EWTN News portal reports on the upcoming 10-day apostolic journey of the usurper Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) to four African nations—Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea—from April 13–23, 2026. The article presents this trip as a moment of great significance for the “Catholic Church in Africa,” highlighting the continent’s growing Catholic population, the pope’s linguistic abilities, his personal devotion to St. Augustine, and his planned visits to mosques, orphanages, hospitals, and prisons. It frames the journey as a continuation of the “modern” papal tradition of international travel begun by Paul VI, emphasizing interreligious dialogue, works of mercy, and the expansion of the Church’s influence. The article is a textbook example of post-conciliar propaganda, reducing the supernatural mission of the Church to naturalistic humanism, syncretistic dialogue, and bureaucratic globalism, while completely omitting the true state of the Faith, the necessity of conversion to the Catholic Church, and the absolute primacy of Christ the King over all nations and religions.
The Usurper’s Continental Campaign: A Journey Without the Faith
The article opens with a breathless announcement of Leo XIV’s “first apostolic visit of 2026 to Africa,” immediately establishing the tone of reverence for the conciliar system’s manufactured authority. The term “apostolic visit” is itself a misnomer, for true apostolic authority derives from communion with the legitimate successor of Peter, not from the occupant of a usurped throne. The article notes that this is Leo’s “third international trip,” following Monaco and Turkey, and that it comes “less than a year after his election,” underscoring the relentless pace of modern papal travel—a phenomenon entirely unknown before the conciliar revolution. Pope Paul VI was indeed “the first reigning pope ever to visit Africa” in 1969, a fact presented here as a point of pride rather than as a symptom of the abandonment of the Church’s true mission in favor of globalist spectacle.
The article’s enumeration of statistics—”four countries,” “11 cities,” “10 days,” “more than 11,000 miles on 18 separate flights,” “eight public Masses,” “24 speeches and homilies”—reveals the bureaucratic, managerial mentality of the post-conciliar church. The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the unbloody renewal of Calvary, is reduced to a numbered item on an itinerary, indistinguishable from speeches and meetings. Where is the mention of the state of grace, the necessity of confession, the reality of mortal sin, the danger of eternal damnation? These are absent, for the conciliar sect has replaced the supernatural order with a horizontal, worldly agenda.
The Polyglot Usurper: Linguistic Virtuosity in Service of Apostasy
The article celebrates Leo XIV’s linguistic abilities—”English, Spanish, Italian, French, and Portuguese, and he can read Latin and German”—as though polyglot talent were a mark of spiritual authority. The ability to speak Arabic in greetings or prepared texts is mentioned with approval, foreshadowing the syncretistic encounters to come. This is not the language of the Church Militant, which speaks with one voice in the language of truth, but of the Church of the New Advent, which adapts its message to every culture and religion, diluting the deposit of faith to achieve a false universality.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, taught that “the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ” and that “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). The article’s celebration of multilingual accommodation is a direct contradiction of this teaching, for it implies that the Gospel can be proclaimed in the language of Islam, of paganism, of every false religion, without the demand for conversion to the Catholic Faith.
Algeria: Pilgrimage to the Land of Islam
The article notes with pride that Leo XIV will become “the first pope in history to visit Algeria,” a nation where “Islam is the state religion” and Catholics number “no more than 10,000, a fraction of 1%.” This is presented as a bold gesture of outreach, but from the perspective of integral Catholic faith, it is an act of betrayal. The Church has always taught that error has no rights, and that the Catholic religion alone is the true religion. Pius IX, in the Syllabus of Errors, condemned the proposition that “man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Proposition 16) and that “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Proposition 18). How much more does this apply to Islam, a religion that denies the Divinity of Christ, the Trinity, and the Redemption?
The article’s mention of the “Great Mosque of Algiers”—which Leo will visit “as a concrete gesture of interreligious dialogue”—is a scandal of the highest order. This is his “second visit to a mosque as a pope,” following his visit to the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. The conciliar sect’s obsession with interreligious dialogue is a direct violation of the Church’s perennial teaching. St. Pius X, in Lamentabili Sane Exitu, condemned the proposition that “the Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” (Proposition 57) and that “contemporary Catholicism cannot be reconciled with true knowledge without transforming it into a certain dogmaless Christianity, that is, into a broad and liberal Protestantism” (Proposition 65). The visit to the mosque is not dialogue; it is syncretism, the worship of the false god of religious indifferentism.
The Augustine Connection: Hijacking the Doctor of Grace
The article highlights Leo XIV’s “personal devotion to St. Augustine” and his “Augustinian identity,” noting that he will visit Annaba, the archaeological site of Hippo, and the Basilica of St. Augustine. The article describes this as a “kind of pilgrimage to his ‘father’ in faith,” echoing Leo’s own description of himself as “a son of St. Augustine.” This is a calculated appropriation of one of the greatest Doctors of the Church by a usurper who represents everything Augustine fought against.
