The Pillar Catholic portal reports on August 25, 2026, that Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the conciliar sect’s “Secretary for Relations with States,” met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, issuing platitudes about ending the Ukraine war through “authentic negotiations” and “dialogue” while carefully avoiding any reference to the Social Kingship of Christ, the conversion of Russia to the Catholic Faith, or the supernatural ends of the Church. This diplomatic theater exposes the conciliar sect’s complete abandonment of its divine mandate in favor of naturalistic humanitarianism and collaboration with the enemies of Christ’s Kingdom.
The Conciliar Sect’s Diplomatic Farce: Naturalism Masquerading as Supernatural Mission
The cited article relates that Gallagher declared:
“The position of the Holy See remains clear: the conflict cannot be resolved by military means. It is essential to create the conditions for a serious political and diplomatic process.”
This statement, devoid of any supernatural reference, epitomizes the laicism condemned by Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas: “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 “diplomacy” operates entirely within the natural order, treating war as a geopolitical puzzle rather than a chastisement for sin requiring conversion and the restoration of Christ’s rights over nations.
Gallagher’s appeal to “international law” and “the international community” reveals the conciliar sect’s submission to the Civitas Terrena governed by Masonic principles. The Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemns the proposition that “The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits” (Error 39) and that “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55). Yet the conciliar sect’s representatives function precisely as chaplains to this godless world order, offering “spiritual, diplomatic, and humanitarian support” while the rights of Christ the King are trampled.
Betrayal of the Social Kingship of Christ: Peace Without the King of Peace
Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King precisely “to address the needs of the present times and provide a special remedy against the plague that poisons human society. And this plague is the secularism of our times, so-called laicism” (Quas Primas). The conciliar sect’s “peace” initiatives are the antithesis of this remedy. Gallagher speaks of “peace” twelve times in the reported remarks, yet never once invokes the Pax Christi in Regno Christi — the only true peace, which Pius XI teaches “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 article notes Gallagher’s call for “respect for international law, steps toward de-escalation, and further humanitarian gestures.” This is the language of the United Nations, not the Church. Quas Primas declares: “Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ… For what we wrote at the beginning of Our Pontificate about the diminishing authority of law and respect for power, the same can be applied to the present times: ‘When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.'” The conciliar sect’s diplomacy accelerates this destruction by legitimizing a world order that excludes Christ.
False Ecumenism with Schismatics: Legitimizing the Moscow Patriarchate
The article reveals Gallagher was “expected to meet with Metropolitan Anthony of Volokolamsk, who chairs the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations.” This meeting with schismatic “Orthodox” hierarchs constitutes the ecumenism condemned by Pius XI in Mortalium Animos (1928) and by the Syllabus (Error 18: “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion”). The Moscow Patriarchate, historically a tool of the KGB and now of the FSB, is treated as a legitimate “Church” rather than a schismatic body requiring conversion.
Lavrov’s complaint about the “destruction of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate” and his promise to share a report on its status with the Vatican reveals the geopolitical nature of this “dialogue.” The conciliar sect, by entertaining such complaints, becomes an accomplice in the Russian state’s use of religion as a weapon. Quas Primas teaches that Christ’s Kingdom “encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” The conciliar sect’s recognition of schismatic “churches” as equals denies this universal dominion.
Humanitarian Reductionism: The Neo-Church as NGO
Gallagher’s summary of the Holy See’s role — “spiritual, diplomatic, and humanitarian support… contributing to and offering a space for dialogue, while patiently listening and assisting concretely in charitable and humanitarian efforts” — reduces the Church to a humanitarian NGO with a “spiritual” veneer. The Lamentabili Sane Exitu (1907) condemns the Modernist 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” (Prop. 63). The conciliar sect has “reconciled” itself with modern progress by abandoning evangelical ethics for humanitarianism.
The article’s focus on the “children’s dossier” — the relocation of Ukrainian children to Russia — while ignoring the spiritual ruin of millions deprived of the true Faith and valid Sacraments, manifests the naturalism Pius X anathematized. Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) exposes Modernism’s reduction of religion to “sentiment” and “vital immanence.” Gallagher’s “spiritual support” is precisely this: a vague, content-free religiosity that serves the geopolitical interests of the antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) and his masters.
Collaboration with the Errors of Russia: Silence on Communism and Conversion
The article notes Lavrov’s gratitude for the Holy See’s “balanced position on the situation in and around Ukraine.” This “balance” between aggressor and victim is the diplomatic equivalent of the Modernist synthesis of truth and error. The False Fatima Apparitions document correctly identifies that the Fatima message “focuses on external threats (communism), omitting the main danger: modernist apostasy within the Church.” The conciliar sect continues this omission: not a word about the conversion of Russia from schism and the errors of Communism, which Pius XI in Divini Redemptoris (1937) called “a system full of errors and sophisms… a truly diabolical force.”
Lavrov’s accusations against Ukraine — “drone attacks against Russia,” “banned the Russian language” — are parroted in the article without correction, while the conciliar sect’s representative raises only “restrictions on Catholic life in Russia” as a pastoral concern. This moral equivalence serves the Masonic strategy of “dialogue” that legitimizes all parties while excluding the Kingship of Christ. The Syllabus condemns: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error 80). The conciliar sect has done exactly this.
The Antipope’s Agenda: Leo XIV’s “Appeal” as Manifestation of Modernist Apostasy
Gallagher explicitly references “the appeal of His Holiness, Pope Leo XIV” — the antipope Robert Prevost, elected by a Masonic conclave in 2025. The Defense of Sedevacantism document establishes that “A Pope-manifest heretic loses his office automatically” (Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice). The line of usurpers since John XXIII has promulgated the heresies of Vatican II: religious liberty, false ecumenism, collegiality, and the New Mass. Leo XIV continues this apostasy.
The article’s mention of “trends in the field of artificial intelligence, including its military applications” as a topic for “dialogue” with Russia reveals the conciliar sect’s obsession with worldly novelties while souls perish. Quas Primas warns: “The state is happy not by one means, and man by another; for the state is nothing else than a harmonious association of men.” True harmony comes only from submission to Christ the King. The conciliar sect’s “diplomacy” is the diplomacy of the Civitas Diaboli, building a “peace” that is the pax Romana of the Antichrist — a counterfeit unity without truth, without the Cross, without the King.
The conciliar sect’s Moscow mission is not a mission of the Church but a mission of the Revolution: it serves the Masonic design for a universal religious syncretism under the aegis of the United Nations, betraying the Divine Mandate to docere, sanctificare, regere — to teach, sanctify, and rule in the name of Christ the King.
Source:
After Lavrov meeting, Archbishop Gallagher says Ukraine war must end (pillarcatholic.com)
Date: 25.08.2026