Dublin Prelate’s Peace Rhetoric Masks Apostasy from Catholic Truth
EWTN News reports (January 2, 2026) that “Archbishop” Dermot Farrell used his New Year’s Day homily at Newtownpark Avenue Church in Dublin to urge Ireland’s politicians to “show leadership in promoting peace.” The prelate invoked the memory of John Hume, a Nobel Prize-winning politician, while avoiding any reference to the Kingship of Christ or the necessity of societal submission to divine law. This omission exposes the conciliar sect’s systematic abandonment of Catholic social doctrine.
Naturalism as Substitute for Supernatural Order
The article quotes Farrell stating:
“Enduring peace is born of compassion and respect; it is born of patience, of attention to the other, of the conviction that the one who presents themselves as different, as other, is actually like oneself, is a true sister or brother of mine.”
This humanistic definition directly contradicts Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925), which declares: “Peace is only possible in the Kingdom of Christ” (n. 18). By reducing peace to mere interpersonal dynamics, Farrell manifests the modernist heresy condemned in the Syllabus of Errors: “The State must be separated from the Church” (Proposition 55).
Betrayal of Ireland’s Catholic Patrimony
Farrell’s praise for Ireland’s “proud record in international work for peace” ignores the nation’s historical identity as the Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum. The article notes his audience included “government ministers and representatives of the Irish Defence Forces,” yet he failed to remind them of St. Patrick’s Confessio that true peace flows from “the Spirit of the living God.” This silence constitutes apostasy from Article 1 of the 1937 Irish Constitution, which recognized “all powers of government, legislative, executive and judicial” as deriving “from God.”
Ecumenical Subversion of Christ’s Authority
The prelate’s endorsement of John Hume’s methodology –
“political leadership [is] like being a teacher… I say it and go on saying it until I hear the man in the pub saying my words back to me”
– reveals the dialectical process condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane (1907): “Truth changes with man, because it develops with him, in him, and through him” (Proposition 58). By elevating Hume (a promoter of power-sharing with terrorist organizations) as a model, Farrell implicitly rejects St. Pius X’s condemnation of religious indifferentism: “Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ” (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 17).
Military Neutrality Versus Spiritual Combat
While the article discusses debates about Ireland’s military neutrality and Russian submarine activity, Farrell’s solution –
“It is not enough to invest in defense capacity… Ireland’s commitment to promoting a sustainable peace needs a new articulation”
– ignores the Church’s teaching on spiritual warfare. The Catechism of Pope St. Pius X teaches that nations must “drive away the enemies of the Church” (n. 953), not accommodate them through diplomatic compromises. Farrell’s omission of prayer, penance, or the Immaculate Heart’s triumph constitutes practical atheism.
The Conciliar Sect’s Abdication of Prophetic Office
The Dublin prelate’s refusal to name Christ as the Princeps Pacis (Prince of Peace) while sharing a sanctuary with “apostolic nuncio” Montemayor exemplifies the conciliar sect’s systemic apostasy. Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus condemns precisely this error: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80). Farrell’s call for “a new articulation” of peace doctrine constitutes evolutionism condemned by the Oath Against Modernism: “I entirely reject the heretical misrepresentation that dogmas evolve and change from one meaning to another different from the one which the Church held previously.”
This homily demonstrates the conciliar sect’s complete inversion of Catholic priorities. Where St. Thomas Aquinas taught that “peace is the tranquility of order” (Summa II-II Q29 A1) under Christ the King, Farrell promotes a humanitarian counterfeit devoid of sacramental life. Until Ireland returns to the Social Reign of Christ the King through consecration to His Sacred Heart – not political summits or military investments – her “neutrality” remains surrender to the world, the flesh, and the devil.
Source:
Dublin archbishop challenges politicians to show leadership in promoting peace (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 02.01.2026