EWTN News reports on the meeting of Chaldean Catholic bishops with the antipope Leo XIV at the Vatican on April 10, 2026, as part of their synodal gatherings to elect a new patriarch following the resignation of Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako. The article presents this event as a routine ecclesiastical matter, replete with the standard modernist platitudes regarding “unity,” “dialogue,” and “hope.” However, beneath the veneer of pious rhetoric lies a profound betrayal of Catholic truth, a spectacle of apostasy orchestrated by the conciliar sect.
The Usurper on Peter’s Throne
The very premise of the article is built upon a foundational falsehood: that Robert Prevost, styling himself “Pope Leo XIV,” holds any authority whatsoever within the Catholic Church. As the Defense of Sedevacantism file unequivocally demonstrates, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church (St. Robert Bellarmine, De Romano Pontifice). The line of usurpers beginning with John XXIII, who convened the Modernist circus of Vatican II, has been composed of manifest heretics and apostates. Leo XIV, as a product and perpetuator of this conciliar revolution, is no exception. His pronouncements carry no more weight than those of any other layman, and his claim to the papacy is a blasphemous usurpation.
The article’s casual reference to “Pope Leo XIV” without any critical qualification is a testament to the pervasive indoctrination of the conciliar sect. It treats the antipope as a legitimate authority, thereby lending credence to the very structure that has dismantled the Catholic Church from within. This is not merely an error of judgment; it is a participation in the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15).
The Chaldean Church: A Playground for Modernist Experimentation
The Chaldean Catholic Church, like all Eastern Catholic churches, has been a particular target of modernist infiltration. The article mentions Cardinal Sako’s efforts to “develop Church discourse in liturgy and teaching in a modern and accessible language.” This is a euphemism for the corruption of sacred tradition, the dilution of doctrine, and the adaptation of the Church’s immutable teachings to the spirit of the age. As Pope Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80) is a condemned error. Yet this is precisely the path trodden by Sako and his ilk.
Furthermore, Sako’s emphasis on “Christian-Muslim dialogue” and his advocacy for “a state based on citizenship and equality” are direct manifestations of the condemned errors of religious indifferentism and liberalism. The Syllabus explicitly condemns the notion that “every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” (Proposition 15) and that “man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Proposition 16). The Church has always taught that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus) and that the Catholic religion is the only true religion. Sako’s dialogue with Islam is not a pursuit of truth but a betrayal of it, a capitulation to the spirit of the world.
The Antipope’s Modernist Sermon
The antipope’s address to the Chaldean bishops is a compendium of modernist errors, wrapped in the language of piety. His call for a patriarch who is a “father in faith and a sign of unity” is meaningless in the context of a church that has abandoned true faith in favor of ecumenical unity with heretics and pagans. His description of the Chaldeans as “guardians of a living and noble memory” is a sentimental distraction from the fact that their “memory” has been systematically erased and replaced with modernist novelties.
Leo XIV’s statement that “it is precisely in these wounds that the witness of faith shines, because a Church that bears the scars of history shows how wounds, in the risen Lord, can become signs of hope and new life” is a grotesque trivialization of the sufferings of the faithful. The wounds of the Chaldean Church are not signs of hope but of apostasy, inflicted not by persecutors from without but by traitors from within. The true “wounds” are the loss of faith, the corruption of the sacraments, and the betrayal of the deposit of faith.
His call for “communion with Christians of other denominations” is a direct violation of Catholic teaching on the unity of the Church. The Church has always taught that there is but one true Church, outside of which there is no salvation. Ecumenism, as practiced by the conciliar sect, is a denial of this truth, a false charity that leads souls to perdition. As Pope Pius XI warned in Mortalium Animos, “The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it”.
The Myth of “Hope” and “Peace”
The antipope’s exhortation to be “peacemakers” and his claim that “only dialogue creates true peace” are echoes of the modernist mantra that has replaced the Church’s true mission of preaching the Gospel and converting souls. True peace is not the absence of conflict but the tranquility of order, which can only be achieved through the submission of all things to Christ the King. As Pope Pius XI taught in Quas Primas, “The Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men… His reign, namely, extends not only to Catholic nations or to those who, by receiving baptism according to law, belong to the Church, even though their erroneous opinions have led them astray or discord has separated them from love, but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ”.
The conciliar sect’s notion of “peace” is a false peace, a peace with the world that is enmity with God (James 4:4). It is a peace built on the ruins of Catholic truth, a peace that sacrifices the eternal salvation of souls for the sake of temporal harmony. This is not the peace of Christ but the peace of the Antichrist.
The Resignation of Sako: A Modernist Exit
Cardinal Sako’s resignation, presented as an act of humility and a desire for “quiet service,” is in reality the departure of a modernist who has completed his work of destruction. His farewell letter, with its talk of “balancing tradition and renewal,” is a confession of his modernist agenda. True tradition does not need “renewal”; it is immutable, handed down from the Apostles and preserved by the Church throughout the centuries. The very notion that tradition must be “engaged with the times” is a condemned error, as the Syllabus makes clear: “The method and principles by which the old scholastic doctors cultivated theology are no longer suitable to the demands of our times and to the progress of the sciences” (Proposition 13).
Sako’s claim that his resignation is “not an end but the beginning of a new phase of quiet service” is a modernist platitude devoid of substance. His “service” has been the dismantling of the Chaldean Church’s Catholic identity, the promotion of ecumenism, and the adaptation of the Church to the spirit of the age. His departure changes nothing; the structures of apostasy remain in place, ready to be filled by another modernist puppet.
The Electoral Synod: A Farce of Democracy
The electoral synod of Chaldean bishops is presented as a moment of “pivotal” importance, a democratic exercise in choosing a new leader. This is a farce. The conciliar sect has replaced the divine constitution of the Church with a democratic model, where authority is derived not from God but from the consensus of bishops who are themselves products of modernist formation. The election of a new patriarch by such a synod is not a work of the Holy Spirit but of human ambition and political maneuvering.
The article’s mention of the “close relationship with the Holy See” is a reference not to the true Holy See, which has been vacant since the death of Pius XII, but to the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican. This “relationship” is one of subservience to the antipope and his modernist agenda, not of fidelity to Catholic truth.
Conclusion: The Triumph of Apostasy
The meeting of Chaldean bishops with Leo XIV is not a sign of hope but of despair, not a moment of unity but of division, not a step forward but a further descent into the abyss of apostasy. The conciliar sect, in its relentless pursuit of “renewal” and “dialogue,” has betrayed the faith of the martyrs, corrupted the sacraments, and led countless souls astray. The Chaldean Church, like all churches within the conciliar structure, is no longer Catholic in any meaningful sense; it is a synagogue of Satan, gathering its troops against the true Church of Christ.
The faithful must reject this modernist farce and cling to the unchanging truth of the Catholic faith, as taught by the Fathers, the Councils, and the pre-conciliar Magisterium. There is no salvation in the conciliar sect, no hope in its “synods,” no peace in its “dialogue.” There is only the immutable truth of Christ and His Church, which endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests. Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus.
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Chaldean Catholic bishops meet Pope Leo as they prepare to elect new patriarch (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 10.04.2026