Conciliar Sect’s Sentimentalism Masks Apostasy in “Grandparents Day”
The EWTN News portal (February 10, 2026) reports that antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) has chosen “I will not forget you” (Isaiah 49:15) as the theme for the sixth iteration of the neo-church’s “World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly,” scheduled for July 26, 2026. The article claims this theme emphasizes “God’s love for every person never fails” and serves as “comfort and hope” for the elderly, while urging families and communities not to forget them. The celebration coincides with the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, whom the conciliar sect instrumentalizes to lend pseudo-traditional legitimacy to this modernist innovation.
Theological Substitution: Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Order
The entire premise of this “Day” constitutes a radical inversion of Catholic priorities. Rather than exhorting the elderly to prepare for judgment and eternity—as mandated by the ars moriendi tradition—the antipope’s message reduces religion to emotional comfort. Quas Primas (1925) explicitly condemned such naturalism: “When God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states… the foundations of authority were destroyed” (Pius XI). The conciliar sect’s focus on “frailty of old age” and “precious presence” ignores the primary duty of the Church: the salvation of souls through sanctifying grace.
“…a message of comfort and hope for all grandparents and the elderly… an invitation to families and ecclesial communities not to forget the elderly.”
This rhetoric exposes the neo-church’s anthropocentric heresy. Nowhere does the article mention repentance, prayer for a holy death, or the Four Last Things. Contrast this with the Roman Ritual‘s “Commendation of the Dying,” which implores God to “deliver this soul from the pains of hell.” The conciliar sect’s silence on these truths constitutes culpable negligence of the Church’s mission.
Illegitimacy of the “Antipope” and His Innovations
The article repeatedly refers to “Pope Leo XIV,” ignoring the ipso facto loss of office for manifest heresy as defined by St. Robert Bellarmine (De Romano Pontifice II.30) and codified in Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code. The usurper’s invocation of Isaiah 49:15 blasphemously appropriates God’s covenant fidelity to Israel, applying it to a man-led institution that denies extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Council of Florence, Cantate Domino).
The “World Day” itself—instituted by Bergoglio in 2021—has no basis in tradition. It violates the principle Lex orandi, lex credendi, replacing the Church’s cultic focus with sociological activism. Pius XI’s condemnation resonates: “The state is happy not by one means, and man by another; for the state is nothing else than a harmonious association of men” (Quas Primas). By reducing the elderly to a “precious presence,” the conciliar sect denies their supernatural vocation as militants for Christ the King.
Exploitation of Saints for Modernist Agenda
The manipulation of Sts. Joachim and Anne—whose historical veneration long preceded the neo-church—exemplifies the conciliar sect’s theological fraud. Traditional devotion to Christ’s grandparents emphasized their role in preparing the Theotokos for her divine maternity, not as sentimentalized “grandparents.” The 1962 Missal’s collect for their feast begs God to “grant us the help of [Anne’s] intercession,” directing attention to Heaven, not earthly camaraderie.
The article’s call for Eucharistic liturgies in cathedral churches is particularly sinister. Given that most “bishops” in the conciliar sect lack valid ordination (due to the 1968 Pontificalis Romani rites), these “celebrations” constitute simulated sacraments—a sacrilege condemning participants to spiritual harm.
Symptomatic of the Conciliar Revolution
This “Day” embodies three key errors condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors:
1. “The Church ought to be separated from the State” (Error 55) – by reducing her to a NGO dispensing comfort.
2. “The science of philosophical things and morals… may keep aloof from divine authority” (Error 57) – replacing doctrine with emotionalism.
3. “The Roman Pontiff can… reconcile himself with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Error 80) – evident in the “revolution of care” rhetoric.
The article’s closing reference to “challenges to families in Latin America” subtly promotes the neo-church’s population control agenda, echoing Bergoglio’s 2015 Laudato Si (¶50) linking large families to poverty—a Malthusian heresy anathematized by Pius XI in Casti Connubii (1930).
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Neo-Church’s Sentimental Paganism
True Catholics must recognize this “Day” as apostasy clothed in piety. As the Syllabus decreed, “Christian doctrine cannot be reconciled with human progress” (Error 64). The elderly deserve not empty assurances of being “remembered,” but the uncompromising truth: only adherence to the integral Catholic Faith—rejected by the conciliar sect—secures eternal life. Let us instead invoke St. Joachim and Anne for the grace to restore all things in Christ (Eph 1:10), rejecting the abomination desolating Vatican structures.
Source:
‘I will not forget you’: Pope Leo’s theme for sixth World Day of Grandparents and Elderly (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 10.02.2026