Vatican News portal (January 29, 2026) reports that “Pope” Leo XIV sent a telegram through Cardinal Parolin to Archbishop Mario Delpini of Milan, expressing hopes that the Winter Olympics would “awaken feelings of friendship and fraternity” and “build bridges between cultures and peoples.” The message coincided with the arrival of the “Athletes’ Cross” at the Church of San Babila, where Bishop Paul Tighe and Father Michele Gianola participated in a Mass. This celebration of pagan games exposes the conciliar sect’s complete capitulation to naturalism.
Pagan Ritual Displacing the One True Cross
The so-called “Athletes’ Cross” constitutes sacrilegious appropriation of Catholic symbolism for worldly spectacle. Quas Primas (Pius XI, 1925) declares Christ’s dominion over all human activities: “Nor is there any difference in this matter between the individual and the family or the State; for all men, whether collectively or individually, are under the dominion of Christ.” The article’s silence about Christ the King’s sovereignty over nations competing in these games reveals the modernist denial of Regnum Christi. By permitting this blasphemous parody of the Cross—instrument of mankind’s salvation—to be displayed in a consecrated church, the conciliar hierarchy commits formal cooperation with idolatry.
Naturalism Disguised as “Solidarity”
The telegram’s emphasis on “fraternity” and “peace” divorced from pax Christi constitutes pure Freemasonic rhetoric. Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors condemns the proposition that “the Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55). Yet here we witness the Olympic ideal—founded upon religious indifferentism—being celebrated as a vehicle for unity. The article’s claim that sport serves “integral human development” ignores the ultima ratio of man: the salvation of immortal souls.
Modernist Betrayal of the Church Militant
Bishop Tighe’s involvement epitomizes the conciliar sect’s apostasy. His dicastery—purportedly for “Culture and Education”—embraces the very errors condemned in Lamentabili Sane (1907), particularly the notion that “Christian doctrine was initially Jewish, but through gradual development, it became first Pauline…” (Error 60). The Olympic movement’s syncretism mirrors this evolutionary heresy.
“building bridges between cultures and peoples, promoting welcome, solidarity, and peace”
This statement constitutes implicit denial of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus, violating Canon 1325 of the 1917 Code which demands missionary activity to convert non-Catholics.
Abandonment of Supernatural Finality
Not one mention of athletes’ moral obligations, dangers of immodesty in sports attire, or the need for prayer before competition. Contrast this with Pius XII’s address to athletes (1945): “The Church looks with pleasure upon your sports… provided they remain within the limits of morality and honor.” The complete omission of these concerns exposes the neo-church’s surrender to secular hedonism. When “Pope” Leo XIV prays for the Olympics rather than condemning their pagan origins and immoral excesses, he confirms St. Pius X’s warning: “The modernists substitute for the faith a sentiment which originates in revelation under the appearance of faith” (Pascendi, 14).
Source:
Pope: May the Olympics promote welcome, solidarity, and peace (vaticannews.va)
Date: 29.01.2026