Apostolic Journey or Apostasy? Leo XIV’s Lebanon Visit Exposes Conciliar Betrayal
EWTN News reports on Lebanese Catholics abroad anticipating antipope Leo XIV’s November 30-December 2, 2025 visit to Lebanon, framing it as a continuation of previous papal “solidarity” with what they call “the Middle East’s most Christian country.” The article quotes Melkite Catholic Elie Bassila describing the visit as “more than a gesture of solidarity — it is a visit of hope,” while Maronite-rite priest Charbel Boustany (Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate) claims it demonstrates “the full communion that unites the Maronite and Roman Catholic Churches.” Historical references to Wojtyła’s 1997 visit and Ratzinger’s 2012 trip serve to legitimize this modernist spectacle.
Theological Subversion of Catholic Mission
The article’s central error lies in its uncritical acceptance of the conciliar sect’s false ecclesiology. When Bassila states
“We need the head of the Church to stand with our families, with our brothers and sisters of every community, and to reaffirm the importance of fraternity and dialogue among all who call Lebanon home”
, he echoes the heresy of religious indifferentism condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” (Error #15). This contradicts the extra Ecclesiam nulla salus doctrine defined at the Fourth Lateran Council.
The blasphemous reduction of Lebanon to a mere “message of freedom and pluralism” (“Lebanon is more than a country; it is a message of freedom and an example of pluralism for East and West”) attributed to Wojtyła constitutes apostasy from Christ the King’s social reign. As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas: “When God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states… the entire human society had to be shaken, because it lacked a stable and strong foundation.”
Silence on Supernatural Realities
Nowhere does the article mention:
1. The necessity of Lebanon’s conversion to the One True Faith as condition for peace
2. The duty of Catholic rulers to eradicate false religions (Deuteronomy 7:1-5)
3. The eternal damnation awaiting those dying outside the Church (Council of Florence)
Instead, Bassila celebrates an “Orthodox neighbor buying a huge Vatican flag” during Wojtyła’s visit – a grotesque parody of unity that mises the Unam Sanctam dogma. This deliberate omission of Catholic eschatology exposes the conciliar sect’s naturalism.
Illegitimate Sacraments and False Hierarchy
The report uncritically cites “Maronite Patriarch” Bechara Boutros Raï – a Vatican II adherent who promotes Muslim prayer in Catholic churches. His 2012 comment about “Lebanon’s spirit of coexistence” (quoted by Boustany) constitutes the heresy of religious liberty condemned in Mirari Vos (Gregory XVI) and Quanta Cura (Pius IX).
When the article references Ratzinger’s “apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Medio Oriente” promoting interreligious dialogue, it ignores this document’s violation of Pope Benedict XV’s warning: “The Church is essentially an unequal society… comprising two categories of persons, the Pastors and the flock… The one duty of the multitude is to allow themselves to be led” (Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum, 1914).
Masonic Roots of “Eastern Catholic” Compromise
The glowing description of Byzantine-rite Melkites “cherishing our Byzantine heritage” while maintaining “communion with Rome” masks a deadly compromise. As the False Fatima Apparitions document notes: “The imprecise formulation ‘conversion of Russia’ (without specifying Catholicism) opens the way to religious relativism.” Similarly, the Melkite acceptance of Orthodox aesthetics while claiming Roman communion creates the perfect Trojan horse for ecumenism – a heresy St. Pius X called “the summing up of all heresies” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis).
Conclusion: Abandonment of the Maronite Martyrs’ Legacy
True Maronite Catholics – those who resisted Islamization through centuries of persecution – would shudder at this spectacle. When Boustany claims Lebanon “continues to bear witness to faith and resilience,” he omits that this resilience historically meant martyrdom rather than dialogue with persecutors. The 75,000 martyrs of Damascus (1860) who chose death over apostasy are betrayed by these conciliar collaborators.
As the Defense of Sedevacantism file proves through Bellarmine and Canon 188.4, antipope Leo XIV lacks all jurisdiction. His visit constitutes not pastoral care but blasphemous theater, continuing Vatican II’s destruction of Christ’s Kingdom. Let faithful Catholics recall Pius XI’s words: “When once men recognize… that Christ has been constituted King… society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony” (Quas Primas).
Source:
Lebanese Catholics abroad await Pope Leo XIV’s visit to their homeland with hope (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 17.11.2025