Leo XIV’s Seminary Letter: Modernist Subversion of Priesthood
Vatican News reports on November 5, 2025, that antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) addressed the Major Archdiocesan Seminary in Trujillo, Peru—where he once served as a professor—emphasizing the priesthood as a “total gift” requiring prayer, study, and avoidance of “mediocrity.” The letter reduces priestly formation to subjective “discernment” and communal living while omitting the immutable truths of Catholic theology. This exemplifies the conciliar sect’s systematic dismantling of the sacerdotal mission.
Naturalization of the Priesthood
Leo XIV’s warning that priesthood must not be sought as “an external goal or easy way out of personal problems” superficially echoes tradition but conceals a deeper corruption. By framing the vocation as self-referential “interior reformation,” he divorces it from its sine qua non purpose: offering the propitiatory Sacrifice of Calvary. Pius XI’s Ad Catholici Sacerdotii (1935) unequivocally states: “The priest is the representative of Christ Himself… appointed to offer sacrifice and to forgive sins.” In contrast, the antipope reduces ordination to psychological introspection, omitting the ex opere operato nature of the sacrament and the indelible character imprinted on the soul.
“The priesthood cannot be reduced to ‘reaching ordination,’ as if it were an external goal… but a total gift of one’s existence.”
This vague rhetoric of “gift” masks the abolition of the priest’s primary duty: to “offer sacrifice for sins” (Hebrews 5:1). Leo XIV’s silence on the Mass as the unbloody renewal of Calvary—replaced by “giving witness of fidelity”—exposes the conciliar sect’s hatred for the lex orandi. Pius XII condemned this very error: “The first duty of the priest is not to engage in social works but to offer the Eucharistic Sacrifice” (Mediator Dei, 1947).
Erasure of Sacrificial Essence
The antipope’s exhortation to “form a personal relationship with Jesus through prayer” discards the Church’s doctrinal precision. Nowhere does he mention the scientia sacra of Thomistic theology, the study of dogmatic truths, or the necessity of combating heresy. Instead, he claims, “He who speaks little with God cannot speak well of God!”—reducing prayer to emotive dialogue rather than theocentric adoration. Compare this to St. Pius X’s decree Lamentabili (1907), which condemns the modernist lie that “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20).
Similarly, Leo XIV’s praise for theological study as making faith “solid, reasoned, and capable of enlightening others” is a Trojan horse. The conciliar sect’s “theology” denies Quanta Cura’s condemnation of religious indifferentism (Pius IX, 1864) and teaches evolution of dogma. When he warns against “ideologies,” he implicitly rejects the Syllabus of Errors, which anathematizes the claim that “the Roman Pontiff can reconcile himself with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Proposition 80).
Communitarianism as Ecclesial Suicide
The antipope’s obsession with “communion” and warnings against “priestly loneliness” reveal the sect’s collectivist agenda. His demand for “holy pastors who give themselves [to others] together, not solitary functionaries” inverts the hierarchical nature of the Church. True Catholic unity flows from submission to the magisterium, not horizontal camaraderie. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) declares: “Christ’s kingdom is primarily spiritual… opposed to the kingdom of Satan.” Leo XIV, however, reduces priests to social workers, echoing Paul VI’s blasphemy that “the Church is for man.”
Omission of the Supernatural
The gravest crime is Leo XIV’s silence on:
- The priest’s role in administering valid sacraments (impossible in the conciliar sect due to invalid rites).
- The necessity of the Traditional Latin Mass for sanctification.
- The combat against modernism, freemasonry, and apostasy—the true “mediocrity” threatening souls.
Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) identifies such omissions as hallmarks of modernism: “The Modernist systematically eliminates all supernatural realities… reducing religion to a purely human sentiment.”
Conclusion: A Seminary of Apostasy
Trujillo Seminary, like all post-conciliar institutions, forms not priests of Christ but agents of the Antichurch. Leo XIV’s letter—devoid of references to grace, sacrifice, or eternity—confirms the conciliar sect’s total rupture with Catholic Tradition. As St. Pius X warned: “The enemies of the Church disguise their errors in ambiguous language” (Lamentabili). Only those ordained in the true line of Apostolic succession, preserving the usus antiquior, can offer the Sacrifice that glorifies God and saves souls.
Source:
Pope Leo XIV: Priesthood is ‘total gift' (vaticannews.va)
Article date: 05.11.2025