Zelensky-Trump Talks: Naturalism Masquerading as Peacemaking
The Vatican News portal (December 26, 2025) reports on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss potential peace talks for ending the Russia-Ukraine war. The article emphasizes diplomatic efforts through “contacts with U.S. officials,” including presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, while noting ongoing civilian suffering from Russian attacks on energy infrastructure. The report frames these negotiations as pragmatic solutions to “Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two” without reference to moral principles or divine law.
Naturalistic Diplomacy Against Supernatural Order
The proposed negotiations exemplify the modern rebellion against Regnum Christi (the Kingship of Christ) condemned by Pius XI: “Nations will be happy and peaceful only when they recognize the divine Regality of our Lord and obey the laws of God” (Quas Primas, §18). By treating territorial compromises as mere political calculations rather than violations of the jus gentium (law of nations), both leaders demonstrate the heretical separation of politics from morality denounced in the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 56).
“Zelenskyy has stressed that any discussion of sensitive issues, including possible territorial compromises, must take place at the level of heads of state.”
This statement reveals the demonic inversion where earthly rulers presume sovereignty over matters belonging to God’s eternal law. Pius IX’s condemnation of secular absolutism remains operative: “The State is the origin and source of all rights” constitutes formal heresy (Syllabus, Proposition 39).
Omission of Moral Theology in Warfare Analysis
The article’s reference to “Europe’s deadliest conflict since World War Two” commits three theological errors:
- Concealment of just war criteria: No mention of Russia’s lack of jus ad bellum (right to wage war) per Aquinas’ conditions (ST II-II Q40)
- Relativization of civilian deaths: Casualty figures (“one million people”) presented statistically rather than as blood crying to heaven (Genesis 4:10)
- Naturalization of suffering: Electricity shortages described as technical problems rather than consequences of rejecting Christ the King
Pius XII’s Dilectissima Nobis principle applies: “Every war of aggression violates the commandment ‘Thou shalt not kill'”. The conciliar sect’s silence on Russia’s aggression confirms its apostasy from Catholic truth.
Diplomatic Process as Modernist Ritual
The negotiations’ structure follows the modernist playbook condemned in Lamentabili:
“We spoke with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and it was truly a good conversation.”
Zelenskyy’s praise of dialogue mirrors the anti-dogmatic ecumenism of Vatican II’s Unitatis Redintegratio. When stripped of supernatural purpose, diplomacy becomes what St. Pius X called “the cult of man” – a sacrilegious substitution of human consensus for divine revelation.
Theological Consequences of Energy Warfare
Russia’s targeting of Ukrainian power infrastructure constitutes:
- Violation of civilian immunity: Contravening the Fifth Commandment and Vatican I’s Pastor Aeternus
- Economic strangulation as collective punishment: Forbidden by Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum §34
- Meteorological warfare: Weaponizing winter against populations recalls the “works of the flesh” enumerated by St. Paul (Galatians 5:19-21)
The article’s clinical description of “power outages” exemplifies the desacralized journalism condemned by Pius XII – reducing human suffering to technical data while ignoring the assault on imago Dei in each victim.
Eschatological Dimensions of Negotiated Peace
Any “peace” emerging from these talks would constitute what Pius XI termed “a peace utterly at variance with Christian peace” (Quas Primas, §24). Authentic peace requires:
| Requirement | Current Violation | Magisterial Source |
|---|---|---|
| Public recognition of Christ’s Kingship | Absent from diplomatic framework | Quas Primas §18 |
| Reparation for violated justice | Territorial compromises proposed | Leo XIII, Libertas §39 |
| Submission to Church’s mediation | Conciliar sect complicit in secularism | Boniface VIII, Unam Sanctam |
The negotiations’ exclusion of true Church authorities (sedevacantist bishops maintaining Apostolic Succession) confirms their diabolical character. As St. Augustine warned: “Remove justice, and what are kingdoms but great bands of robbers?” (City of God, IV.4).
Conclusion: Anti-Christ the King Diplomacy
This diplomatic initiative constitutes formal cooperation with the reign of Antichrist by:
- Establishing peace without reference to the Social Kingship of Christ
- Legitimizing territorial theft through political negotiation
- Reducing human suffering to technical problems solvable by statesmen
As the Vatican News portal promotes this anti-Catholic process, it fulfills Pius X’s prophecy about modernist journalism: “They flatter themselves that they are able to reconcile faith with science and to stir up the people by fawning on their feelings” (Lamentabili, Introduction). True Catholics must reject all such false peacemaking, recalling Christ’s warning: “They cry ‘Peace! Peace!’ when there is no peace” (Jeremiah 6:14).
Source:
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy plans U.S. trip for talks with President Trump (vaticannews.va)
Date: 26.12.2025