Vatican II as Guiding Star: Conciliar Apostasy Masquerading as Renewal
The Vatican News portal (January 7, 2026) reports that antipope Leo XIV inaugurated a new catechesis series proclaiming the Second Vatican Council as “the guiding star of the Church’s journey today.” The article quotes the usurper of the Holy See stating: “It is the Magisterium [of Vatican II] that still constitutes the guiding star of the Church’s journey today,” while invoking John Paul II’s description of the Council as “the great grace bestowed on the Church in the twentieth century.” This propaganda piece urges Catholics to engage in “a fresh reading of Vatican II documents” under the fraudulent premise of “rediscovering their prophetic and contemporary relevance.”
Theological Sabotage of Catholic Ecclesiology
The assertion that Vatican II constitutes authentic magisterium constitutes blasphemous revisionism. Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemned as heresy the notion that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Error 80). Vatican II’s Gaudium et Spes directly violates this condemnation by embracing the very modernity condemned by 256 previous papal pronouncements.
When the article praises the Council for helping the Church “open up to the world and to embrace the changes and challenges of the modern age,” it confirms the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Regnum Christi (the Kingship of Christ). Pius XI’s Quas Primas established that “nations will be happy only when they accept the reign of Our Savior” (1925). The conciliar obsession with “dialogue” replaces the Church’s divine mandate to convert all nations (Matthew 28:19) with servile accommodation to modernity.
Liturgical Revolution: Destruction of the Sacrificial Altar
The article’s reference to “important liturgical reform” constitutes sacrilegious doublespeak for the destruction of Catholic worship. The conciliar sect’s Novus Ordo Missae – fabricated by Annibale Bugnini (later exposed as Masonic operative) – violates Trent’s infallible decree that “if anyone says that the sacrifice of the Mass is only a sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving… let him be anathema” (Session XXII, Canon 1). By reducing the Mass to a “table of assembly” (as admitted in the article’s quote from antipope Francis), Vatican II instituted abominatio desolationis in place of the Holy Sacrifice.
Ecumenism: Apostasy Disguised as Charity
The article celebrates Vatican II’s “striving to seek the truth by way of ecumenism,” directly contradicting Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928): “The Catholic Church alone is the ark of salvation; outside her, all will perish in the flood.” The conciliar sect’s false ecumenism denies the dogma Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus (Outside the Church There Is No Salvation), condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (Errors 15-18). When antipope Leo XIV quotes Paul VI’s heretical encyclical Ecclesiam Suam (1964) – which introduced the concept of “dialogue” with false religions – he confirms the conciliar sect’s complete rupture from Catholic Tradition.
Silent Apostasy: What the Article Omits
The article conspicuously avoids mentioning:
- The suppression of Latin as the Church’s liturgical language (contrary to Trent’s decree)
- The abolition of the subdiaconate and minor orders (destruction of Holy Orders)
- The promotion of religious liberty condemned by Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos (1832)
- The collegiality heresy denying papal supremacy (condemned in Vatican I’s Pastor Aeternus)
This calculated silence exposes the conciliar sect’s tactic of doctrinal omission – a modernist strategy condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili (Proposition 65): “Contemporary Catholicism cannot be reconciled with true knowledge without transforming it into a certain dogmaless Christianity.”
Theological Consequences: Generation of Ecclesial Deformities
The article’s claim that Vatican II “rediscovered the face of God as the Father” constitutes Gnostic presumption. Catholic theology teaches that God’s self-revelation was complete in Christ (Dei Verbum 4 – actual Vatican II document), making any “new discovery” heretical. This false premise generated all conciliar errors:
| Vatican II Teaching | Pre-1958 Condemnation |
|---|---|
| “Subsists in” (LG 8) | Condemned by Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis (1943): “The Catholic Church alone is the Mystical Body of Christ” |
| Religious Liberty (DH 2) | Condemned by Gregory XVI’s Mirari Vos: “Freedom of conscience is madness” |
| Collegiality (LG 22) | Condemned by Vatican I’s Pastor Aeternus: “The Roman Pontiff has full and supreme power over the whole Church” |
Conclusion: Eclipse of the True Magisterium
When antipope Leo XIV declares Vatican II his “guiding star,” he confirms the conciliar sect’s complete apostasy from Catholic Tradition. As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi (1907): “The Modernist replaces faith with religious sentiment, reducing dogma to evolving symbols.” This article’s celebration of “ecclesial reform” and “dialogue” constitutes public rejection of the Church’s divine constitution.
True Catholics must heed Pius VI’s warning against the Pistoian heretics: “What the Church once condemned, she condemns forever” (Auctorem Fidei, 1794). The conciliar sect’s “renewal” is but the final stage of that apostasy foretold in 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4 – the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not.
Source:
Pope at Audience: Second Vatican Council still guiding star of Church’s journey (vaticannews.va)
Date: 07.01.2026