St. Augustine, in his City of God, taught that the earthly city, built on love of self to the contempt of God, is destined for eternal damnation, while the heavenly city, built on love of God to the contempt of self, is destined for eternal salvation. Augustine’s theology of grace, his insistence on the necessity of baptism, his condemnation of Pelagianism and heresy—these are the antithesis of the conciliar sect’s naturalistic humanism and religious indifferentism. To claim Augustine as a “father in faith” while promoting interreligious dialogue, visiting mosques, and ignoring the necessity of conversion is blasphemy.
Works of Mercy Without the Faith: The Religion of Humanism
The article lists several “works of mercy” that will mark Leo’s journey: visits to an orphanage and hospital in Cameroon, a nursing home in Algeria, the Little Sisters of the Poor, a psychiatric hospital and prison in Equatorial Guinea. These are presented as evidence of the Church’s concern for the suffering, but they are stripped of their supernatural context. The true works of mercy—instructing the ignorant, counseling the doubtful, admonishing sinners, bearing wrongs patiently, forgiving offenses, praying for the living and the dead, feeding the hungry, giving drink to the thirsty, clothing the naked, sheltering the homeless, visiting the sick, burying the dead—are ordered toward the salvation of souls and the glory of God. In the conciliar sect, they are reduced to social work, indistinguishable from the programs of secular humanitarians and Masonic lodges.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, warned that “the plague of secularism, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors” would lead to the denial of Christ’s reign over all nations and the reduction of religion to a private, individual affair. The article’s celebration of “works of mercy” without any mention of the Faith, the sacraments, or the necessity of conversion is the fulfillment of this prophecy.
The Record-Breaking Rosary: Marian Devotion as Spectacle
The article notes that in Angola, “local authorities expect to host a record-breaking event at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Conception of Muxima,” where “roughly 2 million pilgrims are expected to attend” a public rosary led by Leo. This is presented as a triumph of Marian devotion, but it is in reality a spectacle of numbers, a competition for world records that has nothing to do with true piety. The article does not mention the content of the rosary, the necessity of contrition, the reality of sin, or the need for conversion. It is a celebration of quantity over quality, of external show over internal conversion.
The Muxima shrine, founded in 1599, is a historical site of Catholic devotion, but its appropriation by the conciliar sect for a record-breaking event is a desecration. The true purpose of Marian devotion is to lead souls to Christ, to foster repentance and conversion, to prepare for the Last Judgment. The conciliar sect has turned it into a tourist attraction, a photo opportunity, a media event.
Equatorial Guinea: The Final Act of a Syncretistic Drama
The article concludes with a description of Leo’s visit to Equatorial Guinea, “one of the smallest countries of Africa,” where “nearly 90% of the population is Catholic.” The pope will visit Bata Prison, “a facility criticized internationally for its conditions,” and pray at a monument for the victims of the Bata explosions. This is presented as a “strong message of consolation and remembrance,” but it is in reality a political gesture, a signal of concern for “human rights” that has nothing to do with the supernatural mission of the Church.
The article notes that Equatorial Guinea is “welcoming a pope after 44 years,” since John Paul II’s visit in 1982. This is a reminder that the conciliar sect’s obsession with international travel and interreligious dialogue is not a new phenomenon but a systematic program of apostasy that has been unfolding for decades.
The Omissions That Condemn: What the Article Does Not Say
The most damning aspect of the article is not what it says, but what it does not say. There is no mention of the necessity of conversion to the Catholic Faith, no mention of the reality of mortal sin, no mention of the state of grace, no mention of the Last Judgment, no mention of the absolute primacy of Christ the King over all nations and religions. There is no mention of the fact that Islam is a false religion, that Protestantism is a heresy, that the Catholic Church alone is the Ark of Salvation.
There is no mention of the fact that the conciliar sect is not the Catholic Church, that the “popes” since John XXIII are usurpers, that the “Mass” they celebrate is a counterfeit, that the “sacraments” they administer are suspect. There is no mention of the true state of the Church, of the faithful who remain loyal to the integral Catholic Faith, of the bishops and priests who refuse to submit to the conciliar revolution.
The article is a masterpiece of omission, a systematic silencing of the truth in favor of a false narrative of progress, dialogue, and humanism. It is the voice of the abomination of desolation, speaking from the holy place where it ought not.
Conclusion: The African Pilgrimage as a Sign of the Times
The African pilgrimage of Leo XIV is not a journey of faith but a campaign of apostasy. It is a continental tour of religious syncretism, naturalistic humanism, and bureaucratic globalism, designed to consolidate the conciliar sect’s control over the world’s Catholic population and to promote the religion of man in place of the religion of God. It is a sign of the times, a fulfillment of the prophecies of the saints and the warnings of the popes.
The faithful must reject this pilgrimage, reject the usurper who leads it, reject the concilar sect that sponsors it. They must return to the integral Catholic Faith, to the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to the sacraments of the true Church, to the social reign of Christ the King. Non possumus—we cannot compromise with error, we cannot dialogue with apostasy, we cannot worship at the altar of the false god of religious indifferentism. The faith of our fathers is the faith of the Church, and it alone leads to eternal salvation.
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9 things to know about Pope Leo XIV’s Africa visit (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 12.04.2026