Editor’s note: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has taken particular interest in Gaetano Masciullo’s response to the Vatican’s apparent endorsement of the heretical ideas of “cosmic evolution,” first developed by Teilhard de Chardin. The archbishop posted on X a lengthy quote from the Italian translation of Masciullo’s original article in The Remnant. This was automatically translated from the Italian.
(LifeSiteNews) — The legitimization of panentheism by the Holy See does not represent an innocuous pastoral update, but rather the coherent culmination of that secular modernist drift which aims to dissolve the Redemption into gnostic pantheism and Grace into Pelagian self-sufficiency.
If the cosmos is declared intrinsically divine and humanity redeems itself through the becoming of a collective evolution, the Cross loses its tragic necessity and the Church is reduced to a courtesan of history, a useless social services agency at the service of the world’s interests.
«La legittimazione del panenteismo da parte della Santa Sede non rappresenta un innocuo aggiornamento pastorale, bensì il culmine coerente di quella deriva modernista secolare che mira a dissolvere la Redenzione nel panteismo gnostico e la Grazia nell’autosufficienza pelagiana.… pic.twitter.com/y4FgKHxNz2
— Arcivescovo Carlo Maria Viganò (@CarloMVigano) September 8, 2026
READ: Vatican document revives the heretical ideas of Teilhard de Chardin
Against this subtle gnostic parody of the faith, which deifies matter only to conceal the wound of original sin and diminish the divine Majesty, Catholics are called today more than ever to the duty of resistance.
It is necessary to educate oneself and firmly reaffirm the absolute transcendence of the Creator, the dramatic reality of the Fall, and the perfect adequacy of Christ’s Sacrifice. In this way every faithful can contribute to overcoming the grave crisis of Petrine authority that the Church is experiencing today, with the unshakable certainty that, despite the temporary betrayals of its hierarchies, the gates of hell shall not prevail.
To read Masciullo’s entire essay in the original English, please click here.
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