EWTN News reports that the International Association of Exorcists (AIE) has issued a statement praising the “courage” of the antipope Leo XIV in his calls for “unarmed and disarming peace” amid global conflicts, proposing spiritual means such as Eucharistic adoration, the rosary, fasting, and works of mercy as tools for peace. The statement frames peace as liberation from sin and the devil’s influence, yet conspicuously omits the only true foundation of peace: the social reign of Christ the King over nations and the necessity of Catholic evangelization for genuine reconciliation.
Exorcists’ “Peace” Obeys the Antipope and Abandons Christ the King
The International Association of Exorcists (AIE), a body operating within the conciliar sect, has issued a statement lauding the antipope Leo XIV’s calls for “unarmed and disarming peace” in the face of global conflicts, including wars in Iran, the Holy Land, Ukraine, and Africa. The exorcists propose “spiritual means” such as Eucharistic adoration, the rosary, fasting, and works of mercy to achieve this peace, framing it as inseparable from liberation from sin and the devil’s action. While acknowledging the reality of evil and human free will, the statement aligns itself with the post-conciliar narrative of dialogue and reconciliation rooted in naturalistic humanism rather than the supernatural order of Christ’s social kingship.
Submission to the Usurper and the Conciliar Apostasy
The AIE’s declaration, titled “The Courage of Pope Leo,” explicitly renews “filial closeness and support for Pope Leo IV in the universal mission of justice and peace that belongs to the Church by mandate of its Divine Founder.” This is a direct act of recognition and obedience to a manifest heretic and usurper of the Chair of St. Peter. As established by St. Robert Bellarmine in De Romano Pontifice, a manifest heretic ipso facto ceases to be Pope and head, losing all jurisdiction even before any declaratory sentence by the Church. The antipope Leo IV, like his predecessors from John XXIII onward, has publicly embraced and propagated the errors of Modernism, false ecumenism, and religious liberty condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium. By pledging allegiance to him, the AIE demonstrates its own complicity in the conciliar revolution and its rejection of the true Church’s authority.
The exorcists praise Leo IV’s “firm condemnation of all war and his heartfelt appeals for dialogue.” This language is characteristic of the post-conciliar obsession with “dialogue” and “peace” as ends in themselves, divorced from the necessary conditions for true peace. Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, unequivocally stated: “The hope of lasting peace will not yet shine upon nations as long as individuals and states renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.” The AIE’s statement, by focusing solely on internal spiritual states and interpersonal forgiveness while ignoring the duty of nations to publicly acknowledge Christ’s kingship, perpetuates the very error that Pius XI identified as the root cause of societal discord: the removal of Jesus Christ and His law from public life.
The Naturalistic Reduction of Peace and Spiritual Combat
The AIE’s proposed means for achieving peace—Eucharistic adoration, the rosary, fasting, and works of mercy—are presented in a vacuum, stripped of their proper supernatural context. While these practices are indeed efficacious when performed in the state of grace within the true Church, the statement reduces them to generic spiritual techniques devoid of the necessary doctrinal foundation. The exorcists assert that “authentic peace is inseparable from liberation from sin and from the action of the evil one,” yet they fail to mention that the primary liberation from sin comes through the sacraments of the true Church, particularly Baptism and Confession, administered by validly ordained priests in communion with the true Pope.
Furthermore, the statement’s emphasis on “beginning from within our hearts, our families, and our communities” reflects the modernist tendency to interiorize and privatize faith, ignoring the social reign of Christ. Pius XI taught that Christ’s kingdom “encompasses all men” and that “men united in societies are no less subject to the authority of Christ than individuals.” The AIE’s omission of any call for rulers and states to publicly honor Christ and obey His commandments reveals a profound theological deficiency. It reduces the Church’s mission to a vague promotion of “justice and peace” rather than the proclamation of Christ the King and the conversion of nations to the Catholic faith.
The invocation of the Virgin Mary as “Queen of Peace” is similarly co-opted. While Mary is indeed the mediatrix of all graces and the queen of heaven, her intercession is sought within the context of the true Church and the triumph of her Immaculate Heart, which includes the consecration of Russia to her Immaculate Heart by the true Pope in union with all the bishops of the world—a demand explicitly rejected and ignored by the conciliar sect.
