The EWTN News live blog reports on the March 28, 2026, one-day visit of “Pope Leo XIV” to the European micro-state of Monaco. The itinerary includes a meeting with Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene, a stadium Mass at Louis II Stadium, and encounters with local Catholics. In his homily, “Leo XIV” condemned wars as the “result of the idolatry of power and money,” referenced Monaco’s casino by stating authentic joy “is not won through a wager, but shared through charity,” and urged the faithful to defend the poor against “individualistic secularism.” He also warned against reducing faith “to custom” and cited the post-conciliar International Theological Commission’s document *Quo vadis, humanitas?*. The article notes the “privilège du blanc” for royal women at papal audiences and describes the visit as “historic,” being the first by a pope in nearly 500 years.
The Theater of Apostasy: A “Papal” Visit Preaching the Religion of Man
Naturalistic Humanism Masquerading as Catholic Teaching
The central theme of “Leo XIV’s” homily—that wars stem from the “idolatry of power and money”—is a stark reduction of Catholic social doctrine to a secular, socio-economic analysis. This directly contradicts the unchanging teaching of the Church, which identifies the root of all evil as sin and the rebellion of the human will against God, not merely materialistic structures. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical *Quas Primas* (1925), established the Feast of Christ the King precisely to combat the secularism that removes God from public life. He declared that the abandonment of Christ’s reign leads to “flames of mutual hatred and internal discord” and the destruction of nations, but he rooted this in the **defection from Christ’s law**, not in abstract “idolatry of power.” Pius XI wrote:
“When God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed, because the main reason why some have the right to command and others have the duty to obey was removed.”
The “idolatry of power” rhetoric, devoid of reference to original sin, the duty of public profession of the Catholic faith, and the Social Kingship of Christ, is pure Modernism. It aligns perfectly with the errors condemned by St. Pius X in *Lamentabili sane exitu*, particularly proposition 58: “Truth changes with man, because it develops with him, in him, and through him.” The message is not the Catholic call to order all societies under the law of Christ, but a vague appeal to ethical behavior within a godless framework.
The Omission of Christ the King: A Silenced Doctrine
The most glaring omission in the entire report is any mention of the doctrine of the Social Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This is not accidental; it is the systematic erasure of a fundamental, immutable Catholic dogma. Pius XI’s *Quas Primas* is explicit: Christ’s kingdom “encompasses all men” and extends to states and rulers, who have a duty to publicly honor and obey Him. The encyclical states that rulers must “fulfill this duty themselves and with their people, if they wish to maintain their authority inviolate and contribute to the increase of their homeland’s happiness.” The article’s complete silence on this point—while discussing a “papal” visit to a state—is a damning admission of the conciliar sect’s apostasy. The “visit” itself, conducted with the head of a secular principality, treats the state as a neutral entity, exactly the error condemned in the *Syllabus of Errors* (1864) by Pope Pius IX. Error #39 declares: “The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits.” The *Syllabus* further condemns the separation of Church and State (Error #55) and the idea that the civil power can interfere in religious matters (Errors #44, #45). By engaging in a purely diplomatic, state-centric visit without demanding the public confession of Christ’s reign, “Leo XIV” acts as an agent of the very secularism Pius IX and Pius XI anathematized.
The Stadium Mass: Profanation of the Sacred
The celebration of Mass in a football stadium, Louis II Stadium, is a profound sacrilege. The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the unbloody re-presentation of Calvary, the supreme act of worship owed to God. It requires a sacred, consecrated space set apart from profane uses. The use of a stadium—a venue for worldly spectacles, gambling promotions, and secular assemblies—is a deliberate desecration, reducing the Mass to a communal gathering. This aligns with the post-conciliar revolution’s destruction of the sacred. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 1160) required churches to be dedicated or blessed for divine worship. The Novus Ordo, promulgated by Paul VI, explicitly allows Mass in “any place suited to the celebration of the Eucharist” (*Missale Romanum*, 1969, General Instruction, no. 288), a radical break with Catholic tradition. The stadium setting visually declares that the Mass is a human event, not the awe-inspiring sacrifice of the Son of God. It is the ultimate expression of the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15).
