The Conciliar Sect’s Naturalist Distortion of Economy and Jubilee
The VaticanNews portal (November 21, 2025) promotes the “Economy of Francesco” event – a global meeting at Castel Gandolfo aiming to “restart the economy” through the lens of the 2025 Jubilee. The article, authored by Rita Sacramento Monteiro, advocates redefining economic systems by embracing ecological “limits” as pathways to “freedom” and “enoughness.” It reduces the Jubilee to a socio-environmental reset tool, stating: “The Jubilee calls for what is not always possible and sometimes seems impossible — forgiveness, release… but what if this could become possible more often?” The entire narrative frames human limits as spiritual virtues while omitting Christ’s kingship, the necessity of grace, and the Church’s divine mission.
Naturalism Masquerading as Spirituality
The article’s core error lies in reducing the supernatural Jubilee – instituted for repentance and remission of sins through Christ’s grace – to a vehicle for earthbound socio-economic engineering. Monteiro’s claim that “limits carry a meaning and a force that must be rediscovered” replaces the lex divina (divine law) with ecological determinism. Pius XI’s Quas Primas explicitly condemns such naturalism: “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states… the foundations of authority are destroyed” (1925). By framing “enoughness” as an economic virtue rather than a spiritual disposition toward eternal goods, the text echoes the Modernist heresy condemned in the Syllabus of Errors: “Moral laws do not stand in need of the divine sanction” (Error 56).
Blasphemous Anthropocentrism
Monteiro’s assertion that humans are “co-creators alongside God” constitutes direct theological rebellion. The Council of Trent anathematizes those who claim man collaborates in divine creation (Session VI, Canon 3). Pius IX’s Syllabus further condemns the notion that “human reason… is law to itself” (Error 3). The article’s celebration of human ingenuity – “Our contemporary world bears witness to this in the advances brought about by technique and technology” – reflects the conciliar sect’s worship of progress, denounced by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane as “the pest of indifferentism” (Proposition 79).
Omission of Christ the King
Not once does the text mention Christ’s sovereignty over nations – the very foundation of Catholic social doctrine. This silence violates Pius XI’s mandate: “Rulers of states… have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him” (Quas Primas). The article’s proposed “economy of enough” replaces the Social Reign of Christ the King with environmental austerity, committing the error condemned in the Syllabus: “The Church is incapable of effectively defending evangelical ethics” (Error 63). When Monteiro writes “limits are not simply technical or material: they are, above all, human and spiritual,” she reduces spirituality to anthropological constructs, denying the gratia elevans (elevating grace) necessary for salvation.
Jubilee Perverted into Social Revolution
The conciliar sect grotesquely distorts the Jubilee’s purpose. Leviticus 25 mandates debt relief only within the covenant community under Mosaic Law – a precursor to the Church’s power to remit sins through Christ. The article transforms it into a revolutionary tool for “ending inequalities, poverty, war” – goals achievable only through conversion to the One True Faith, not economic policy. This echoes the Modernist obsession condemned by St. Pius X: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Lamentabili, Proposition 20).
Idolatry of Creation
The text’s pantheistic undertones – “rediscover[ing] the Earth as a living home” – constitute ecological idolatry. Pius IX’s Syllabus anathematizes those who “equate the Christian religion with false religions” (Error 18). Monteiro’s call to “safeguard justice for all living beings” places animals and plants on equal footing with humans endowed with immortal souls – a violation of Genesis 1:26. This neo-paganism stems directly from the conciliar sect’s apostasy, which Lamentabili condemns as “the democratization of the Church” (Proposition 53).
The Silence That Condemns
Nowhere does the article mention:
– The necessity of the Sacraments for sanctifying economic life
– Reparation for sins as the Jubilee’s true purpose
– Hell as the consequence of rejecting Christ’s social reign
– Mary’s Mediation in restoring creation
This silentium sacrilegum (sacrilegious silence) confirms the conciliar sect’s complete rupture from Catholic Tradition. As Pius XI warned: “If men were to recognize Christ’s royal authority… unheard-of blessings would flow upon society” (Quas Primas). Instead, the “Economy of Francesco” offers only the curse of naturalism – a satanic parody of the Kingdom of God.
Source:
An Economy of Enough: Limits as pathways to renewal (vaticannews.va)
Date: 21.11.2025