Children's Book Pushes Bergoglio's Modernist Agenda
VaticanNews portal reports (November 20, 2025) on the release of Our Treasures Within, a children's picture book by Peter H. Reynolds and Paul A. Reynolds, published by Loyola Press. The work claims inspiration from Jorge Bergoglio's (antipope emeritus) call to "recognise and share the gifts placed by God in every person." Loyola Press frames this as continuing Bergoglio's "pastoral themes," with authors stating they aim to advance his message for children. The book includes Bergoglio's quote: "It’s like playing a treasure hunt, because it is not easily found. But once you find it, share it."
Naturalism Disguised as Spirituality
The text reduces supernatural grace to subjective human experience, stating talents are "God-given" without defining God as the Triune Lord or emphasizing the necessity of sacramental life for sanctification. This echoes Modernist heresy condemned in Lamentabili Sane: "Revelation was merely man's self-awareness of his relationship to God" (Proposition 20). The omission of original sin, the need for baptismal regeneration, and the Church as sole ark of salvation exposes the book's foundation in religious indifferentism – anathematized by Pius IX: "Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ" (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 17).
Bergoglio's Subversion of Catholic Anthropology
Bergoglio's quoted analogy of a "treasure hunt" implies spiritual truths are obscure and discoverable through human effort alone. This contradicts Christ's words: "I am the way, the truth, and the life" (John 14:6) and Pius XI's teaching that "faith is… an assent of the intellect to truth" (Quas Primas). By framing divine gifts as self-actualization tools ("how personal talents can contribute to the good of others"), the text promotes the cult of man – the belief that humanity's temporal welfare supersedes eternal salvation. Pius X condemned this as "the synthesis of all heresies" (Pascendi Dominici Gregis).
Loyola Press: Agent of Conciliar Apostasy
Loyola Press' president Joellyn Cicciarelli claims the book helps readers "reflect on their purpose," yet purpose divorced from adoration of Christ the King becomes utilitarian humanism. The publisher's prior collaboration with Bergoglio (Dear Pope Francis, 2016) reveals a pattern of replacing catechism with emotional appeals. This aligns with the Second Vatican Council's false ecumenism, which Pius IX rebuked: "Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion…" (Syllabus, Proposition 18).
Authors' Educational Agenda: Creativity Over Creed
The Reynolds brothers' FableVision Studios and Reynolds Center for Teaching promote "creativity and learning" absent doctrinal formation. This pedagogical model stems from John Dewey's pragmatism – condemned by Pius XI as reducing education to "earthly social life" (Divini Illius Magistri). By encouraging children to "share" undefined "treasures," the book advances the conciliar sect's plan to erase Catholicism's missionary imperative: "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations" (Matthew 28:19).
Theological Omissions: Silence as Apostasy
Crucially absent are:
- Christ's divinity and role as Judge
- The necessity of membership in the Catholic Church for salvation
- The sacraments as channels of grace
- Hell as eternal consequence for unrepented sin
This silence constitutes implicit denial of defined dogmas. As Pius XII warned: "The first duty of charity does not lie in the toleration of false ideas… but in the prudence by which we avoid exposing souls to the risk of error" (Humani Generis).
Source:
‘Our Treasures Within’ brings Pope Francis’ message to children (vaticannews.va)
Date: 20.11.2025