Cardinal Koovakad’s Azerbaijan Visit Strengthens Interreligious Dialogue — A Path to Apostasy
VaticanNews portal reports on the visit of Cardinal George Koovakad, Prefect of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, to Azerbaijan from 15–19 June 2026. The cardinal met with President Ilham Aliyev and religious leaders in Baku, delivering speeches that emphasized tolerance, multiculturalism, and the “civilization of love” — a concept drawn from the encyclical of the antipope Leo XIV, Magnifica humanitas. Koovakad invoked the teaching of the Second Vatican Council’s Nostra aetate, stating that “Christians and Muslims have thus sought to walk together in the service of peace, recognizing that we worship the one God, Creator of heaven and earth.” The visit, framed as a renewal of friendship between the Holy See and Azerbaijan, included discussions on bilateral agreements, the construction of a new Catholic church, and cooperation with the Heydar Aliyev Foundation. This entire enterprise is not diplomacy but the systematic betrayal of Catholic truth dressed in the language of false ecumenism.

