Armenia’s Schismatic Showdown: Modernism’s Fruit in Church-State Conflict
The cited article from the Pillar Catholic portal reports on the criminal prosecution of Karekin II, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church, by the secular government of Armenia. It frames the conflict as a constitutional crisis between a “secular republic” and a “national church,” notes the Oriental Orthodox communion’s separation from Catholicism since 451, and speculates on a potential Vatican mediation role under “Pope Leo XIV.” The article’s underlying thesis is that this dispute represents a normal, if tense, relationship between church and state in a pluralistic society—a thesis that collapses under the weight of integral Catholic doctrine.