“Authentic Joy” and the Religion of Feeling
The phrase “authentic joy, which is not won through a wager, but shared through charity” is quintessential Modernist subjectivism. It replaces the objective, theological virtue of charity (which is the love of God above all things for His own sake) with an emotional, horizontal “sharing.” Catholic doctrine, as taught by St. Thomas Aquinas, holds that charity is the form of all virtues and consists primarily in the love of God. The “joy” promoted here is a sentimental, this-worldly feeling, divorced from the cross and the obligation to submit all things to the law of Christ. This is the “cult of man” denounced by Pope Pius XII in *Humani generis* (1950) as a symptom of the “new theology.” The reference to Monaco’s casino is particularly grotesque. Instead of condemning the scandal of gambling—a direct violation of the Seventh Commandment and a practice that enslaves souls—the “pope” uses it as a metaphor for false joy. This is not prophetic denunciation; it is a clever, worldly soundbite that avoids offending the powerful and wealthy.
The “Privilège du blanc”: Empty Ritualism
The article’s focus on the “privilège du blanc”—the permission for certain royal women to wear white at papal audiences—highlights the post-conciliar Church’s obsession with empty ceremonialism while abandoning doctrine. This is a purely human tradition, a courtly privilege with no basis in Catholic theology. The true honor due to the papacy (when it is held by a valid successor of Peter) is the confession of the Catholic faith and the defense of the Church’s rights, not the color of a dress. The fact that this trivial detail is reported as significant news demonstrates the complete inversion of values. The true Catholic princess, like St. Elizabeth of Hungary, would be known for her heroic virtue, her defense of the faith, and her charity to the poor—not for a sartorial privilege granted by a conciliar court.
Citing the Modernist “Theological Commission”
“Leo XIV” explicitly grounds his warning against a faith reduced to “custom” in the document *Quo vadis, humanitas?* from the International Theological Commission. This commission is a post-conciliar body that has consistently promoted Modernist errors, including the evolution of doctrine and the “sensus fidelium” as a source of revelation parallel to Scripture and Tradition. To cite this body is to align oneself with the very “hermeneutics of continuity” that seeks to reconcile Catholic doctrine with the spirit of the age. Pius X’s *Pascendi Dominici gregis* (1907) condemned the Modernist principle that “the dogmas which the Church proposes as revealed are not truths of divine origin but are a certain interpretation of religious facts, which the human mind has worked out with great effort” (Condemned Proposition #22). The “living faith” mentioned by “Leo XIV” is the Modernist “religious experience” that reduces faith to a personal, evolving sentiment, not the assent to objective, revealed truths.
The Sedevacantist Conclusion: A Usurper Serving the Abomination
From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, the entire event is a theatrical performance by a man who, according to the doctrine of St. Robert Bellarmine and the 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 188.4), cannot be the Vicar of Christ. Bellarmine taught that a **manifest heretic** loses his office *ipso facto*:
“A manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church.”
The actions and words of “Leo XIV”—his naturalistic homilies, his participation in the liturgical abuses of the conciliar sect, his silence on the absolute necessity of the Social Reign of Christ, his citation of Modernist commissions—constitute a continuous, public manifestation of apostasy. He is not a legitimate pope but the head of the “paramasonic structure” occupying the Vatican. His visit to Monaco is not a pastoral trip but a diplomatic mission for the “Church of the New Advent,” promoting the secularist errors of the *Syllabus* that it claims to have “left behind.”
The article, sourced from EWTN News, serves as a perfect case study in the post-conciliar apostasy. It presents a “papal” visit that:
1. Omits the non-negotiable dogma of Christ the King.
2. Preaches a naturalistic, socio-economic gospel.
3. Profanes the Mass in a stadium.
4. Focuses on trivial court rituals.
5. Cites Modernist theological bodies.
6. Uses the language of the world (“idolatry of power,” “authentic joy”) instead of the language of the Church (sin, grace, sacrifice, redemption).
This is the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place: a man dressed in white, performing a parody of the Mass, delivering sermons that could be given by a UN ambassador, all while the true Catholic faith—the faith of Pius IX, Pius X, and Pius XI—is buried under a layer of sentimental, secular humanism. The faithful are not called to convert nations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, but to “share charity” and avoid “custom.” The kingdom being promoted is not the Kingdom of Christ, but the kingdom of man, built on the shifting sands of “dialogue” and “humanity’s journey.” The only appropriate response is the cry of the true Church: Non possumus—we cannot obey. The true Catholic must flee this conciliar sect and hold fast to the immutable faith, awaiting the restoration of all things in Christ the King, whose reign these apostates have systematically dismantled.
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Pope Leo XIV visits Monaco (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 28.03.2026