Madrid Priestly Assembly Exposes Neo-Church’s Apostate Priorities
EWTN News reports on a gathering of approximately 1,100 Madrid “priests” convened by “Cardinal” José Cobo, featuring a letter from antipope Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”). The assembly promoted adaptation to secularization through “discernment” and “accompaniment,” with Prevost decrying “polarization” while praising undefined “new restlessness” among youth. The event frames priestly identity as facilitators of dialogue rather than heralds of divine truth.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Mission
Prevost’s letter exemplifies the conciliar sect’s anthropocentric inversion (hominis causa omnia facta sunt – “all things were made for man”). His lament that “faith risks being instrumentalized, trivialized, or relegated to the realm of the irrelevant” ignores the actual crisis: the neo-church’s systematic dismantling of Catholic soteriology. Where Pius XI condemned societies rejecting Christ’s kingship (Quas Primas), Prevost complains about “progressive disappearance of shared points of reference” – tacitly accepting pluralism as irreversible.
The antipope’s vision of priesthood – “men conformed to Christ… expressed in a pastoral ministry marked by the sincere gift of self” – deliberately omits the ex opere operato efficacy of sacraments. Contrast this with the Council of Trent’s anathema against those denying priests offer propitiatory sacrifice (Session XXII, Canon 2). Madrid’s “presbyters” are instructed to “accompany others on their journey toward the mystery” rather than administer exorcisms, catechize on hell, or condemn errors.
Freemasonic “Discernment” Over Doctrine
Prevost’s insistence that “it is increasingly necessary to cultivate discernment” codifies the modernist heresy condemned by St. Pius X: “In matters of faith… the magisterium is to be followed, not private judgment” (Pascendi, 6). True discernment concerns personal vocations – not doctrinal accommodation. When “Cardinal” Cobo declares “we are not lone rangers of the Gospel,” he parrots the collectivist egalitarianism of Vatican II’s Presbyterorum Ordinis, which demolished hierarchical distinctions between clergy and laity.
The event’s saccharine emphasis on “convivium” (fellowship) replaces spiritual combat with therapeutic community-building. Cobo’s call to “laugh, let our guard down, and share a meal” echoes the 1789 Revolutionary “Festival of Reason” more than the martyrs who “rejoiced to suffer dishonor for the Name” (Acts 5:41).
Sacrilegious Simulation of Sacraments
Prevost’s directive to “celebrate the sacraments with dignity and faith” is rendered void by his sect’s invalid rites. The Novus Ordo Missae – crafted by Freemason Annibale Bugnini – destroys the essence of the Mass as defined by Trent:
“If anyone says that in the mass a true and proper sacrifice is not offered to God… let him be anathema.” (Council of Trent, Session XXII, Canon 1)
When the antipope claims “at the altar, through your hands, the sacrifice of Christ is made present,” he commits blasphemy. The invalid “ordination” rites instituted in 1968 (Pontificalis Romani) ensure these men lack sacerdotal character. Their “Eucharistic celebrations” are simulacra – fulfilling St. Pius X’s warning that modernists “pervert the eternal concept of truth” (Pascendi, 39).
Conclusion: Apostate Assembly Confirms Babylon’s Captivity
This Madrid convocation epitomizes the conciliar sect’s auto-demolition. By urging “pastoral ministry marked by the sincere gift of self” rather than sacrifice, and “discernment” instead of dogma, Prevost confirms his pseudo-church’s rupture with Catholic Tradition. As St. Pius X decreed: “The modernists’ whole system is poisoned by their doctrine of immanence” (Sacrorum Antistitum, 4).
True priests pray not for “renewed intensity” in dialogue but for Ego autem mihi minimus sum Apostolorum, qui non sum dignus vocari apostolus (“I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle” – 1 Cor. 15:9). Until valid bishops restore the Roman Missal and condemn Vatican II, such assemblies remain Satanic counterfeits of apostolic fraternity.
Source:
Leo XIV offers guidance to priests of the Archdiocese of Madrid (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 10.02.2026