar sect’s betrayal of Catholic integralism, substituting divine law with humanistic dialogue.
Normalizing Doctrinal Subversion
Pierre’s claim that tensions between the Vatican and U.S. bishops are “normal” conceals a systematic dismantling of Catholic doctrine. He asserts, “We are not in a war… I have never seen a war”, ignoring the ontological conflict between truth and modernist heresy. The Second Vatican Council’s aggiornamento initiated this war, rejecting the Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX, 1864), which condemned religious indifferentism (Proposition 15), and Quas Primas (Pius XI, 1925), which declared Christ’s social kingship. By framing dissent as “dialogue,” Pierre perpetuates the hermeneutic of rupture, wherein eternal truths are bargained as temporal opinions.
Synodality: A Vehicle for Apostasy
The nuncio lauds the “Synod on Synodality” as a process to “discern where we are in today’s world,” urging bishops to “listen to each other, and to the world.” This echoes Modernism’s vital immanence, condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane (1907): “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20). The synod’s inversion of authority—elevating human experience over divine revelation—subverts the Church’s hierarchical constitution. As Pius XII warned, such “democratization” reduces the Church to a mere NGO, discarding her divine mandate to “teach all nations” (Matthew 28:19).
Eucharistic Indifferentism and Ideological Cowardice
Pierre reduces the Eucharistic revival to “rediscovering unity,” omitting its essence: the propitiatory sacrifice of Calvary. His warning against “culture warriors” who defend “ideologies” condemns Catholics who resist sacrilege. When he states, “We become defenders of ideologies,” he conflates doctrine with partisan politics, evading the Church’s duty to condemn errors like abortion and gender ideology. Pius XI’s Quas Primas rebukes such cowardice: “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states… the foundations of authority are destroyed”. True Catholics cannot “heal polarization” by abandoning truth.
Immigration Without Conversion: A Gospel Betrayal
The nuncio praises the U.S. bishops’ stance on immigration, citing migrants as “40% of the 80 million Catholics.” Yet he ignores their spiritual destitution under the conciliar sect’s invalid sacraments and false gospel. By reducing the Church’s mission to social advocacy—“the value of the human person”—Pierre denies extra Ecclesiam nulla salus and the imperative to convert souls. St. Francis Xavier’s martyrdom for converts contrasts sharply with Pierre’s naturalism, which Pius IX condemned: “Man may find salvation in any religion” (Syllabus, Proposition 16).
Conclusion: The Anti-Church’s False Shepherd
Cardinal Pierre’s tenure exemplifies the conciliar sect’s apostasy. His praise for antipope Francis—“a magnificent leader”—confirms his allegiance to the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15) seated in Rome. As the true Church teaches, no manifest heretic can hold office (St. Robert Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice), rendering Pierre’s “diplomacy” a facade for heresy. Catholics must reject this pseudo-magisterium and cling to the unchanging faith—“the faith once delivered to the saints” (Jude 1:3)—while fleeing the neo-modernist parody of Christ’s Church.
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Papal nuncio turns 80, describes Vatican-U.S. bishops’ relationship as ‘normal,’ not in conflict (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 31.01.2026