Cardinal’s Peace Vigil: Naturalism Masquerading as Catholicism
The EWTN news portal reports that Cardinal Dominique Mathieu, the archbishop of Tehran-Isfahan, participated in a “vigil for peace” on March 30, 2026, in the Basilica of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme in Rome. The event, organized by the diocesan “Mission of Peace, Journey in the Spirit” initiative and Azione Cattolica, featured prayers for an end to violence in the Persian Gulf, with Cardinal Baldassare Reina, vicar general for the Diocese of Rome, presiding. The cardinal, recently evacuated from Tehran due to conflict, invoked God as “great and merciful” and called for dialogue, patience, and an end to retaliation. The vigil included Gospel readings, hymns, and moments of silence, focusing on the peace of Christ during Holy Week.
This spectacle, staged within the walls of a historic basilica, is not a Catholic act of religion but a profound betrayal of the Faith, reducing the supernatural reign of Christ the King to a vague, naturalistic appeal for political harmony, thereby advancing the secularist errors condemned by Pius IX’s *Syllabus*.



