VaticanNews portal reports on April 20, 2026, that Archbishop Fernando Chica Arellano, the Holy See’s Permanent Observer to the FAO, IFAD, and WFP, addressed the 38th session of the Regional Conference for the Middle East, urging “a coordinated and multi-level political response” to food insecurity and systemic crises caused by war. He echoed the antipope Leo XIV’s call to “embrace diplomacy to ensure sustainable development,” stating that “peace is essential to eradicate hunger” and that “the promotion of peace must be at the center of all diplomatic action.” The Archbishop emphasized stabilizing supply chains, renewable energy, and structural adjustments to preserve “global energy and food security,” while calling for “sincere dialogue and respect for the dignity of every person” as the basis for peace. This entire discourse, while cloaked in the language of humanitarian concern, is a textbook example of the post-conciliar Church’s reduction of Catholic social teaching to mere naturalistic diplomacy, completely ignoring the supernatural order, the Kingship of Christ, and the true causes of war and famine: sin, apostasy, and the rejection of God’s laws.
The Abdication of Spiritual Authority in Favor of Secular Diplomacy
The statement by Archbishop Chica Arellano represents nothing less than the complete capitulation of the post-conciliar institution to the secular order. When he declares that “the promotion of peace must be at the center of all diplomatic action so that the sound of bombs ceases, weapons fall silent, and space is created for dialogue, where the voices of the people can be heard,” he reveals a worldview that has entirely abandoned the Catholic understanding of peace. This is not the peace of Christ — Pax Christi — which is the “tranquility of order” (St. Augustine, De Civitate Dei XIX.13), an order founded on the submission of all things to God’s law. This is the peace of the United Nations, the peace of secular humanism, the peace of the abomination of desolation that has occupied the Vatican since the death of Pope Pius XII.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), established with absolute clarity that “the hope of lasting peace will not yet shine upon nations as long as individuals and states renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.” The post-conciliar structures have done precisely this: they have renounced the reign of Christ the King over nations and replaced it with “diplomatic action” and “international cooperation.” The Archbishop’s call for “sincere dialogue” and “respect for the dignity of every person” — language lifted directly from Dignitatis Humanae, the conciliar declaration on religious freedom condemned by the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 79) — is not Catholic teaching. It is the language of Modernism, condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis as the “synthesis of all errors.”
The Omission of Sin, Repentance, and the Supernatural Order
What is most striking — and most damning — in the Archbishop’s address is what is entirely absent. There is no mention of sin as the root cause of war. There is no call to repentance. There is no mention of the Most Blessed Sacrament, of prayer, of penance, of the necessity of the state of grace. There is no mention of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of all graces. There is no mention of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, to whom Pope Leo XIII consecrated the entire human race in 1899. There is no mention of the social Kingship of Christ, which demands that nations publicly recognize Him as their sovereign and order their laws according to His commandments.
Instead, the “solutions” offered are purely material and naturalistic: “stabilize supply chains,” “renewable energy,” “structural adjustments,” “resilience of sustainable national agriculture.” This is the language of the FAO, of the World Bank, of the United Nations — not of the Catholic Church. The Church of Christ, the true Church, has always taught that temporal prosperity is a consequence of fidelity to God’s law, not the result of technocratic management. As Pius XI declared: “When God and Jesus Christ — as we lamented — were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The post-conciliar institution, by removing Christ from its public discourse and replacing His law with secular policy prescriptions, has become indistinguishable from any other international NGO.
The False Notion of “Innocent Victims” Without the Doctrine of Original Sin
The Archbishop states that “the challenge is also to alleviate the suffering of populations who, despite being innocent, tragically become victims of conflicts caused by others.” This language of “innocent populations” is deeply problematic from a Catholic theological perspective. Catholic doctrine teaches that all men are born in original sin and that no one is truly “innocent” in the absolute sense. The true innocence that matters is the state of sanctifying grace, which is lost through mortal sin. By speaking of “innocent populations” in a purely naturalistic sense — meaning those who did not directly cause the conflict — the Archbishop implicitly denies the universal reality of sin and the supernatural order. The true “innocence” that the Church must preach is innocence of soul, obtained through baptism and preserved through the sacraments, not mere non-combatant status in a temporal conflict.
Furthermore, the Church has always taught that war and famine are, in the divine economy, often punishments for sin — both personal and collective. The Old Testament is replete with examples of God sending famine and war as chastisements for apostasy (cf. Deuteronomy 28:15-68). The true remedy for war is not “diplomatic action” but conversion, repentance, and the return of nations to the social reign of Christ. By omitting this entirely, the Archbishop reveals that he speaks not as a representative of the Catholic Church, but as a functionary of a secularized institution that has abandoned its supernatural mission.
