Vatican’s Idolatrous Display: Mosaic Portrait of Usurper Antipope Leo XIV
Vatican News portal (January 14, 2026) reports the completion of a mosaic portrait of antipope Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”) for the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls. The portrait, crafted by the Vatican Mosaic Studio under Cardinal James Michael Harvey’s direction, employs traditional techniques to perpetuate the conciliar sect’s fraudulent claim to apostolic succession.
The Conciliar Sect’s Sacrilegious Pantheon of Usurpers
The article boasts that the mosaic will be placed “at a height of approximately 13 meters” beside the portrait of Jorge Bergoglio (“Francis”), completing a gallery of apostates. This practice, falsely labeled an “ancient tradition,” in reality constitutes idolatrous veneration of false shepherds. The true Church venerates saints, not usurpers occupying the Holy See through a de facto (in fact) schism. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas condemns such human glorification, declaring: “The faithful… should testify by the deeds of their lives that Christ reigns in their minds and hearts”—not antipopes.
The Basilica of St. Paul, once a monument to the Apostle’s martyrdom for the faith, now houses images of heretics who deny that same faith. Canon 2322 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law mandates excommunication for those who “usurp ecclesiastical jurisdiction,” rendering “Leo XIV” and his enablers spiritually dead.
Masonic Deception Through Aesthetic Mimicry
The Vatican Mosaic Studio’s use of “glass enamels and gold on a metal structure” and “oil-based mastic” superficially mimics sacred art to deceive the faithful. Yet ars sine scientia nihil est (“art without doctrine is nothing”). True Catholic art elevates souls to God, whereas this mosaic elevates a heretic to mock Christ’s kingship.
The artist, Rodolfo Papa, previously praised Bergoglio’s “pastoral sensitivity,” exposing his collaboration with modernism. His preparatory sketch—preserved alongside other antipapal portraits—symbolizes the conciliar sect’s archive of apostasy. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili Sane: Modernists “corrupt the true meaning of dogma through historical and artistic subterfuge.”
Omission of Doctrinal Crimes: Silent Apostasy
The article omits “Leo XIV’s” heresies: denying the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation, promoting interfaith syncretism, and dismantling the sacraments. This silence confirms the Vatican News portal’s role as a mouthpiece for the “abomination of desolation” (Dan. 9:27). Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors condemns the very idea that antipopes possess authority (Prop. 23), while “Leo’s” portrait implicitly asserts it.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject Neo-Pagan Idolatry
The installation of this mosaic completes the conciliar sect’s transformation of sacred spaces into halls of heresy. True Catholics must reject such idolatry and heed Pius XI’s warning: “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states, the foundations of authority crumble” (Quas Primas). Only Christ is King—not usurpers masquerading as His vicars.
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Pope Leo's mosaic portrait ready for Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls (vaticannews.va)
Date: 14.01.2026