The article from the NCRegister portal (May 14, 2026) reports on Pope Leo XIV’s act of kneeling and touching the marble plaque in St. Peter’s Square, marking the spot where John Paul II was shot on May 13, 1981. The event occurred on the feast of Our Lady of Fatima, a date explicitly linked by John Paul II to his survival via the intercession of this Marian apparition. The article describes the act as a “welcome moment of remembrance and tribute,” a sign of Leo’s desire for reconciliation with those who felt Pope Francis had downplayed John Paul II’s legacy, and part of Leo’s broader theme of continuity with his predecessors. The article further details Leo’s other gestures honoring John Paul II, including his visit to Pompeii on the anniversary of his election and his references to John Paul’s teachings on the Rosary. This entire performance, steeped in the veneration of a false apparition and a heretical antipope, is not merely a pious act but a profound act of apostasy, a public endorsement of the very errors that have led the conciliar sect into spiritual ruin.
The Idolatry of “Our Lady of Fatima” and the Veneration of a Heretic
At the heart of this article lies the feast of “Our Lady of Fatima,” a date inextricably linked, as the article states, to John Paul II’s survival. The entire narrative is built upon the premise that this apparition is genuine and that John Paul II’s survival was due to its intercession. This is a foundational error. The “Fatima apparitions” are, as detailed in the provided file, a potential Masonic “psychological operation” against the Church, characterized by theological contradictions, logical inconsistencies, and a diversion from the true dangers of modernism. The message’s focus on external threats like communism, while ignoring the “enemies within” warned of by St. Pius X, is a hallmark of this deception. The “miracle of the sun” itself is dismissed as a “mass optical manipulation (natural phenomenon) and mass panic and autosuggestion.”
Furthermore, John Paul II, the very figure being honored, was a manifest heretic and apostate, as documented in the provided file. His teachings, actions, and “canonization” by the conciliar sect are invalid and scandalous. To attribute his survival to a false apparition, and then to venerate him for it, is not merely an error but a participation in idolatry. It is a public act of worship directed towards a false deity and a false saint, a direct violation of the First Commandment. As Pope Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, “The Church has not the power of defining dogmatically that the religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion” (Proposition 21) is condemned, yet the conciliar sect, by its very actions, promotes indifferentism and religious relativism, treating false apparitions and heretics as legitimate objects of veneration.
The “Reconciliation” of Apostates: A False Continuity
The article frames Leo’s gesture as a “desire for reconciliation” with those who felt Pope Francis had downplayed John Paul II. This “reconciliation” is not a healing of a wound but a further deepening of the apostasy. It is a reconciliation of errors, a unification of heresies. Leo’s theme of “continuity with his several predecessors” is not a return to true Catholic doctrine but a continuity of the conciliar revolution. As the provided file on sedevacantism argues, a manifest heretic loses his office automatically (ipso facto), and the line of usurpers begins with John XXIII. Therefore, any “continuity” with these figures is a continuity of error, not of truth.
Pope Leo’s act of kneeling at the plaque is not a gesture of piety but a public act of obedience to the conciliar narrative. It is a performance designed to legitimize the entire post-conciliar edifice, including the veneration of false apparitions and the “canonization” of heretics. This is not a healing of wounds but a reopening of the festering sore of modernism. As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, “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) is condemned, yet the conciliar sect, by its very existence and actions, embodies this condemned proposition.
The John Paul II Institute: A Symbol of Doctrinal Subversion
The article mentions the “dismantling of the John Paul II Institute in Rome by Pope Francis” and Leo’s subsequent replacement of its head, Archbishop Vicenzo Paglia, as a step towards “concrete restorations.” This institute, originally founded to promote John Paul II’s “personalist theology of marriage,” including his “theology of the body,” was redirected by Francis to follow Amoris Laetitia, a document that, as the article notes, many scholars argued was at odds with John Paul’s own teaching on civil-divorce-and-remarriage. This “dismantling” is not a correction but a further subversion of whatever remnants of Catholic teaching might have lingered within the conciliar structures.
The “restoration” Leo is contemplating is not a return to true Catholic doctrine but a restoration of the pre-Francis status quo of the conciliar sect. It is a restoration of the errors of John Paul II, not the errors of Francis. Both are heretics, both are antipopes, and both represent different facets of the same modernist revolution. To hope for a “restoration” of John Paul II’s mission within the conciliar structures is to hope for the perpetuation of error. As Pope Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “The state must leave the same freedom to the members of Orders and Congregations, both male and female, who are indeed the most valiant helpers of the Pastors of the Church and contribute most to the expansion and establishment of Christ’s Kingdom.” The conciliar sect, by its actions, has shown itself to be an enemy of Christ’s Kingdom, not its servant.
The Cult of Man and the Denial of True Authority
The entire article is saturated with the cult of man, a core tenet of modernism. The focus is on John Paul II, his teachings, his legacy, and the feelings of his “ardent admirers.” The supernatural, the true mission of the Church, the salvation of souls, the reign of Christ the King – all are secondary to the human drama of papal succession and institutional politics. This is a direct manifestation of the errors condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane Exitu, where he condemns the proposition that “The Church, in condemning errors, has no right to require any internal assent from the faithful to the pronouncements issued by the Church” (Proposition 7). The conciliar sect, by its actions, has shown itself to be more concerned with human feelings and institutional loyalty than with the immutable truths of the Catholic faith.
Pope Leo’s gesture is not an act of true authority but an act of a usurper seeking to consolidate his power within a paramasonic structure. It is a performance designed to appease a particular faction within the conciliar sect, not an act of pastoral care for the true faithful. As Pope Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80) is condemned. Leo’s entire pontificate, as described in this article, is a living embodiment of this condemned proposition.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Conciliar Abomination
The act of Pope Leo XIV kneeling at the John Paul II plaque is not a moment of piety but a public act of apostasy. It is a veneration of a false apparition, a heretical antipope, and a conciliar system that has abandoned the true faith. It is a “reconciliation” of errors, a “continuity” of apostasy. The entire narrative is a testament to the spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar sect, which has replaced the worship of God with the worship of man, and the pursuit of truth with the pursuit of institutional survival.
The true faithful must reject this abomination. They must not be swayed by gestures of “reconciliation” or “continuity” within a system that is fundamentally opposed to the Catholic faith. As the provided file on “False Fatima Apparitions” concludes, “A call to reject Fatima and return to immutable Tradition.” This call extends to the entire conciliar edifice. 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. All else is “hidden or overt religious syncretism, idolatry, and Satanism.” Let us pray for the true restoration of the Church, not the restoration of errors within the conciliar sect.
Source:
Pope Leo’s Welcome Act of Remembrance and Tribute — and Reconciliation (ncregister.com)
Date: 14.05.2026