VaticanNews portal reports on the fourth leg of the apostate Robert Prevost’s — now styling himself “Leo XIV” — so-called “Apostolic Journey” through Africa, specifically his arrival in Equatorial Guinea on April 21, 2026. The article recounts his sentimental remembriscences about the heretic Jorge Mario Bergoglio (“Francis”), his naturalistic discussions with civil authorities about health and education infrastructure, his inauguration of a university campus named after himself, and his visit to a psychiatric hospital where he proclaimed that God “does not want us to remain sick forever.” The article is a masterclass in the conciliar sect’s reduction of the Catholic Faith to humanitarian activism, diplomatic niceties, and the cult of man — a grotesque parody of what a true successor of St. Peter would accomplish on the African continent, where millions of souls languish under the double yoke of modernist apostasy within the Church and the relentless advance of Islam and paganism.
The “Apostolic Journey” That Preaches Everything Except Christ the King
The very framing of this journey as “apostolic” is a blasphemous misnomer. A true apostolic journey, such as those undertaken by St. Paul, had one overriding purpose: to preach Jesus Christ and Him crucified (1 Cor. 2:2), to establish the Church, to administer the sacraments, to convert pagans and heretics, and to confirm the faith of the baptized. What does the article reveal about the activities of this usurper? Discussions about hospital construction, university inaugurations, diplomatic meetings with one of Africa’s longest-ruling dictators, and sentimental homilies about God’s mercy detached from the necessity of repentance and the sacramental order. This is not an apostolic journey; it is a humanitarian diplomatic tour dressed in ecclesiastical vestments — the very essence of the conciliar revolution’s substitution of the supernatural mission of the Church with naturalistic social activism.
The Cult of Bergoglio: Venerating a Heretic as a Model for the Church
Perhaps the most spiritually repugnant element of the entire article is the effusive praise lavished upon the apostate Jorge Mario Bergoglio. The article states that on the first anniversary of Bergoglio’s death, the antipope “expressed gratitude for the great gift of the late pontiff’s life for the Church” and “remembered his gestures of attention and closeness to the poor, the sick, children, and the elderly.” He further praised Bergoglio’s “promotion of universal fraternity” and his “message of mercy,” citing the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy of 2015.
Let us be absolutely clear: Bergoglio was a manifest heretic who systematically undermined Catholic doctrine on faith, morals, and worship throughout his twelve-year pontificate. His “Amoris Laetitia” opened the door to Communion for public adulterers. His “Fratelli Tutti” promoted the very “universal fraternity” — a Masonic concept — that Pius XI explicitly condemned as a rejection of the unique Kingship of Christ. His “Jubilee of Mercy” was not a true call to conversion and sacramental confession but a sentimental dissolution of the moral law in the name of “inclusivity.” The antipope Leo XIV’s veneration of this man is not merely poor judgment; it is a public declaration of solidarity with the modernist apostasy that has devastated the Church since 1958.
As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici gregis (1907), the Modernists “proceed to the extent of asserting that there is nothing in the sacred writings which is not subject to error” and that “the sacraments are merely intended to recall to man’s mind the ever-benevolent Creator” — propositions 20 and 41 of Lamentabili sane exitu, both condemned as heresy. Bergoglio’s entire pontificate was a living embodiment of these condemned propositions, and Leo XIV’s praise of him confirms beyond any doubt that the conciliar sect remains firmly in the grip of the “synthesis of all heresies” that is Modernism.
“Not by Proselytizing but by Witnessing”: The Death of the Missionary Mandate
The article quotes the antipope as saying that the new evangelization in Angola must proceed “not by proselytizing but by witnessing to the beauty of the faith,” adding that “the joy of believers is one of the best proclamations of the faith.” This statement is a direct repudiation of the Church’s missionary mandate as defined by Our Lord Himself: Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost (Matt. 28:19). The Latin word “proselytizing” has been deliberately demonized by the conciliar sect to silence the Church’s duty to convert all men to the Catholic Faith — the only true religion.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas (1925), declared without ambiguity: “The Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men… the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” He further stated that the Church’s mission is “to teach, govern, and lead all to eternal happiness, those who belong to the Kingdom of Christ.” The antipope’s rejection of proselytism is not humility; it is the heresy of religious indifferentism, condemned by Pope Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos (1832) and by Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (proposition 15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true”). In Africa, where Islam is expanding rapidly and where millions of souls have never heard the Gospel, this refusal to proselytize is not merely cowardice — it is a betrayal of the blood of the martyrs and of the Church’s divine commission.
Diplomacy with a Dictator: The Church Subservient to Temporal Powers
The article notes that the antipope held a “private meeting with President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the longest-serving president in Africa, who has been in office since 1979.” Rather than using this occasion to demand the release of political prisoners, the restoration of religious freedom, or the end of corruption, the antipope’s public remarks focused on the “exploitation of oil and mineral deposits,” “technological evolution,” “the safeguarding of creation,” “the rights of local communities,” and “the dignity of labor.”
These are the buzzwords of secular humanitarianism, not of Catholic social teaching. Where is the condemnation of sin? Where is the call to conversion? Where is the proclamation that Christ the King must reign over Equatorial Guinea and that all laws must conform to the divine law? The antipope’s speech could have been delivered at any United Nations conference by any secular diplomat — it is devoid of any specifically Catholic content.
