Catholic News Agency reports on the “Jubilee of Hope” for prisoners presided over by antipope Leo XIV (December 14, 2025), featuring testimonies from Víctor Aguado (Spanish prison ministry director) and “Fr.” Raffaele Grimaldi (Italian prison chaplain). The article portrays this as a celebration of “human dignity” where prisoners received “special permission” to attend Vatican events, with Aguado claiming this demonstrates “hope breaks down walls” while Grimaldi emphasizes “mercy” without repentance. The entire narrative omits all reference to sacramental confession, eternal judgment, or the necessity of penance – reducing Catholicism to social work.
Substitution of Catholic Prison Ministry with Naturalistic Sentimentalism
The conciliar sect replaces opera caritatis (works of charity) with emotional manipulation when Aguado describes the prisoners’ experience as “intensely personal” rather than sacramental. Nowhere does the article mention whether these prisoners received valid absolution for their crimes through sacramental confession – the sine qua non of spiritual healing. Instead, we read bureaucratic details about “Treatment Boards” and “second/third degree” prison classifications, revealing the event’s foundation in secular penology rather than lex divina (divine law). Grimaldi’s reference to administering baptism in prison becomes suspect when considering:
“a young Albanian man who received the sacrament of baptism on Dec. 12”
Given the conciliar sect’s invalid baptismal rites (abolishing exorcisms and intentions), this “sacrament” likely constituted sacrilege. Pius XII’s Sacramentum Ordinis (1947) established that validity requires proper matter, form, and intention – criteria systematically violated post-1968.
Blasphemous Veneration of Antipope as Vicar of Christ
The article commits fundamental apostasy by having prisoners venerate the antipope as “the representation of the Lord on earth” – a title belonging solely to validly ordained priests offering the true Sacrifice of the Mass. Leo XIV’s invalid “Mass” constitutes simulation of Catholic worship, rendering the prisoners’ attendance spiritually harmful. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) reminds us:
“The Church… demands for itself by a right belonging to it, which it cannot renounce, full freedom and independence from secular authority”
Yet here, prison ministers collaborate with secular authorities (“Treatment Boards”) to organize a pseudo-religious spectacle, implicitly endorsing the state’s usurpation of ecclesiastical jurisdiction. This violates Canon 2209 of the 1917 Code, which forbids cooperation with powers persecuting the Church.
Inversion of Mercy Into Anti-Dogmatic Sentimentality
Grimaldi’s statement that prisoners need “a word of mercy: from people who do not judge, who do not point fingers” directly contradicts Christ’s command to “sin no more” (John 8:11). The Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemns precisely this naturalism:
“The Church ought to tolerate the errors of philosophy, leaving it to correct itself.” (Proposition 11)
By reducing mercy to unconditional acceptance rather than conditio sine qua non of repentance, the conciliar sect fulfills Pius X’s warning in Lamentabili (1907) against modernist exegesis:
“The interpretation of Holy Scripture given by the Church… is subject to more exact judgments and corrections by exegetes.” (Proposition 2)
Nowhere does the article mention restitution for victims, purpose of amendment, or fear of hell – the essential elements of Catholic prison ministry exemplified by St. Joseph Cafasso’s work with convicts.
Omission of Eschatological Reality Reveals Apostate Theology
The most damning silence concerns the novissimi (last things). When Aguado claims prisoners regained “dignity,” he ignores that true dignity comes only from sanctifying grace – impossible to maintain in unrepentant mortal sin. The article’s repeated use of “hope” deceives readers by omitting that hope is a theological virtue requiring supernatural faith (CCC 1817), which the conciliar sect destroys through invalid sacraments and false teachings.
Leo XIV’s entire “jubilee” constitutes what Pius IX condemned as:
“The idea that the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization.” (Syllabus, Proposition 80)
By transforming prisoners into props for their humanitarian theater, the conciliar sect completes its betrayal of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus – suggesting salvation occurs through emotional experiences rather than sacramental regeneration.
Source:
With special permission, prisoners travel to Rome for the jubilee (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 16.12.2025