Modernist “Pope” Reduces Catholic Mission to Naturalistic Sympathy
The VaticanNews portal (February 1, 2026) reports that “Pope” Leo XIV used his Angelus address to express prayers for victims of a coltan mine collapse in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and storms in Mozambique, Portugal, and Italy. The article describes his statement: “I assure my prayers for the many victims… May the Lord sustain that people who suffer so much!” It frames the disasters as humanitarian tragedies without theological context, emphasizing casualty statistics and material causes. The report avoids examining the spiritual implications of these events or the Church’s doctrinal response to human suffering.
Sacred Duty Replaced with Secular Sentimentalism
The article presents prayer as a vague gesture of solidarity rather than propitiatory sacrifice offered through Christ the King. Pius XI condemned such naturalism in Quas Primas: “When men have recanted the faith of Christ… society falters and fails” (n. 18). The “pope’s” statement omits:
any call to repentance, recognition of divine justice, or reminder of eternity—the very essence of Catholic pastoral responsibility.
This aligns with Modernism’s denial of supernaturale, reducing religion to social work. The 1907 decree Lamentabili condemned the proposition that “the Church listening cooperates… in defining truths” (n. 6), yet Leo XIV’s empty platitudes elevate human sentiment over dogmatic truth.
Silence on the Occult Causes of Suffering
The mine collapse occurred in M23 rebel-held territory, where coltan extraction fuels global technology markets and local violence. The article mentions “illegal and unsafe exploitation” but ignores the demonic roots of greed condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus: “Masonic sects… wage ferocious war on the Church” (n. 77-80). By avoiding the term social reign of Christ the King, the report tacitly endorses:
- The DRC’s coltan trade, which funds warlords and desecrates human dignity
- Global consumerism’s complicity in oppression (DRC supplies 40% of coltan for smartphones)
Pius XI taught that nations rejecting Christ’s authority invite disaster: “Rulers… must fulfill their duty to honor [Christ] publicly” (Quas Primas, n. 32). Leo XIV’s silence makes him complicit in structural sin.
Natural Disasters as Mere “Tragedies”
The Angelus addressed floods in Mozambique and Portugal as random misfortunes, ignoring their status vindicativus—God’s call to conversion. The 1864 Syllabus anathematized the claim that “God’s action upon man… is to be denied” (n. 2). True shepherds, like St. Gregory the Great during Rome’s plague, ordered processions and fasting to appease divine wrath. Leo XIV’s empty “prayers” mirror Modernism’s denial of God’s justice, condemned in Lamentabili as reducing faith to “probabilities” (n. 25).
Structural Apostasy of the Conciliar Sect
This Angelus exemplifies the neo-church’s apostasy. It substitutes:
| Catholic Doctrine | Conciliar Replacement |
|---|---|
| Public veneration of Christ the King | Humanitarian appeals |
| Call to repentance | “Thoughts and prayers” clichés |
| Condemnation of Freemasonic greed | Neutral “solidarity” with rebels |
The False Fatima Apparitions file exposes how such “compassion” distracts from modernism’s “enemies within” (n. Diversion from Apostasy). Leo XIV’s performative grief continues the Masonic strategy to “divert attention from apostasy” (False Fatima, n. Definitive Conclusions).
Conclusion: A Shepherd Who Flees the Wolf
St. Pius X warned in Pascendi that Modernists reduce faith to “vital immanence,” severing it from eternal truths. Leo XIV’s Angelus—devoid of the Last Things, the necessity of sacraments, or Christ’s kingship—proves the conciliar sect has no salvific mission. As Pius IX declared: “No salvation exists outside the Church” (Syllabus, n. 17). Those clinging to this false “pope” risk eternal ruin.
Source:
Pope prays for over 200 dead in eastern DRC mine collapse (vaticannews.va)
Date: 01.02.2026