Pius IX, in the Syllabus of Errors, condemned the proposition that “the Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (proposition 55) and that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (proposition 80). The conciliar sect’s entire diplomatic posture — its refusal to assert the Church’s spiritual sovereignty and the Kingship of Christ over nations — is a direct implementation of these condemned propositions. The antipope does not come as the Vicar of Christ to admonish a dictator; he comes as a supplicant to the court of Caesar, begging for crumbs of humanitarian concern.
The University Campus Named After Himself: The Cult of the Papal Person
The article reports that the antipope “inaugurated the National University’s León XIV Campus, which was named in his honor.” The effrontery of this act is staggering. A man who occupies the Chair of Peter illegitimately — a man who has never been validly elected, who professes heresy, and who leads the conciliar sect — has a university campus named after him, and he accepts this honor with gratitude.
The antipope’s remarks on the occasion are revealing: he called the inauguration “an act of trust in human beings” and “an affirmation of the fact that it is worth the effort to continue wagering on the formation of new generations.” This is the religion of man — the “cult of man” that Pius XI identified as the ultimate fruit of secularism. Where is the acknowledgment that all education must be ordered toward the knowledge and love of God? Where is the recognition that the university must be founded on the truths of the Catholic Faith, as defined by the ecumenical councils and the perennial Magisterium? The antipope speaks of “seeking the truth” without specifying that Truth is a Person — Jesus Christ — and that all knowledge must be subordinated to divine revelation.
The Psychiatric Hospital Visit: Mercy Without the Cross
The visit to the Jean Pierre Olie Psychiatric Hospital is perhaps the most revealing episode of the entire journey. The antipope declared: “God loves us just as we are, but he does not intend for us to stay that way! No, God does not want us to remain sick forever but rather, he wants to heal us!” He further described the hospital as “a place where a person is welcomed just as they are and respected in their frailty.”
While these sentiments may sound compassionate, they are profoundly un-Catholic in their formulation. The Catholic Faith teaches that God loves us as sinners, but precisely because He loves us, He calls us to repentance, to the mortification of the flesh, to the carrying of the cross, and to the pursuit of sanctity — not merely to physical or psychological “healing.” The antipope’s message omits entirely the reality of sin, the necessity of grace, the redemptive value of suffering united to the Cross of Christ, and the ultimate healing that comes only through the sacraments — particularly Confession and the Holy Eucharist.
St. Paul wrote: We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumbling block, and unto the Gentiles foolishness (1 Cor. 1:23). The antipope preaches a Christ who merely “wants to heal us” — a therapeutic deity stripped of His justice, His holiness, and His demand for conversion. This is the “dogmaless Christianity” that the Holy Office under St. Pius X condemned in proposition 65 of Lamentabili sane exitu: “Contemporary Catholicism cannot be reconciled with true knowledge without transforming it into a certain dogmaless Christianity, that is, into a broad and liberal Protestantism.”
The Silence That Condemns: What Is Entirely Absent
The most damning aspect of this article is not what it says, but what it omits entirely. There is no mention of:
- The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass — Was the Traditional Latin Mass offered for the people of Equatorial Guinea? Or was the Novus Ordo “assembly table” celebrated, with its Protestantized rubrics and its denial of the propitiatory nature of the sacrifice?
- The Sacrament of Confession — Did the antipope call the faithful to sacramental confession, the only means by which sins are truly forgiven?
- The Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist — Was there any act of Eucharistic adoration, any acknowledgment that Christ is truly, really, and substantially present under the species of bread and wine?
- The Kingship of Christ over Equatorial Guinea — Did the antipope demand that the nation recognize Christ the King and conform its laws to the divine law?
- The condemnation of Islam, paganism, and false religions — Did the antipope preach that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church, or did he continue the conciliar sect’s false ecumenism and religious indifferentism?
- The necessity of conversion to the Catholic Faith — Did the antipope call the people of Equatorial Guinea to baptism and incorporation into the Mystical Body of Christ?
The silence on all of these matters is deafening and damning. It confirms that the conciliar sect has abandoned the supernatural mission of the Church and replaced it with a naturalistic humanitarianism that is indistinguishable from the programs of secular NGOs.
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation Continues Its Parade
This “Apostolic Journey” to Africa is not an apostolic journey at all. It is a propaganda exercise designed to project the image of the conciliar sect as a benevolent, humanitarian institution concerned with health, education, and social justice — while systematically refusing to preach the Gospel, offer the true Mass, administer the sacraments, or assert the Kingship of Christ over nations. The antipope Leo XIV, like his predecessors John XXIII, Paul VI, John Paul I, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Bergoglio, is a servant of the world, not of Christ. His journey through Africa will not convert a single soul, will not sanctify a single people, and will not advance the Kingdom of God by one inch. It will, however, advance the agenda of the conciliar revolution: the replacement of the Catholic Church with a humanitarian shell that retains the name and vestments of Catholicism while emptying it of all supernatural content. The faithful who cling to the integral Catholic Faith — the Faith of all time, the Faith defined by the Council of Trent, the Faith proclaimed by the saints and martyrs — must reject this abomination utterly and pray for the restoration of the true Church and the true papacy, when God in His mercy wills it.
Source:
Day Nine in Africa: From Angola to Equatorial Guinea (vaticannews.va)
Date: 21.04.2026