Vatican News portal reports on the February 4, 2026 Zayed Award ceremony in Abu Dhabi, honoring Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders for their peace agreement, Afghan activist Zarqa Yaftali for girls’ education advocacy, and Palestinian NGO Taawon for humanitarian work. Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça of the Dicastery for Culture and Education represented the Vatican structures at the event celebrating the Document on Human Fraternity – an interfaith declaration condemned by faithful Catholics as apostasy. The ceremony exemplifies the conciliar sect’s systematic betrayal of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (no salvation outside the Church).
Sacrilegious Equivalence Between Divine Truth and Heresy
The award’s foundation in the 2019 Document on Human Fraternity constitutes open rebellion against Catholic teaching. Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors explicitly condemns the notion that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error #80). By celebrating this Islamic-Catholic syncretism, the conciliar sect violates the First Commandment, treating Allah – a false deity – as equal to the Holy Trinity.
Cardinal Tolentino’s participation constitutes formal cooperation with false religions, directly contravening Pope Pius XI’s teaching that “Christians cannot even imagine a common effort in which all religions similarly strive” (Encyclical Mortalium Animos). The award’s claim to promote “human dignity” while ignoring dignitatis humanae (human dignity) as defined by Christ’s Kingship reveals the naturalistic heresy at its core.
False Peace Built on Apostasy From Christ the King
The Armenian-Azerbaijani peace agreement receives praise for political pragmatism while omitting the only foundation of true peace: “He shall be called…Prince of Peace. Of his empire there shall be no end” (Isaiah 9:6-7). Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas establishes that “the hope of lasting peace will not shine upon nations as long as individuals and states refuse to recognize the reign of our Savior.” The ceremony’s focus on earthly reconciliation between predominantly Muslim Azerbaijan and Orthodox Christian Armenia deliberately avoids the conversion required for authentic peace.
President Aliyev’s statement that “peace is possible despite long-lasting conflict” constitutes the heresy of indifferentism, implying grace is unnecessary for conflict resolution. Prime Minister Pashinyan’s claim of Muslim-Christian support for peace intentionally obscures the Catholic doctrine that “all must be subject to the authority of Jesus Christ” (Pius XI, Quas Primas §18).
Naturalistic Substitution for Supernatural Charity
Zarqa Yaftali’s advocacy for Afghan girls’ education receives praise while ignoring the primary spiritual purpose of education: salvation of souls. Her assertion that “the pursuit of knowledge is for every person, male and female” weaponizes a half-truth, omitting that secular education without Catholic formation breeds heresy. The First Vatican Council dogmatically teaches that “human reason is completely subject to unchangeable divine truths” (Dei Filius, Ch.4), making “education” divorced from Catholic doctrine intrinsically disordered.
Similarly, Taawon’s humanitarian work in Palestinian territories receives acclaim while concealing the eternal consequences of operating outside the Church. Pius XII’s Anni Sacri condemns such naturalism: “They speak of charity and philanthropy…but charity based on the love of God is being totally excluded.” The award’s celebration of secular NGOs replaces caritas (supernatural charity) with socialist philanthropy.
Omission of Final Judgment as Ultimate Human Dignity
The ceremony’s complete silence about the Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell) exposes its diabolical disorientation. All three honorees operate within a purely temporal framework, rejecting Pius XI’s teaching that “civil society must aim for the supernatural” (Divini Redemptoris §29). The Zayed Award’s criteria of “solidarity, integrity, fairness, and hope” constitute a modernist parody of the theological virtues (Faith, Hope, Charity) and cardinal virtues (Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Temperance).
Cardinal Tolentino’s presence at this interfaith ceremony constitutes apostasy according to Canon 1258 of the 1917 Code: “Catholics shall not assist at or participate in any way in non-Catholic religious functions.” The “Dicastery for Culture and Education” itself embodies the conciliar revolution’s rejection of Pius X’s condemnation of modernist errors in Lamentabili Sane, particularly the heresy that “truth changes with man” (Error #58).
Systemic Betrayal of the Social Kingship of Christ
The award ceremony exemplifies the conciliar sect’s adoption of Masonic principles condemned in Leo XIII’s Humanum Genus: “The fundamental doctrine of the naturalists…is that human nature and human reason ought in all things to be mistress and guide.” By honoring political leaders who reject Christ’s sovereignty, the Vatican structures confirm Pius IX’s warning about “the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place” (Allocution Maxima Quidem).
This event’s alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals reveals the globalist agenda behind “human fraternity” rhetoric. Pius XI’s Quas Primas foretold this apostasy: “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states, the foundations of authority are destroyed.” Until the conciliar sect repudiates this sacrilegious award and returns to Catholic integralism, its representatives remain outside the Church’s salvific mission.
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Zayed Award for Human Fraternity honours peace, education, humanitarian commitment (vaticannews.va)
Date: 04.02.2026