Humanitarianism as Apostasy: Shevchuk’s Silence on the Social Reign of Christ
Summary of the Interview
The Vatican News portal publishes an interview with Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), on the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Shevchuk describes the humanitarian catastrophe in Kyiv, focusing on the destruction of infrastructure, the suffering of civilians, and the Church’s provision of “Resilience Centres” for warmth and aid. He praises international solidarity, particularly from Poland, and expresses gratitude to “Pope Leo” (the current antipope). He calls the war a “disgrace for humanity” and urges the international community to “stop the aggressor,” concluding with a plea for prayer. The article’s source is VaticanNews.va, dated 23 February 2026.
Factual Deconstruction: The Naturalistic Narrative
The interview presents a purely naturalistic and humanitarian narrative. Shevchuk frames the conflict in terms of human suffering, infrastructure damage, and international political failure. He states: “This winter… we are facing another form of genocide, linked to the winter cold.” The Church’s response is reduced to providing heated tents, generators, and humanitarian aid. There is no mention of the supernatural purpose of suffering, the possibility of martyrdom, or the need for the victims’ souls. The focus is exclusively on material survival and psychological comfort (“mental and spiritual health”). This is a direct betrayal of the Church’s mission, which is the salvation of souls (salus animarum suprema lex).
Linguistic Analysis: The Tone of Apostasy
The language is pastoral, emotional, and bureaucratically vague. Phrases like “build peace,” “healing the trauma,” and “humanity and solidarity” are devoid of Catholic content. They echo the naturalistic humanism condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors. The term “disgrace for humanity” appeals to a vague human dignity divorced from its subordination to God’s law. The silence on sin, justice, and the moral order is deafening. The interview radiates the spirit of the “cult of man” denounced by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici gregis as the core of Modernism.
Theological Confrontation: Omission of the Social Kingship of Christ
The gravest error is the complete omission of the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), which the conciliar sect has effectively nullified, declared:
“When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed… the entire human society had to be shaken.”
Shevchuk’s call for politicians to “do their duty” and for “peace agreements” is made in a vacuum, without any reference to the necessity of Christ’s reign over nations. Pius XI explicitly taught that true peace and order flow only from the recognition of Christ’s royal authority:
“Therefore, if men were ever to recognize Christ’s royal authority over themselves, both privately and publicly, then unheard-of blessings would flow upon the whole society, such as due freedom, order, and tranquility, and concord and peace.”
By omitting this fundamental doctrine, Shevchuk reduces the Church to a humanitarian NGO, aligning perfectly with the errors of the Syllabus, particularly:
- Error 40: “The teaching of the Catholic Church is hostile to the well-being and interests of society.”
- Error 77: “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State…”
Shevchuk’s silence implicitly endorses the secularist principle that the State can be neutral regarding Christ, a position anathematized by Pius IX.
Symptomatic Analysis: The Conciliar Sect’s Apostasy in Action
This interview is a perfect illustration of the post-conciliar church’s (“neo-church”) systemic apostasy. Its characteristics are:
- Naturalism: The concern is solely for temporal welfare, not eternal salvation. The “Resilience Centres” provide physical warmth but no mention of the Sacraments, Confession, or preparation for death. This is the “evolution of dogma” condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu (Propositions 54, 58): “Dogmas… are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness.”
- Ecumenism of Works: Solidarity is presented as a universal human value, transcending Catholic truth. Shevchuk thanks “all people of good will,” echoing the indifferentism of Syllabus Error 16: “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation.” The UGCC’s collaboration with heterodox and schismatic bodies in Ukraine under the banner of “humanitarian aid” is a practical manifestation of this error.
- Submission to the Usurpers: Shevchuk’s expression of gratitude to “Pope Leo” (Robert Prevost) is an act of formal cooperation with the antipapal structure. The “line of usurpers begins with John XXIII,” as per the sedevacantist understanding based on the manifest heresies of the Second Vatican Council. By acknowledging this line, Shevchuk places himself outside the true Catholic Church, which endures only in those who reject the conciliar errors and are led by bishops with valid sacraments who uphold the Faith of all time.
- Silence on the True Enemy: Like the Fatima apparitions (rightly exposed in the provided file as a “Masonic operation”), Shevchuk focuses on an external geopolitical threat (Russia) while remaining silent on the internal apostasy of the Modernist Vatican II sect. St. Pius X warned in Pascendi against “enemies within” who undermine doctrine. The interview’s entire framework accepts the legitimacy of the conciliar “papacy” and its false ecumenism, thus strengthening the true abomination of desolation.
Doctrinal Weapons: The Unchanging Teaching
The analysis must be grounded in pre-1958 doctrine:
- Pius XI, Quas Primas: The feast of Christ the King was instituted to combat the “secularism of our times” and to remind states that “not only private individuals, but also rulers and governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him.” Shevchuk’s interview is the antithesis of this.
- Pius IX, Syllabus: Error 55: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church.” Shevchuk’s model is a Church that serves the State’s humanitarian needs but makes no claim to govern it according to divine law.
- St. Pius X, Lamentabili: Proposition 63: “It is lawful to refuse obedience to legitimate princes, and even to rebel against them.” While not directly advocating rebellion, Shevchuk’s framework of “stopping the aggressor” through political pressure, without grounding it in the moral law of Christ, opens the door to this error. True Catholic peace is not merely the absence of war but the “tranquility of order” (Augustine) founded on Christ’s reign.
Exposure of the Spiritual Bankruptcy
The interview reveals a complete bankruptcy of supernatural perspective:
- No Reference to Sacraments: The life of grace, Confession, Holy Communion as the source of strength, are absent. The Church is a provider of social services, not a dispenser of grace.
- No Mention of Final Judgment: The suffering is presented as a purely temporal tragedy. There is no call to repentance, no reminder that “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 6:23), and that true peace comes only through the Blood of Christ.
- No Call to Conversion: Shevchuk does not call the Ukrainian people toholiness, to accept their suffering in union with the Cross for the conversion of sinners, especially the post-conciliar apostates in Rome. This is the “national conversion without evangelization” error noted in the Fatima critique, applied here to the Ukrainian context.
- Collaboration with the Antipope: Thanking “Pope Leo” is a public act of communion with the Modernist sect. As the Defense of Sedevacantism file demonstrates using Bellarmine, a manifest heretic (which “Pope Leo” is, given his ratification of Vatican II’s errors) cannot be a member of the Church, let alone its head. Shevchuk’s allegiance places him outside the Catholic Church.
Conclusion: A Call to Return to Tradition
This interview is not a pastoral document; it is a symptom of the Great Apostasy. It replaces the Social Kingship of Christ with humanistic humanitarianism. It replaces the Salvation of Souls with the management of trauma. It replaces Obedience to the True Pope with collaboration with the antipapal conciliar sect. The only appropriate response is the total rejection of this neo-church and its agents. The faithful must return to the immutable Tradition of the Catholic Church, before 1958, when the Divine worship, doctrine, and discipline were intact. Shevchuk’s “Church” is a conciliar sect occupying Catholic buildings, offering a naturalistic parody of charity while betraying the very purpose of the Church: the glory of God and the salvation of souls.
Source:
‘A disgrace for humanity’: UGGC head on fourth anniversary of Ukraine war (vaticannews.va)
Date: 23.02.2026