EWTN News reports that John Prevost, brother of the antipope Leo XIV, was targeted by a hoax bomb threat at his home in New Lenox, Illinois. The incident, occurring amid escalating tensions between the White House and the Vatican, underscores the profound spiritual and moral bankruptcy of the post-conciliar structures and their entanglement with worldly powers.
The Theater of the Absurd: A “Pontiff” Without Authority
The article presents a spectacle worthy of the most decadent periods of Church history, though with a crucial difference: there is no true Pope, no true Church, and no true spiritual authority involved. The individual referred to as “Pope Leo XIV” is, in reality, Robert Prevost, a cardinal elevated by the apostate Bergoglio and subsequently elected by a conclave of manifest heretics and apostates. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope and head *ipso facto*, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church (*De Romano Pontifice*, II:30). The conciliar sect, having long since defected from the Catholic faith through its embrace of Modernism—condemned in *Lamentabili sane exitu* and *Pascendi Dominici gregis*—possesses no jurisdiction, no authority, and no capacity to bind or loose.
The very notion that this individual could be the “first American-born pontiff” is a grotesque parody of the papacy. The Church has never been, nor can she ever be, a tool of geopolitical strategy. Pius XI, in *Quas Primas*, declared that Christ’s kingdom is not of this world, and that the Church demands full freedom and independence from secular authority. The idea that Leo XIV’s election was a diplomatic maneuver to “deal with” Trump—as the latter absurdly claimed—reveals the utter confusion of the age, where the Vicar of Christ is reduced to a pawn in the games of temporal powers.
The Bomb Threat: A Symptom of Spiritual Decay
The bomb threat itself, while unsubstantiated, is emblematic of the chaos that reigns in a world that has rejected Christ the King. The article notes that the threat came just days after Trump criticized Leo XIV as “weak on crime” and “terrible for foreign policy.” This exchange between a secular ruler and a false pontiff is a vivid illustration of the prophetic warnings in *The Syllabus of Errors*, which condemned the idea that the Church should be separated from the State, and the State from the Church (Proposition 55). Pius IX warned that when God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states, the foundations of authority are destroyed, and society is shaken to its core.
The fact that Leo XIV’s brother Louis is described as “all MAGA” and that Trump prefers him to Leo is a damning indictment of the conciliar sect’s claim to spiritual authority. The “pope” is judged not by his fidelity to the Gospel, but by his alignment with political factions. This is the logical consequence of the conciliar revolution, which replaced the supernatural mission of the Church with naturalistic humanism and political activism.
The Silence on Supernatural Realities
The article is entirely silent on the only matter of true importance: the state of souls. There is no mention of the necessity of the true faith for salvation, no warning about the dangers of receiving sacraments in the conciliar sect, and no acknowledgment that the antipope and his followers are outside the Church. The bomb threat is treated as a mere security incident, devoid of any spiritual significance.
This silence is characteristic of the post-conciliar mentality, which has abandoned the supernatural for the temporal. As St. Pius X warned in *Lamentabili*, the Modernists reduce revelation to man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God (Proposition 20), and deny that the Church can pass judgment on opinions concerning human abilities (Proposition 5). The result is a Church that speaks only of peace, dialogue, and human rights, while remaining mute on the eternal truths that alone can save souls.
The Conciliar Sect’s Embrace of Worldly Powers
The article’s focus on Trump’s criticism of Leo XIV and the latter’s response—”I am not a politician, and I have no intention of entering into a debate with him”—exposes the conciliar sect’s pretense of spiritual neutrality. In reality, the antipope and his predecessors have consistently intervened in political affairs, promoting globalism, open borders, and the agenda of the United Nations, while remaining silent on the intrinsic evils of abortion, contraception, and sodomy.
Pius XI, in *Quas Primas*, insisted that rulers and governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him, and that the state must order its laws and administration on the basis of God’s commandments and Christian principles. The conciliar sect, by contrast, has embraced the separation of Church and State, the liberty of all forms of worship, and the propagation of indifferentism—all condemned in *The Syllabus of Errors* (Propositions 77-80).
Conclusion: The Triumph of Christ the King
The bomb threat against Leo XIV’s brother is a minor episode in the larger drama of the conciliar apostasy. It serves as a reminder that the structures occupying the Vatican are not the Church, but a paramasonic operation designed to undermine the faith and lead souls to perdition. The true Church endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests.
As Pius XI proclaimed, “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” (*Quas Primas*). The chaos of the present age is a consequence of the rejection of this truth. The remedy is not dialogue with heretics or accommodation to the world, but the restoration of the social reign of Christ the King and the return to immutable Tradition.
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Police reveal bomb threat at Chicago-area home of Pope Leo XIV’s brother (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 16.04.2026