The Usurper on Peter’s Throne and His “Appeals for Peace”
The Archbishop reminds the conference that “Pope Leo XIV has consistently advocated for peace” and that “the end of divisions and hostilities is essential to open pathways to peace, based on sincere dialogue and respect for the dignity of every person.” This is the language of the conciliar antipope — a man who occupies the Vatican but possesses no authority from Christ. The true Popes taught that peace is only possible in the Kingdom of Christ. Pius XI explicitly stated: “We said, namely, that in the Kingdom of Christ we cannot contribute more effectively to the renewal and establishment of peace than by restoring the reign of our Lord.” The antipope Leo XIV, by advocating for peace through “dialogue” and “diplomacy” without demanding the recognition of Christ the King, is not continuing the papal tradition — he is betraying it.
Moreover, the very concept of “sincere dialogue” as a path to peace, divorced from the demand for conversion to the Catholic faith, is a direct fruit of the conciliar revolution. The true Church has always taught that there is no true peace except in the unity of the faith. As Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 80 — the very last and most comprehensive condemnation — it is an error to say that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.” The post-conciliar institution has done precisely this: it has reconciled itself with the modern world, and in doing so, it has ceased to be the Church of Christ.
The Reduction of the Church’s Mission to Humanitarian Activism
The entire address by Archbishop Chica Arellano reduces the mission of the Church to humanitarian activism. The Church is presented as merely another voice in the international community, advocating for “food security,” “sustainable development,” and “resilience.” This is a grotesque distortion of the Church’s true mission, which is the salvation of souls. The Church exists to lead men to eternal life through the preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments, and the teaching of the fullness of Catholic truth. Temporal welfare is a secondary consequence of fidelity to God’s law, not the primary end of the Church’s mission.
St. Pius X, in Lamentabili Sane Exitu (1907), condemned the proposition that “the Church is incapable of effectively defending evangelical ethics, because it steadfastly adheres to its views, which cannot be reconciled with modern progress” (Proposition 63). The post-conciliar institution has done the opposite: it has abandoned evangelical ethics in order to be “reconciled with modern progress.” It has become, as Proposition 65 of Lamentabili warned, “a certain dogmaless Christianity, that is, into a broad and liberal Protestantism.” The Archbishop’s address is proof of this transformation. There is no dogma, no doctrine, no supernatural vision — only the bland, bureaucratic language of international development.
The Silence on the Masonic Roots of Modern Conflicts
The Archbishop speaks of “conflicts caused by others” without ever identifying the true architects of modern wars. The Catholic Church, through numerous papal documents, has consistently identified Freemasonry and secret societies as the primary instigators of wars, revolutions, and social upheaval. Pius IX, in the Syllabus of Errors, explicitly condemned secret societies and warned that “the synagogue of Satan, which gathers its troops against the Church of Christ, takes its strength” from these sects. Leo XIII, in Humanum Genus (1884), exposed the Masonic program of destroying the Church and establishing a naturalistic order.
The post-conciliar institution, by remaining silent on the Masonic roots of modern conflicts and instead calling for “dialogue” and “international cooperation” — the very language of the Masonic program — reveals its complicity in the destruction of Christian civilization. The wars and famines that the Archbishop laments are not random misfortunes; they are the fruits of the Masonic revolution that has been waging war against Christ and His Church for centuries. The true remedy is not “diplomatic action” but the destruction of the Masonic conspiracy and the restoration of the social Kingship of Christ.
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation Speaks
The address by Archbishop Chica Arellano to the FAO regional conference is a perfect specimen of the post-conciliar apostasy. It is a speech that could have been delivered by any representative of the United Nations, the World Bank, or any secular humanitarian organization. It contains not a single reference to the supernatural order, to the Kingship of Christ, to the necessity of conversion, to the sacraments, to prayer, or to the true causes of war and famine. It reduces the Church’s mission to the management of temporal affairs and the promotion of “sustainable development” — a concept that is itself a product of the secular, naturalistic worldview that the true Church has always condemned.
The faithful must recognize that this is not the voice of the Catholic Church. It is the voice of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matthew 24:15). The true Church — the Church of the Roman Martyrology, of the Quas Primas, of the Syllabus of Errors, of Pascendi, of Lamentabili — speaks with a very different voice. It proclaims Christ the King, demands the submission of all nations to His law, calls all men to repentance and conversion, and teaches that there is no true peace except in the unity of the Catholic faith. The post-conciliar institution, by abandoning this message and replacing it with the bland humanitarianism of the United Nations, has revealed itself as the paramasonic structure that it is — an enemy of Christ wearing the mask of His Church.
Source:
Holy See Permanent Obeserver to FAO: "Peace is essential to eradicate hunger" (vaticannews.va)
Date: 20.04.2026