The VaticanNews portal published on February 13, 2026, an editorial by Alessandro Gisotti, Deputy Editorial Director, marking World Radio Day 2026. The piece focuses on UNESCO’s theme “Artificial Intelligence is a tool. Not a voice,” quoting “Pope Leo XIV”’s message on safeguarding faces and voices from AI deception. Gisotti argues that radio’s essence remains the human voice and emotional connection, which AI cannot replace, while acknowledging AI’s utility in organizing archives and understanding audiences. The editorial concludes that no technology can substitute the “human dimension” and “connection between people” at radio’s core. This reflects the conciliar sect’s replacement of the Church’s supernatural mission with a naturalistic, human-centered paradigm, utterly contrary to the Social Kingship of Christ.
The Naturalistic Reduction of Radio’s Mission
The article reduces radio’s purpose to a humanistic “connection between people” and the “emotion that a human being transmits through their voice.” This is a deliberate omission of the Catholic Church’s mission to use all media for the reign of Christ the King. Pope Pius XI, in Quas Primas, declared that Christ’s kingdom “encompasses all men” and that states must publicly obey Christ, with all authority deriving from Him. Radio, as a powerful medium, is thereby bound to evangelize, teach Catholic doctrine, and combat error—not merely to foster immanent human bonds. The editorial’s silence on the salus animarum (the salvation of souls) and the duty to subject all communication to God’s law reveals a fundamental apostasy. It embraces the modernist error condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu: proposition 57, “The Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences,” is inverted here; the conciliar sect now serves the “progress” of technology while neglecting supernatural ends. The focus on “audience tastes” and “sonic identity” is the religion of man, not the religion of God.
The Heresy of “Pope Leo XIV” and the Invalid Magisterium
The article cites “Pope Leo XIV” (Robert Prevost), the first usurper of the post-conciliar line beginning with John XXIII. From a Catholic perspective grounded in pre-1958 doctrine, a manifest heretic loses the papacy ipso facto. St. Robert Bellarmine, in De Romano Pontifice, states: “a Pope who is a manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head.” “Pope Leo XIV” promotes religious freedom and ecumenism—errors condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (propositions 15-18) and Pius X’s Lamentabili (propositions 20-26). His message on AI, while superficially cautious, operates within the framework of naturalistic ethics, devoid of reference to divine law. Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law provides that a cleric who “publicly defects from the Catholic faith” loses office automatically. The conciliar “papacy” has definitively apostatized, thus its teachings on AI or any matter are devoid of magisterial authority. The editorial’s reliance on this antipope’s words is a grave error, presenting the voice of apostasy as a guide.
Omission of Christ’s Social Kingship: A Denial of Quas Primas
The editorial’s core thesis—that radio’s value lies in human connection—directly contradicts Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas, which instituted the feast of Christ the King to combat secularism. Pius XI wrote: “the reign of our Savior… extends not only to Catholic nations… but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians,” and “the state must leave the same freedom to the members of Orders… who contribute most to the expansion and establishment of Christ’s Kingdom.” Radio, as a social instrument, must serve this expansion, not merely facilitate human dialogue. The article’s silence on Christ’s juridical authority over all media—His right to command that all communication conform to His law—is a denial of the encyclical’s very purpose. Pius XI warned that when “God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” By reducing radio to a neutral tool for “connection,” the editorial participates in this removal, promoting the secularist “plague” that Pius XI condemned.
Modernist Foundations: Lamentabili and Syllabus Condemned
The article’s acceptance of AI as a “tool” without theological or moral critique reflects the Modernist synthesis condemned by St. Pius X. Lamentabili sane exitu denounces propositions that reduce faith to human experience (prop. 20: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God”) and that subject dogma to evolution (prop. 54: “Dogmas… are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness”). The editorial’s emphasis on the “human dimension” and “connection between people” as ultimate values mirrors this evolutionism, where supernatural truth is supplanted by immanent human experience. Furthermore, the Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemns:
– Error #15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which… he shall consider true.” The article’s pluralistic focus on “connection” irrespective of truth aligns with this indifferentism.
– Error #57: “Moral laws do not stand in need of the divine sanction.” By discussing AI ethics without reference to God’s law, the editorial implies morality is autonomous.
– Error #63: “It is lawful to refuse obedience to legitimate princes…” – but here, the “princes” are the true pastors of the Church, whose authority the conciliar sect rejects. The article’s tone of cautious optimism toward technology, devoid of submission to ecclesiastical authority, embodies this rebellious spirit.
The Idolatry of the Human Voice vs. the Voice of the Church
The editorial elevates the “human voice” with its “emotions” as irreplaceable, suggesting an almost sacred quality. This is a subtle idolatry of the human, contrary to Catholic teaching that all human goods must be ordered to God. St. Pius X, in Pascendi Dominici gregis, exposed Modernism’s “immanentist” philosophy, which “absorbs the divine into the human.” The article’s claim that AI cannot replace “the ones of the heart” (i.e., human emotion) promotes a pelagian trust in human nature, ignoring original sin and the need for sanctifying grace. The true “voice” that must never be replaced is the Church’s magisterial voice, teaching all nations to obey Christ’s commands (Matt. 28:20). The conciliar sect has silenced that voice, replacing it with the “voice” of humanistic dialogue. The editorial’s omission of the Church’s right to censure erroneous content (cf. Syllabus, Error #12: “The decrees of the Apostolic See… impede the true progress of science”) is telling. It accepts the secular premise that radio must adapt to “audience tastes,” rather than form souls according to Catholic doctrine.
Symptomatic of the Conciliar Apostasy
This editorial is not an isolated incident but a symptom of the systemic apostasy of the post-conciliar structures. Vatican Radio, once a tool for evangelization under Pius XII, now serves the “abomination of desolation” (Matt. 24:15)—the conciliar sect occupying the Vatican. Its focus on “human connection” and “technological opportunity” mirrors the errors of the “False Fatima Apparitions” file: the diversion from the true danger of “modernist apostasy within the Church since the beginning of the 20th century.” Just as the Fatima message is accused of focusing on external threats (communism) while ignoring internal modernism, this editorial focuses on AI’s external challenges while ignoring the internal collapse of faith. The article’s language—cautious, bureaucratic, devoid of supernatural urgency—exemplifies the “naturalistic and modernist mentality” of the conciliar clergy. It speaks as if the Church’s mission were to facilitate human dialogue, not to command all nations to obey Christ the King. This is the religion of the Antichrist: a synthesis of humanism and technology that denies the exclusive reign of God.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Conciliar Sect’s Humanism
The Vatican Radio editorial is a stark manifestation of the conciliar sect’s theological bankruptcy. It replaces the Social Kingship of Christ with a naturalistic cult of human connection, accepts the “tool” of AI without submitting it to divine law, and cites an antipope whose magisterium is null. The unchanging Catholic faith, as defined before 1958, demands that all media—including radio—serve the expansion of Christ’s kingdom, the condemnation of error, and the salvation of souls. The editorial’s omissions are its most damning feature: no mention of God’s sovereignty, no call for radio to preach the gospel, no warning that AI used for deception is a sin against truth (Col. 3:9). This is the “spiritual ruin” wrought by modernist “clerics.” The faithful must flee such institutions and adhere to the true Church, which endures in those who profess the integral faith and are led by valid bishops and priests outside the conciliar sect. As Pius XI taught in Quas Primas, “when all willingly accept the reign of Christ and obey Him, then at last… swords and weapons will fall from hands.” Until then, every “voice” that does not proclaim Christ the King is a voice of apostasy.
Source:
Radio and the challenge of artificial intelligence (vaticannews.va)
Date: 13.02.2026