Vatican Employees’ Work Glorifies God? A Naturalistic Distortion of Catholic Doctrine
The Catholic News Agency portal (December 22, 2025) reports that antipope Leo XIV addressed Vatican employees, claiming that “doing one’s job well ‘gives glory to the Lord,'” and described the Vatican as “a great mosaic” of offices. Using Nativity scene imagery, he asserted that everyday work finds meaning in “God’s plan centered on Jesus Christ,” urging employees to see professional dedication as honoring God. This modernist reduction of the Church’s mission to bureaucratic efficiency constitutes a complete inversion of Catholic ecclesiology.









