The National Catholic Register reports that EU bishops, meeting in Cyprus under the auspices of COMECE (the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union), concluded their spring plenary assembly by echoing the words of the usurper in Rome, Leo XIV: “Let those who have weapons lay them down.” Their gathering, which included a visit to Maronite communities in the Turkish-controlled north of Cyprus, was framed as an “urgent appeal for peace in the Middle East” and a gesture of solidarity with Maronite Christians. The bishops pledged to advocate for Christian rights within EU institutions, heard from “Cardinal” Pizzaballa on interreligious dialogue, and engaged in ecumenical meetings with Orthodox prelates. While presented as a noble diplomatic and spiritual endeavor, this assembly is yet another manifestation of the conciliar sect’s systemic apostasy: a naturalistic, politically entangled performance that substitutes the supernatural mission of the Church with the agenda of secular power structures, false ecumenism, and a peace divorced from the Social Kingship of Christ.
The Usurper’s Mantle: Echoing Leo XIV’s Naturalistic Pacifism
The central thrust of the COMECE gathering was to amplify the voice of Robert Prevost, the current usurper on Peter’s throne, who styles himself Leo XIV. His plea, “Let those who have weapons lay them down,” is not a supernatural exhortation rooted in the Gospel of Peace that flows from the Social Kingship of Christ, but a naturalistic, politically expedient slogan indistinguishable from the rhetoric of any secular international body. This is the language of the United Nations, not the language of the Church Militant.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), unequivocally declared that true peace is only possible in the Kingdom of Christ: “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 Pope further lamented that “when God and Jesus Christ… 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 conciliar sect’s “peace” is built precisely on this foundation of rebellion against God’s law, a peace that ignores the divine constitution of the Church and the absolute necessity of submitting all nations to the Kingship of Christ. It is a peace without Christ, which is no peace at all, but a prelude to further chaos and divine chastisement.
Entanglement with Secular Power: COMECE as a Lobbying Arm
The very existence and operation of COMECE is a scandal and a betrayal of the Church’s divine mission. The Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union is not a Catholic institution in any meaningful sense; it is a lobbying group operating within the structures of a secular, Masonic political project – the European Union. The Church, as Pius XI taught in Quas Primas, “demands for itself… full freedom and independence from secular authority, and that in fulfilling the mission entrusted to it by God… it cannot depend on anyone’s will.”
The bishops’ pledge to “advocate within EU institutions for the rights and heritage of Cyprus’ Christians” is a profound betrayal. It implicitly recognizes the legitimacy and ultimate authority of the EU – a godless, modernist construct – over matters that pertain to the spiritual welfare and property of the Church. Instead of calling for the Social Reign of Christ the King over Cyprus and Turkey, they seek redress from a political body whose very foundation is laid in the rejection of Christ’s authority. This is a practical application of the condemned error from the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 19): “The Church is not a true and perfect society, entirely free… but it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church.” The EU bishops have become supplicants to Caesar, not heralds of the King of Kings.
False Ecumenism: The Heart of the Conciliar Apostasy
The meeting with His Beatitude Georgios III, the Greek Orthodox archbishop, is a predictable and damning feature of such conciliar gatherings. This “ecumenical program” is not an act of charity aimed at their conversion, but a liturgical and diplomatic endorsement of schism. The Orthodox churches are in formal schism, having rejected the Primacy of the Roman Pontiff and the dogmatic definitions of several ecumenical councils. To treat their leaders as equals in spiritual matters, to engage in common “ecumenical” gestures, is to deny the very essence of Catholic ecclesiology.
The Council of Florence (1439) definitively declared: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes, and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life everlasting.” The conciliar sect’s ecumenism is a direct repudiation of this infallible teaching. It is the “religious relativism” condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili and Pascendi, the “pest of indifferentism” that places all religions on the same level. This is not dialogue; it is the liturgical celebration of division and the public denial of the Church’s unique role as the sole Ark of Salvation.
The Ghost of Paul VI: “An Expert in Humanity”
Maronite Archbishop Selim Sfeir’s invocation of Paul VI’s description of the Church as “an expert in humanity” is a telling and tragic choice of words. This phrase, coined by the architect of the conciliar revolution, encapsulates the very essence of the apostasy: the reduction of the Church’s mission from the supernatural order of salvation to the naturalistic order of human welfare. The Church is not merely an “expert in humanity”; she is the sole divinely instituted means of salvation, the Mystical Body of Christ, whose primary mission is to lead souls to eternal life through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the Sacraments.
By adopting this language, Archbishop Sfeir and the COMECE bishops reveal their true colors. They are not acting as successors of the Apostles, but as functionaries of a humanitarian NGO. Their focus is on “rights,” “heritage,” “youth,” “investment,” and “migration” – the buzzwords of EU policy – rather than on the state of grace, the necessity of baptism, the reality of sin, and the eternal destiny of souls. This is the “cult of man” condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium, the very spirit of the world that St. John warned against.
The Silence That Condemns: What Was Not Said
The most damning aspect of this entire gathering is not what was said, but what was utterly and completely absent. There was no mention of the Social Kingship of Christ over Cyprus, Turkey, or the European Union. There was no call for the conversion of Muslims, Orthodox, or any non-Catholics present. There was no reference to the necessity of the Catholic faith for salvation, the reality of hell, or the urgency of the sacramental life. The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the very heart of the Church’s life and the sole source of true peace, was reduced to a diplomatic gesture in Kormakitis, devoid of its propitiatory and supernatural significance.
The “Cardinal” Pizzaballa’s call to “invest in interreligious dialogue at home as a model for the region” is particularly egregious. Instead of calling for the conversion of the region to the Catholic faith, he proposes more dialogue – the conciliar mantra that has achieved nothing but the further weakening of Christian witness and the strengthening of false religions. This is the “evolution of dogmas” condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili (Proposition 54): “Dogmas, sacraments, and hierarchy… are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness.” The faith is not evolving; it is being betrayed.
Conclusion: A Pilgrimage of Illusions
The EU bishops’ pilgrimage to Cyprus was not a Catholic act; it was a political and ecumenical performance by the conciliar sect. It was a journey not towards the Heavenly Jerusalem, but towards the secular utopia of Brussels. It echoed the words of a usurper, not the Vicar of Christ. It sought peace from the world, not from God. It embraced schismatics, not called them to conversion. And in doing so, it revealed the full depth of the apostasy that has consumed the structures occupying the Vatican.
The true Church, the Church of all ages, does not plead with the powerful of this world for crumbs from their table. She proclaims the Gospel of Christ the King, demands the submission of all nations to His law, and calls all men – Turk, Orthodox, Muslim, and Jew – to enter the one true Ark of Salvation through baptism and the profession of the Catholic faith. Until the conciliar sect repudiates its naturalistic humanism, its false ecumenism, and its entanglement with secular power, it will remain not the Church of Christ, but the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, a synagogue of Satan masquerading as the Bride of Christ.
Source:
EU Bishops in Cyprus Echo Pope Leo XIV: ‘Let Those Who Have Weapons Lay Them Down’ (ncregister.com)
Date: 29.04.2026