Sport as Substitute Gospel: The Vatican’s Humanitarian Theater
VaticanNews portal reports on a delegation of eight children from the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan participating in the 2026 World Taekwondo Grand Prix in Rome, an event orchestrated by the Taekwondo Humanitarian Foundation with the backing of the Italian Taekwondo Federation and the approval of the conciliar structures. The article highlights the emotional impact of the initiative, quoting Angelo Cito, President of the Italian Taekwondo Federation, who frames the event as a “concrete expression of Olympic values” and a means of “empowerment, peace, sustainability and Olympic values” for refugees, culminating in a scheduled meeting with the usurper Leo XIV. This narrative exemplifies the post-conciliar substitution of supernatural charity with naturalistic humanitarianism, reducing the Church’s mission to a vehicle for secular “peace” and “empowerment” devoid of the Gospel’s salvific purpose.
