Bossey Ecumenical Institute: Syncretism Masquerading as “Christian Unity”
VaticanNews portal (January 25, 2026) reports on Methodist “minister” Ntobeko Dlamini’s praise for the World Council of Churches’ Bossey Ecumenical Institute, where students from various heresies live together while studying syncretism under the guise of “ecumenical studies.” The article applauds the 2025 gathering in Nicaea, Turkey, where antipope Leo XIV joined schismatic leaders to recite the Nicene Creed—presented as progress toward “visible unity.” Dlamini claims this fulfills Christ’s prayer “that all may be one” (John 17:21), ignoring the Creed’s condemnation of the very heresies his companions profess. This celebration of apostasy reveals the neo-church’s total surrender to religious indifferentism.
Ecumenism as Apostasy Against Divine Revelation
The article’s core error lies in equating the Una Sancta (the one Holy Church founded by Christ) with a humanly engineered federation of heresies. Dlamini states: “Visible unity—the will of God—is beginning to come to fruition” through Bossey’s efforts. This directly contradicts Pope Pius XI’s encyclical Mortalium Animos (1928), which condemns ecumenism as a “false Christianity” that “tramples upon the rights of God”:
“The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it; for in the past they have unhappily left it.” (Pius XI, Mortalium Animos)
The 325 Council of Nicaea, celebrated by Dlamini and antipope Leo XIV, anathematized Arianism—yet today’s ecumenists embrace Arians (e.g., Unitarians), Protestants denying Christ’s Real Presence, and Oriental heretics. Reciting the Creed while tolerating heresy mocks the martyrs who died defending it.
The Bossey Institute: Masonic Laboratory of Religious Syncretism
Bossey’s claim to teach “ecumenism through lived experience” mirrors Freemasonry’s tactic of reducing religion to sentimental fraternity. Dlamini boasts: “At Bossey Institute, you learn to live with those who are different from you.” This echoes the 1917 Masonic Congress’ decree: “Masonry prepares hearts for unity by encouraging men to live together despite differences.”
Pope Leo XIII’s Humanum Genus (1884) exposed this strategy:
“To leave intact the particular doctrines of each sect while promoting universal brotherhood is to attack the foundations of Catholic faith.”
Nowhere does the article mention the sine qua non of unity: submission to Rome’s magisterium. Instead, Dlamini applauds South Africa’s “work toward integrating churches”—a socialist strategy to replace the Church with a bureaucratic “interfaith community.”
Antipope Leo XIV’s Sacrilege at Nicaea
The blasphemous 2025 Nicaea gathering epitomizes the conciliar sect’s apostasy. Antipope Leo XIV standing with Orthodox schismatics to recite the Creed violates Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864), which condemns the idea that:
“Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church” (Error #18).
By treating heretics as “sister churches,” the antipope implicitly denies the extra Ecclesiam nulla salus dogma defined at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). The article’s silence on this heresy confirms its authors’ complicity in the neo-church’s destruction of faith.
Methodist Heresy and the Betrayal of South Africa’s Faithful
Dlamini, a Methodist “minister,” denies the sacrificial nature of the Mass and rejects Marian dogma—heresies condemned by Trent and Vatican I. Yet the article presents him as a credible voice on Christian unity. This insults the memory of South African martyrs like Blessed Benedict Daswa, who died resisting syncretism.
Pope St. Pius X’s Lamentabili Sane (1907) anathematized the notion that “Revelation could not be completed with the Apostles” (Error #21)—precisely what Methodists teach when they prioritize “continuing revelation” over apostolic tradition. Bossey’s “ecumenical studies” program is thus a graduate course in heresy.
Conclusion: Silence as Complicity in Apostasy
The article omits every Catholic truth necessary to evaluate ecumenism:
– The Church’s divine constitution as the sole ark of salvation (Pius IX, Quanto Conficiamur Moerore)
– The duty to convert heretics, not dialogue with them (Pius XI, Mortalium Animos)
– The eternal flames awaiting those who die outside the Church (Fourth Lateran Council)
Instead, we get Dlamini’s paganized gospel: “Sometimes we do frustrate each other, but what matters most is how we reconcile.” This is not the Gospel of “He that believeth not shall be condemned” (Mark 16:16), but the Antichrist’s universalist counterfeit. When “unity” requires abandoning dogma, Catholics must choose: Christ or Bossey.
Source:
Ecumenism at Bossey is not only taught in the classroom. It Is lived, says Rev. Dlamini (vaticannews.va)
Date: 25.01.2026