Vatican News portal reports that Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano, the Permanent Observer of the so-called Holy See to the FAO, IFAD, and WFP, addressed the 35th Session of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization’s regional conference for Europe held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. His speech lamented the impact of wars, recessions, climate events, and political instability on global agrifood systems, advocating for legal frameworks centered on “social justice, environmental sustainability, and respect for the human person.” While the address identifies real material sufferings inflicted upon the faithful, its proposed solutions are entirely rooted in naturalistic humanism and bureaucratic regulation, completely ignoring the supernatural causes of the current crisis and the only true remedy: the Social Reign of Jesus Christ.
Reduction of the Church’s Mission to Naturalistic Humanism
The address by Msgr. Chica Arellano represents a textbook example of the post-conciliar Church’s reduction of the Catholic Faith to mere humanitarian activism. The “Holy See’s” intervention at the UN agency treats the spiritual catastrophe of the modern world as a logistical problem to be solved through better resource management and international coordination.
The speech identifies the symptoms of a dying civilization—”merciless wars, economic recessions, extreme climate events, political instability, and market volatility”—yet remains entirely silent on the ultimate cause of these evils: the rejection of God and the expulsion of Christ the King from public life. As Pope Pius IX taught in the Syllabus of Errors, the modern world’s attempt to build society without God leads directly to “seeds of discord,” “unbridled desires,” and the “destruction” of the social order. By omitting the spiritual roots of the crisis, the conciliar sect offers only band-aids for mortal wounds, treating the human person as a mere biological entity requiring calories rather than an immortal soul destined for eternal beatitude.
The Absence of Christ the King and the Primacy of the Supernatural
The most glaring omission in this address is the complete absence of the doctrine of the Social Kingship of Christ. When Pius XI instituted the Feast of Christ the King in Quas Primas, he explicitly stated that the world’s misfortunes are due to the fact that “very many have removed Jesus Christ and His most holy law from their customs, from private, family, and public life.” Pius XI further declared that “the hope of lasting peace will not yet shine upon nations as long as individuals and states renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.”
Instead of calling for the public recognition of Christ’s authority, Msgr. Chica Arellano calls for “legal frameworks” based on “social justice, environmental sustainability, and respect for the human person.” These are the buzzwords of secular humanism and the United Nations, not the immutable doctrine of the Catholic Church. The “human person” invoked by the conciliar bureaucracy is a de-supernaturalized creature, stripped of its need for grace, the sacraments, and the salvation of its soul. True peace and authentic food security can only be achieved, as Leo XIII taught, when society is ordered under the sweet yoke of Christ. Pax Christi in Regno Christi (The peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ)—a concept entirely alien to the modernist Vatican’s diplomatic lexicon.
The Heresy of Indifferentism and False Ecumenism
The venue of this speech—the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization—is itself a temple of indifferentism, where all religions and ideologies are treated as equally valid partners in human progress. By participating in this forum and adopting its language, the post-conciliar hierarchy implicitly endorses the heresy condemned by Pius IX in Proposition 77 of the Syllabus: “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State, to the exclusion of all other forms of worship.”
Msgr. Chica Arellano speaks of walking together “in fraternal harmony” with nations and agencies that actively promote contraception, abortion, and gender ideology—evils that directly attack the family and the sanctity of life. This “fraternal harmony” is not the unity of the Faith, but the false unity of the World Council of Churches and the UN, which seeks to unite all men in a naturalistic project while ignoring the divine commandments. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili Sane Exitu, the modernists seek to reconcile Catholicism with “modern civilization” by transforming it into a “broad and liberal Protestantism,” stripping it of its supernatural character.
Bureaucratic Solutions vs. Reparation and Penance
The proposed solutions—”wise economic and political decisions,” “investment in vulnerable rural areas,” and “decent work”—are merely secular policy prescriptions dressed up in moralizing language. There is no call for prayer, penance, or reparation to the offended Majesty of God. There is no mention of the Blessed Sacrament, the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, or the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the only true sources of grace and protection against divine chastisement.
The conciliar sect treats the agricultural crisis as a technical problem requiring technical solutions, ignoring the supernatural reality that famines and wars are often divine punishments for the sins of nations. The true remedy for the world’s ills is not better “agrifood systems” but the conversion of souls to the Catholic Faith, the reception of the sacraments, and the consecration of nations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The modernist Vatican has abandoned its prophetic mission to preach repentance and the Gospel, choosing instead to play the role of a global NGO.
The Scandal of the “Holy See” at the United Nations
The continued presence of the “Holy See” at the United Nations is itself a scandal and a betrayal of the Church’s prophetic mission. The UN is an organization founded on the principles of secularism and religious indifferentism, and its agencies routinely promote policies that are intrinsically evil. By maintaining diplomatic relations with this body and participating in its conferences, the post-conciliar hierarchy gives legitimacy to a system that is fundamentally opposed to the Kingdom of Christ.
The true Church, the Mystical Body of Christ, has no need of recognition from secular powers or international organizations. Her mission is not to advise the UN on “food security” but to preach the Gospel to every creature and to baptize all nations. The conciliar sect’s obsession with “dialogue” and “cooperation” with the world is a symptom of its loss of faith in the supernatural efficacy of the sacraments and the divine mission of the Church.
Conclusion: The Bankruptcy of Conciliar Diplomacy
In conclusion, the address by Msgr. Fernando Chica Arellano at the FAO conference is a perfect illustration of the theological and spiritual bankruptcy of the post-conciliar Church. By reducing the Catholic Faith to a program of social justice and environmental sustainability, the conciliar sect has abandoned its divine mission and allied itself with the enemies of Christ. The true solution to the world’s crises is not found in the boardrooms of the UN but in the confession of sins, the reception of the sacraments, and the public acknowledgment of the Social Kingship of Jesus Christ. Until the world returns to the obedience of the Gospel and the laws of God, all human efforts to build peace and prosperity will remain futile and doomed to failure.
Source:
Holy See: Wars and extreme climate events have lethal impact on food systems (vaticannews.va)
Date: 12.05.2026