The Catholic News Agency portal (November 12, 2025) reports on eight teenagers selected for a “digital dialogue” with antipope Leo XIV during the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. The event, organized by the National Federation for Catholic Youth Ministry (NFCYM), promotes this as the “first time in history” a “pope” engages U.S. youth through digital means. Participants like Ezequiel Ponce express excitement about their voices being heard, while moderator Katie McGrady declares: “the young Church is the Church of now, not tomorrow.” The article emphasizes dialogue over doctrine, with no mention of the sacraments, grace, or the Social Kingship of Christ.
Naturalism Disguised as Pastoral Innovation
The entire premise of this “digital encounter” constitutes a radical departure from Catholic apostolic methodology, which Pius XI condemned in Quas Primas as the fatal error of secular regimes that “renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.” By reducing the Church’s mission to horizontal dialogue – what participant Claire Vitellaro revealingly calls “connection and understanding” rather than a “Q and A” – the conciliar sect propagates the modernist heresy that divine revelation evolves through human experience. This directly contradicts the condemnation in Pius X’s Lamentabili (Proposition 22) of the notion that dogmas are “interpretations of religious facts” rather than immutable truths.
The article’s relentless focus on the teenagers’ extracurricular activities (cheerleading, soccer, playing 13 instruments) while omitting any reference to their sacramental life or doctrinal formation exposes the event’s anthropological reductionism. When Micah Alciso claims his faith helps guide “career, relationships, education, and family” without mentioning salvation or sanctification, he unwittingly demonstrates how the conciliar sect reduces religion to merely human wisdom – precisely the error condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus (Proposition 3). The NFCYM’s celebration of “dialogue” as an end in itself constitutes what St. Pius X denounced as “the合成 of all heresies” in Pascendi – the replacement of divine authority with personal experience.
Sacramental Silence and False Ecumenism
Nowhere does the article mention whether these youth attend the true Mass or receive valid sacraments – a telling omission given that post-conciliar “ordinations” lack proper form and intention. Their parishes – like “St. Edward’s” and “St. Dominic Savio” – operate under modernist hierarchies that promulgated the heretical Novus Ordo service. When Elise Wing references her confirmation saint Thérèse of Lisieux, the irony is palpable: the true Saint Thérèse would recoil at this sacrilegious parody, having written “I understood that the Church had a Heart, and that this Heart was burning with love” – not with digital novelty and humanistic dialogue.
The presence of EWTN’s Montse Alvarado as event organizer confirms the masonic strategy of using traditional aesthetics to advance revolutionary aims. Her network’s decades-long pretense at orthodoxy while platforming heresy mirrors the conciliar sect’s entire modus operandi – what Cardinal Giuseppe Siri termed la grande impostura (the great deception). That these youth will address the antipope as “Holy Father” constitutes material participation in apostasy, violating the Church’s perennial teaching that “Non est discipulus super magistrum” (Matthew 10:24) – no disciple is above the Master, whose Vicars do not contradict His teachings.
Subversion of Youth Formation
The article’s description of teenage activities reveals the complete erosion of Catholic pedagogy. When Mia Smothers’ faith formation consists of “Vacation Bible School” and “youth group” rather than catechism and Eucharistic adoration, it demonstrates how the conciliar sect replaces sacra doctrina with emotional manipulation. Nate Hollinden’s ability to “play 13 instruments” receives more emphasis than his knowledge of the Apostle’s Creed – exactly the inversion Pius XI warned against when stating that education divorced from Christ the King produces “seeds of discord sown everywhere.”
Most damningly, the NFCYM’s executive director Christina Lamas – who previously promoted LGBTQ+ “inclusivity” in youth ministries – now orchestrates this sacrilegious spectacle. Her involvement confirms the event’s true purpose: to mold youth according to the aggiornamento heresy condemned in the Syllabus (Proposition 80) which forbids reconciling with “progress, liberalism and modern civilization.” The teenage participants’ questions will inevitably reflect this indoctrination, having been screened by organizers who share Lamas’ revolutionary agenda.
Conclusion: Kingship Denied, Chaos Ensues
As thousands gather in Lucas Oil Stadium – a temple to pagan sports idolatry – they’ll witness not the Vicar of Christ but the latest usurper in Rome’s occupied see. This abomination fulfills Pius XI’s prophecy in Quas Primas that societies rejecting Christ’s reign would see “domestic peace completely shattered,” “flames of envy and hostility,” and “the whole society profoundly shaken and heading towards destruction.” Until the conciliar sect is recognized as the “synagoga Satanae” (Revelation 2:9) and true Catholics separate completely from its sacrileges, such blasphemous spectacles will multiply. The only proper response is that of St. John Eudes: “Regnare Christum volumus!” – We will Christ to reign! – through uncompromising adherence to the immutable Faith.
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Meet the teens speaking to Pope Leo XIV at upcoming National Catholic Youth Conference (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 12.11.2025