Catholic News Agency (CNA) reports on January 4, 2026, that antipope Leo XIV addressed pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square, claiming Christian hope “is not based on optimistic forecasts or human calculations” but on “God’s Incarnation.” The article highlights his assertion that authentic worship requires “care for humanity” and expressions of solidarity with victims of recent tragedies in Switzerland and Venezuela. This naturalistic spirituality omits all references to repentance, sacramental grace, and the Social Kingship of Christ.
Naturalism Masquerading as Incarnational Theology
The antipope’s statement that “He is not a distant deity…but a God who is nearby and inhabits our fragile earth” constitutes a deliberate distortion of the Incarnation dogma. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas explicitly teaches that Christ’s earthly presence establishes His royal authority over all creation, not merely His proximity: “The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men…His kingly dignity demands that the State should take account of the commandments of God” (Quas Primas §18). By divorcing the Incarnation from Christ’s juridical authority over nations, the conciliar sect reduces God’s presence to an immanentist abstraction – precisely the modernist error condemned in Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “They put aside the ancient teaching…and want the modern conscience…to substitute itself for it” (§36).
The Omission of Supernatural Order
Nowhere does the antipope mention that Christian hope flows exclusively from participation in Christ through sacramental grace. The Council of Trent anathematizes those who claim “hope is placed in God alone” without reference to the merits of Christ applied through Church sacraments (Session VI, Canon 13). Leo XIV’s truncated “incarnational” spirituality echoes the condemned proposition: “Faith, as assent of the mind, is ultimately based on a sum of probabilities” (Lamentabili Sane §25). His directive to examine whether spirituality is “truly incarnate” replaces the Church’s sacramental system with humanitarian activism – the very naturalism Pius IX condemned in the Syllabus of Errors: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Proposition 55).
Sacrilegious Equivalence Between Worship and Social Work
The declaration that “there is no authentic worship of God without care for humanity” inverts the proper order of charity. St. Thomas Aquinas establishes that “the worship of God is the principal good of man” (Summa II-II, q.81, a.7), while Pius XI clarifies in Caritate Christi Compulsi that social works derive value only when subordinate to spiritual ends. By equating worship with humanitarianism, the conciliar sect implements the modernist program described in Pius X’s Pascendi: “For them, the religious sentiment is the basis of faith…Therefore, since the religious sentiment…consists in some sense of divine things, it must be said that faith…is a sentiment” (§14).
The Silence That Condemns
The article’s complete omission of any mention of sin, judgment, or the necessity of sacraments reveals its theological bankruptcy. Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis Christi establishes that “only those are to be included as members of the Church who have been baptized and profess the true faith” (§22), yet Leo XIV speaks of God “revealing himself in the circumstances of daily life” without reference to baptismal regeneration or sanctifying grace. This mirrors Lamentabili Sane’s condemned proposition: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20). The conciliar sect’s “hope” constitutes apostasy from the dogmatic definition: “Outside the Church there is no salvation” (Council of Florence, Cantate Domino).
Conclusion: The False Messiah of Humanitarianism
The antipope’s message continues Vatican II’s substitution of the Social Kingship of Christ with anthropocentric solidarity. As Pius XI warned: “When once men recognize…that Christ has been cast out of public life…society will totter to its fall” (Quas Primas §18). By preaching a hope detached from the throne of Peter, the sacraments, and the immutable Magisterium, the conciliar sect fulfills St. Paul’s prophecy: “They will hold the form of religion but deny its power” (2 Timothy 3:5). True Catholic hope resides solely in submission to Christ the King through His immutable Church – a reality the occupiers of Rome have systematically destroyed since 1958.
Source:
Pope says Christian hope doesn’t depend on human calculations (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 04.01.2026