READ CHRISTOPHER CARDINAL PIERRE’S FINAL TALK AS THE PAPAL NUNCIO TO THE USA TO THE USCCB MEETING: THE MOST DAMNABLE ASPECT OF HIS TALK IS THAT FOR THE MOST PART HE LEAVES OUT GOD, FATHER, SON AND HOLY SPIRIT; HE LEAVES OUT SOTERIOLOGY; HE LEAVES OUT THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS, IN PARTICULAR, THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY; HE LEAVES OUT A CHRISTO-CENTRIC APPROACH TO BEING CHURCH—IN OTHER WORDS, THE GREATEST MORTAL SIN OF THIS TALK IS THAT IT MAKES VATICAN II A gOD AND MAKES VATICAN II A SOCIOLOGICAL BLUEPRINT FOR THE CHURCH, NOT JESUS CHRIST! SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!

Press the title below for the PDF talk of Cardinal Pierre. It is very good, but with some glaring omissions. His talk leaves out God and makes Vatican II into a god. It makes Vatican II’s sociological underpinnings a false god! That is damnable! It’s more about organization and sociology and unity in the documents of Vatican II than it is about God and everlasting salvation and unity in God and His salvation!

First, he speaks about the continuity of all popes and Ecumenical Councils as the path forward, but also with an emphasis on the Documents of the Second Vatican Council. Reading between the lines, it appears to me that Cardinal Pierre is shifting his own theological perspective away from the innovative ways of Pope Francis to the more stable approach of Pope Leo. He points out correctly that Pope Leo is in continuity with much of what Pope Francis promoted but without all the drama, chaos and controversies. 

Cardinal Pierre emphasizes the way forward must be in continuity with Pope Francis to overcome factionalism and tribalism in the Church, to overcome polarization. But he does not mention that much of the polarization and tribalism in the Church was stoked by Pope Francis and the manner in which he pursued discontinuity with Popes John Paul II and Benedict XVI.

The greatest sin, APART FROM LEAVING OUT GOD, SOTERIOLOGY, A CHRISTO-CENTRIC EMPHASIS WHICH IS POPE LEO’S AS WELL AS THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS AND THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, by way of omission, is that Cardinal Pierre does not call for continuity in Pope Benedict’s vision for the Church, very much rooted in Vatican II, by interpreting Vatican II in the proper context: continuity with what preceded Vatican II. 

And Cardinal Pierre sins by omission by not asking that we return to the liturgical vision of Pope Benedict XVI recognizing that by suppressing his liturgical magisterium, Pope Francis caused such anger and polarization and tribalism in the Church by doing so. The blame for this has to be laid at the tomb of Pope Francis. He caused it by rejecting Pope Benedict and even when this great pope was alive! There should be a penitential rite at the Vatican over that!

Below the title which links you to the entire talk are some screen shots of his written pdf speech that demand us to read between the lines:

REMARKS BY HIS EMINENCE CARDINAL CHRISTOPHE PIERRE
APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS PLENARY ASSEMBLY
BALTIMORE, MARYLAND
NOVEMBER 11, 2025