EWTN News portal reports that researchers have named a newly discovered moth species “Pyralis papaleonei” — the “Pope Leo moth” — in honor of Robert Prevost, the current usurper of Peter’s throne who styles himself “Pope Leo XIV.” The entomologists openly stated that “the pontiff is a strong advocate of climate and environmental protection, and we hope that his voice may serve as an example for humanity.” This act of secular flattery directed at a manifest heretic and antipope reveals the complete capitulation of the conciliar sect to the globalist agenda of “integral ecology” — a concept rooted not in Catholic doctrine but in the pantheistic naturalism condemned by Pope Pius IX in the *Syllabus of Errors*.
The Usurper’s “Ecological Conversion”: A Heresy Wrapped in Green
The article quotes the antipope’s statement from a 2025 conference on climate justice: “It is only by returning to the heart that a true ecological conversion can take place. We must shift from collecting data to caring, and from environmental discourse to an ecological conversion that transforms both personal and communal lifestyles.” This language is not Catholic theology — it is the sentimental naturalism of the post-conciliar revolution, indistinguishable from the secular environmentalism condemned by the pre-1958 Magisterium. The concept of “ecological conversion” as presented by the conciliar structures has nothing to do with the conversion of souls to Jesus Christ, the confession of sins, reception of the sacraments, and the pursuit of sanctifying grace. It is, rather, a horizontal, man-centered ideology that replaces the supernatural order with a materialist cult of “Mother Earth.”
Pope Pius IX, in the *Syllabus of Errors* (1864), condemned the proposition that “the teaching of the Catholic Church is hostile to the well-being and interests of society” (Proposition 40) and that “the State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits” (Proposition 39). The entire framework of “integral ecology” as promoted by the conciliar sect presupposes precisely this: that the Church must subordinate her divine mission to the temporal agenda of international bodies, reducing the Gospel to a program of environmental activism. This is the abomination desolans — the desolation of the supernatural order by naturalism.
The Naming of a Moth: Symbolic Submission to the Conciliar Apostasy
The researchers’ decision to name a moth after the antipope is not merely a trivial curiosity — it is a symbolic act that illuminates the spiritual condition of the age. The Tyrolean State Museum’s press release invokes Genesis 2, where Adam names the animals, and declares taxonomy to be “in the biblical sense, the oldest task of humankind.” Yet this appeal to Scripture is hollow and blasphemous when directed at a man who, by the very act of accepting the papacy within the conciliar structure, has placed himself outside the true Church. To honor a manifest heretic with such a gesture is to participate in the systematic legitimization of the post-conciliar apostasy.
The article notes that within the *Pyralis* genus, species have been named after “high secular or ecclesiastical offices” — *Pyralis regalis* (royal), *Pyralis imperialis*, *Pyralis princeps*, and *Pyralis cardinalis*. The addition of *Pyralis papaleonei* to this list places the usurper alongside emperors and kings, reinforcing the cult of personality that the conciliar revolution has erected in place of the Catholic faith. This is the cultus hominis — the worship of man — condemned by every pope who defended the social reign of Christ the King.
Pius XI, in *Quas Primas* (1925), proclaimed with unmistakable clarity: “The Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men… His reign 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 antipope’s “ecological conversion” is a direct repudiation of this teaching, replacing the universal kingship of Christ with a globalist environmental agenda that serves the interests of the powers of this world.
The Biodiversity Crisis: A False Gospel
The article quotes Huemer, head of studies at the Tyrolean State Museum: “We are facing a global biodiversity crisis, yet only a fraction of the world’s species has been scientifically documented. Effective conservation of biodiversity requires that species are first recognized, described, and named.” While the study of creation is not inherently contrary to the faith — indeed, the natural sciences rightly investigate the works of God — the elevation of “biodiversity conservation” to a quasi-religious imperative is a hallmark of the modernist mentality. The conciliar sect has replaced the supernatural end of man — the Beatific Vision — with a materialist eschatology in which the salvation of the planet replaces the salvation of souls.
This is precisely the error condemned by St. Pius X in *Lamentabili sane exitu* (1907), where he rejected the proposition that “the progress of sciences requires a reform of the concept of Christian doctrine concerning God, creation, Revelation, the Person of the Incarnate Word, and Redemption” (Proposition 64). The “biodiversity crisis” is being used as a lever to demand precisely such a reform — a transformation of Catholic doctrine to accommodate the priorities of secular environmentalism. The moth *Pyralis papaleonei* is not merely a scientific specimen; it is a symbol of the conciliar sect’s surrender to the spirit of the age.
The Silence About the True Danger
What the article omits is far more significant than what it states. There is no mention of the true crisis facing the Church: the systematic destruction of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the suppression of the sacraments, the propagation of heresy from the highest levels of the conciliar hierarchy, and the apostasy of entire nations that were once Catholic. While researchers name moths after an antipope, the true Church — the Church of all ages, the Church that produced the martyrs and the Doctors, the Church that built Christendom — is abandoned and persecuted by the very structures that occupy the Vatican.
St. Pius X, in *Pascendi Dominici gregis* (1907), warned that the Modernists — the “enemies within” — would seek to transform the Church from within, replacing supernatural faith with a naturalistic religion of “experience” and “progress.” The conciliar sect’s embrace of “integral ecology” is the fulfillment of this prophecy. The moth named after the usurper is a fitting emblem of an institution that has exchanged the glory of the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary for the worship of creation — a moth, drawn to the flame, consumed by it.
The faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith must reject this entire framework. The social reign of Christ the King demands that every aspect of human life — including the natural sciences — be ordered toward the supernatural end of the salvation of souls and the glory of God. To name a creature of God after a manifest heretic and apostate, and to invoke this act in the service of a globalist environmental agenda, is not science — it is idolatry. Non serviam — the cry of Lucifer — echoes through the halls of the conciliar structures, where the usurper sits upon the throne of Peter and the faithful are called not to conversion to Christ, but to “ecological conversion” — that is, to the worship of the creature rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25).
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Researchers name moth species after Pope Leo XIV (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 06.05.2026