Leo XIV’s Rota Address: Subverting Divine Law with Humanistic Rhetoric
VaticanNews portal reports on 26 January 2026 that antipope Leo XIV addressed officials of the Tribunal of Roman Rota, urging them to balance “truth” and “charity” in judicial proceedings while claiming justice and charity find harmony “in the mystery of God.” The usurper of Peter’s See warned against “rigidity” in safeguarding truth and “cold” application of norms, advocating instead for “discernment” that considers “concerns dictated by respect and mercy.” This address continues the conciliar sect’s systematic demolition of marriage’s sacramental integrity.
Undermining the Indissolubility of Marriage Through False Mercy
Leo XIV’s insistence that charity must temper judicial rigor directly contradicts the doctrina immobilis (immutable doctrine) of Catholic marriage. Pius XI’s Casti Connubii (1930) declares: “The marriage bond… cannot be dissolved by any civil law… For in matrimony as instituted and restored by Christ, it is patent that the essential properties must be absolutely inseparable.” The antipope’s warning against “excessive identification with the often troubled circumstances of the faithful” thinly veils approval of annulment factories that treat marriage tribunals as sacramental divorce courts.
The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1990) mandated tribunals to act as “defensor vinculi” (defender of the bond), requiring “moral certitude” for nullity declarations. Leo XIV’s call to avoid “rigidity” in truth-seeking dismantles this safeguard. His endorsement of the “shorter process for the declaration of matrimonial nullity” institutionalizes the heresy condemned by Pius VI in Rescriptum ad Episcopum Motinensem (1783): “The dissolution of marriage under pretext of nullity constitutes a grave crime against divine law.”
Naturalism in Canon Law: Replacing Divine Truth with Human Compassion
The antipope’s appeal to “Veritatem facientes in caritate” (Eph 4:15) perverts St. Paul’s meaning. Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemns proposition #15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true.” Leo XIV applies this condemned relativism to jurisprudence, suggesting truth adapts to human circumstances.
“A misguided compassion… risks obscuring the necessary dimension of ascertaining the truth that is proper to the judicial office.”
This feigned caution masks the conciliar sect’s foundational error: treating marriage as a human contract rather than a divine institution. The Council of Trent (Session XXIV) anathematized those who claim “the Church errs in having taught… that the marriage bond cannot be dissolved.” Leo XIV’s tribunal facilitates precisely this error by permitting “pastoral character” decisions lacking “solid objective foundation”—a practice St. Pius X denounced as “subversionem fundamentorum ecclesiae” (subversion of the Church’s foundations) in Lamentabili Sane (1907).
Betrayal of Ecclesial Communion Through Subjective Justice
Leo XIV’s demand for “constant and careful critical discernment” in judicial matters replaces canonical objectivity with modernist subjectivism. Pius XII’s 1944 allocution to the Rota emphasized: “Iustitia fundamentum throni Domini—Justice is the foundation of the Lord’s throne… Ecclesiastical judges must render verdicts according to the eternal norms of divine law, not human opinion.”
The antipope’s complaint about “failure to observe basic principles of justice” rings hollow when his sect has systematically dismantled those principles. The 1917 Code required three concordant sentences for marriage nullity (Canon 1989), ensuring rigorous protection of the bond. By contrast, Leo XIV’s tribunal operates under Bergoglio’s Mitis Iudex (2015), which abolished appellate review—a move canonist Fr. Francis Xavier Wernz predicted would cause “ruinam sacramenti” (ruin of the sacrament) in his 1908 Ius Canonicum.
Conclusion: The Neo-Church’s Sacramental Apostasy
Leo XIV’s address culminates the conciliar revolution against Catholic marriage. Pius XI warned in Quas Primas (1925): “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states… the foundations of authority are destroyed.” The Roman Rota, once the bulwark of matrimonial truth, now serves as the engine of its destruction.
True Catholics recognize this tribunal as part of the “abominatio desolationis” (abomination of desolation) standing where it ought not (Mk 13:14). As Our Lord taught, “What God has joined together, let no man put asunder” (Mt 19:6)—not even a usurper posing as pope.
Source:
Pope to Roman Rota: Justice and charity find harmony in mystery of God (vaticannews.va)
Date: 26.01.2026