Modernist “Peace” Appeal Denies Christ’s Kingship

Summary
The National Catholic Register (March 22, 2026) reports that “Pope” Leo XIV, during the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square, expressed dismay over global conflicts, stating that the suffering of innocent victims “hurts all of humanity” and urging an end to hostilities through “sincere dialogue and respect for the dignity of every human person.” In his reflection on the Gospel of Lazarus, he called believers to emerge from “tomb[s] of selfishness, materialism, violence, and superficiality” and walk “in the light of love,” warning against the pursuit of finite things to satisfy the infinite thirst for God. The appeal centers on naturalistic humanism, dialogue, and human dignity, utterly silent on the supernatural reign of Christ the King, the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation, or the moral obligation of states to recognize the Social Kingship of Our Lord.
The ARTICLE presents a peace appeal that is not Catholic but a distillation of Modernist errors, reducing the Church’s mission to a naturalistic humanitarianism while omitting the absolute sovereignty of Christ over individuals, families, and nations—a sovereignty for which the Church must contend, even against “human rights” ideologies that place man above God.