The VaticanNews portal reports on May 17, 2026, that the usurper Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), during a Regina Caeli address, encouraged the “Laudato Si’ Movement” and all who work for an “integral ecology,” equating care for peace with care for life, while commemorating the 800th anniversary of St. Francis of Assisi’s death. The article presents this syncretistic agenda as legitimate Catholic teaching.
The Usurper’s Address: A Manifesto of Naturalistic Humanism
The article from the VaticanNews portal states that Leo XIV, occupying the Vatican as part of the post-conciliar anti-church, used the Regina Caeli to promote the “Laudato Si’ Movement.” This movement is a direct heir to the Masonic and modernist agenda of the previous usurper, Francis. The text explicitly quotes Leo XIV’s exhortation: “I encourage the members of the Laudato Si’ Movement and all those who work for an integral ecology to renew their commitment.”
This statement is not a call to supernatural virtue, but a political and environmentalist slogan. The concept of “integral ecology” is a modernist invention that reduces the Church’s mission to a secular, horizontal concern for the planet, completely ignoring the primary duty of the Church: the salvation of souls through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments.
The Hijacking of St. Francis: From Penance to Environmentalism
The article mentions that the address coincided with the 800th anniversary of the death of St. Francis of Assisi. Leo XIV is quoted as saying: “In this Jubilee Year of Saint Francis of Assisi, let us remember his message of peace with God, with our brothers and sisters, and with all creatures.”
This is a gross distortion of the Seraphic Saint’s legacy. St. Francis of Assisi was a radical penitent, a lover of poverty and the Cross, who received the Stigmata. His “peace” was the peace of Christ achieved through mortification and total adherence to the Holy Catholic Church. To invoke him in support of a UN-style environmentalist agenda is blasphemy. It transforms a saint of penance into a mascot for globalist “care for our common home,” a phrase lifted directly from pagan UN jargon.
The true message of St. Francis was one of contempt for the world (*contemptus mundi*) and total submission to the Vicar of Christ (as he understood it in his time), not collaboration with secular powers to manage the earth’s resources. The neo-church’s use of his name is a classic tactic of the enemy: using holy names to promote unholy, naturalistic ends.
Substitution of Supernatural Charity for Political Activism
The core of the usurper’s message, as presented in the article, is the equation: “Care for peace is care for life.”
In the true Catholic understanding, peace is the “tranquility of order” (St. Augustine), which can only exist when Christ the King reigns over individuals, families, and nations (Pius XI, *Quas Primas*). True peace is a consequence of the observance of God’s Law. The modernist concept of “peace” is a horizontal, worldly absence of conflict, achieved through dialogue and compromise with error.
By linking “peace” to “life” in the context of “integral ecology,” the message shifts the focus from the supernatural life of grace (which is eternal) to biological life (which is temporary). This is a form of the cult of man (*homo cultus*), where the preservation of physical existence and the environment becomes the supreme good, replacing the glory of God and the salvation of souls. This is the essence of the “culture of death” inverted: worshipping the creature rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25).
The Laudato Si’ Movement: A Vehicle for Globalist Syncretism
The article highlights the “Laudato Si’ Week” (May 17-24), celebrating the anniversary of Francis’ encyclical. This encyclical is a document steeped in modernism, promoting a “secularized ecology” that ignores the supernatural order and places man at the center of creation as its “guardian” rather than its steward under God.
The Laudato Si’ Movement is not a Catholic apostolate in the traditional sense; it is a platform for interfaith dialogue and collaboration with secular NGOs, UN agencies, and non-Catholic religions. Its goal is not the conversion of the world to Catholicism, but the “conversion” of Catholics to a globalist, pan-religious ethos. This is the “ecumenism of action” condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium, where unity is sought not in the Truth of Christ, but in common political and social goals.
Silence on the True Causes of War and Disorder
The article notes that Leo XIV “lamented that wars have caused progress in the field of care for creation to slow greatly in recent years.”
This is a staggering inversion of cause and effect. Wars and social upheaval are not caused by a lack of environmental care, but by sin and the rejection of God’s Law. As Pope Pius IX taught in the *Syllabus of Errors*, when God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states, the foundations of authority are destroyed, and society is shaken (*Ubi Arcano Dei Consilio*). The true cause of modern wars is the apostasy of nations from Christ the King and the machinations of secret societies (as warned by Pius IX in the *Syllabus*, errors 80).
The usurper’s lament is a diversion. It ignores the spiritual roots of conflict—pride, greed, and the rejection of divine authority—and instead offers a naturalistic, political solution: better environmental management. This is the “peace of the world” which the Church has always warned against, as it often comes at the expense of Truth and Justice.
The Neo-Church’s Abandonment of the Social Reign of Christ
The entire address is a testament to the neo-church’s complete abandonment of the doctrine of the Social Kingship of Christ. Pope Pius XI, in *Quas Primas*, clearly stated that the reign of Christ extends over all nations and that rulers have a duty to publicly honor and obey Him. The state must recognize the rights of God and the Church.
Leo XIV’s message contains no mention of the Kingship of Christ, the necessity of the Church’s social authority, or the duty of states to conform their laws to the divine law. Instead, it promotes a vague, humanitarian “peace” that is indistinguishable from the agenda of any secular globalist organization. This is the “abomination of desolation” (Matthew 24:15) — the replacement of the worship of the true God with a humanistic, naturalistic religion.
The Language of the Antichrist: “Care for Life” as Idolatry
The phrase “care for life” in this context is a euphemism for the worship of biological existence at the expense of the supernatural life of grace. It is a direct consequence of the modernist error condemned by St. Pius X in *Pascendi Dominici Gregis*, where the “vital immanence” of religious sentiment is prioritized over objective truth.
The true Church has always taught that “the just shall live by faith” (Habakkuk 2:4), and that life’s purpose is to know, love, and serve God in this world and be happy with Him forever in the next. The neo-church’s “care for life” is a form of idolatry, where the material world and human well-being become the ultimate end, replacing God Himself.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Usurper’s False Gospel
The address of Leo XIV, as reported by the VaticanNews portal, is not a message of hope, but a manifesto of the anti-church’s apostasy. It promotes a naturalistic, globalist agenda under the guise of Catholic teaching, hijacks the legacy of the saints for political ends, and completely ignores the supernatural mission of the Church.
The faithful must recognize this for what it is: a further step in the consolidation of the “Church of the New Advent,” a structure dedicated not to the salvation of souls, but to the advancement of a one-world religion and a globalist social order. The only response for true Catholics is to reject this false gospel, cling to the immutable Tradition of the Holy Catholic Church, and work for the restoration of Christ’s reign over all nations, as taught by the pre-conciliar Magisterium.
The “peace” offered by the usurper is the peace of the world, which is often the peace of the grave for the soul. True peace is found only in the Heart of Jesus, through the sacraments of the true Church, and in total submission to the divine will. *Non est pax impiis* (Isaiah 48:22) — “There is no peace for the wicked.”
Source:
Pope Leo: Care for peace is care for life (vaticannews.va)
Date: 17.05.2026