The Devil’s “Prince of This World” and the Omission of Modernism
The AIE correctly identifies the devil as the “prince of this world” and the “father of lies,” yet it fails to recognize that the greatest triumph of the evil one in our time is the Modernist apostasy within the Church itself. St. Pius X, in his encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis, warned that the Modernists are the “most dangerous enemies of the Church” because they work from within, corrupting the faith under the guise of scholarship and pastoral concern. The conciar sect, with its false ecumenism, religious liberty, and the Novus Ordo Missae, is the very embodiment of this Modernist revolution.
The exorcists’ focus on external threats like war and terrorism, while neglecting the far greater danger of apostasy within the structures occupying the Vatican, is a textbook example of the diversion condemned in the False Fatima Apparitions document. Just as the Fatima message is accused of diverting attention from modernism by focusing on communism, the AIE’s statement directs the faithful’s gaze outward to geopolitical conflicts while ignoring the spiritual catastrophe unfolding within the conciliar institution. This selective blindness is not accidental; it is a symptom of the systemic corruption that has infected the post-conciliar hierarchy.
The statement’s call for “mutual forgiveness and authentic reconciliation with all” is particularly insidious. True reconciliation can only occur through conversion to the Catholic faith and the rejection of heresy. The conciar sect’s practice of “reconciliation” with heretics, schismatics, and adherents of false religions is not genuine reconciliation but a betrayal of the truth. As the Syllabus of Errors of Pope Pius IX condemns: “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church” (Proposition 18). The AIE’s language of “reconciliation” aligns itself with this condemned proposition, further demonstrating its adherence to the conciar apostasy.
The Illusion of Spiritual Combat Outside the True Church
The AIE’s assertion that “spiritual combat is an intrinsic part of the Church’s journey through history” is true in principle, but it is rendered meaningless when divorced from the true Church. Spiritual combat is not merely about individual liberation from personal sin or even demonic influence; it is about the defense and propagation of the Catholic faith against all enemies, both external and internal. The greatest battle today is not against geopolitical conflicts but against the Modernist heresy that has usurped the Vatican and corrupted the Church’s hierarchy.
By operating within the conciar structure and recognizing the antipope Leo IV as the “Holy Father,” the AIE has effectively sided with the forces of apostasy. Its exorcisms, even if performed with valid rites, lack the full authority and efficacy they would possess if performed in communion with the true Pope and the true Church. The Defense of Sedevacantism document makes clear that a manifest heretic cannot be Pope, and thus the structures he controls are devoid of true jurisdiction. The AIE’s activities, however well-intentioned, are ultimately in service of a false church and a false peace.
The exorcists’ invocation of Mary’s intercession to “enlighten the leaders of peoples and nations” is futile as long as those leaders and the exorcists themselves refuse to acknowledge the social reign of her Son. True peace will only come when Christ is recognized as King by all nations and when the Catholic Church is purified of the Modernist heresy that now dominates its usurped structures. Until then, any call for “peace” that does not include the proclamation of Christ the King and the condemnation of the conciar apostasy is nothing but a hollow echo of the world’s lies.
Conclusion: A Call to True Spiritual Combat
The AIE’s statement is a poignant example of how even those engaged in spiritual combat can be co-opted by the conciar system. By praising the antipope Leo IV and promoting a vision of peace divorced from the social reign of Christ, the exorcists have revealed their own captivity to the Modernist narrative. Their proposed spiritual means, while valuable in themselves, are rendered sterile by their separation from the true Church and the true Pope.
The faithful must reject this false peace and the false exorcists who promote it. True spiritual combat requires unwavering loyalty to the integral Catholic faith, rejection of the conciar usurpers, and the courageous proclamation of Christ the King over all nations. As Pius XI declared: “The entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” Only when this truth is restored to its rightful place in the Church and in society will true peace be possible. Until then, the faithful must pray for the destruction of Modernism, the conversion of the usurpers, and the restoration of the true Church, even if it means enduring the tribulations of the present age without the false comfort of the conciar structures.
TAGS: Antichurch, Pope Leo XIV, International Association of Exorcists, Modernism, Christ the King, Spiritual Combat, False Peace, Conciliar Apostasy, Sedevacantism, Quas Primas
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Exorcists praise Pope Leo’s courage, propose spiritual means to achieve peace (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 30.04.2026