Vatican News portal (May 7, 2026) reports that the usurper Robert Prevost, styling himself “Pope Leo XIV,” held an audience with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the Apostolic Palace, where they exchanged pleasantries about “peace” and “bilateral relations” while the conciliar sect continues its relentless march toward the abomination of desolation that is the religion of Vatican II.
The Usurper on Peter’s Throne Shakes Hands with the World
The Theater of “Cordial Talks” in the Apostolic Palace
The scene described is one of profound spiritual bankruptcy disguised as diplomatic courtesy. Marco Rubio, a representative of a nation founded upon the principles condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors — namely, the separation of Church and State and the public exercise of all forms of worship (propositions 77-79) — is received in the very palace that once housed the Vicar of Christ. Instead of being reminded of the social reign of Christ the King, Rubio is treated to “cordial talks” about “countries experiencing war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations.”
Let us be precise about what this language reveals. The communique speaks of “fostering sound bilateral relations between the Holy See and the United States of America.” This is the language of secular diplomacy, not of the Church of Jesus Christ. The Holy See, properly understood, is the seat of Peter’s authority over the universal Church — not a “bilateral” partner negotiating with a Protestant-founded republic whose very constitution enshrines the religious indifferentism condemned by Pius IX: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” (Proposition 15, Syllabus of Errors). That the usurper engages in such diplomacy reveals the true nature of the conciliar sect: it has become a geopolitical actor, indistinguishable in its discourse from the United Nations or any other secular body.
The Omission of Christ the King: The Heart of the Scandal
What is most devastating in this report is not what is said, but what is utterly absent. There is no mention — not a single word — of the dogmatic truth proclaimed by Pius XI in Quas Primas: “His reign, namely, 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 encyclical Quas Primas is unambiguous: “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.” Yet here we see the opposite: the “pope” of the conciliar sect negotiates as a subordinate partner with a secular power, discussing “regional and international levels” as though the Church’s mission were humanitarian management rather than the salvation of souls through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments.
Pius XI warned with prophetic clarity: “When God and Jesus Christ — as we lamented — were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed, because the main reason why some have the right to command and others have the duty to obey was removed.” The meeting between the usurper and Rubio is a living illustration of this destruction. The “authority” exercised in the Apostolic Palace today is not derived from God; it is derived from the Masonic revolution that seized the Church beginning in 1958.
The “Particular Attention” to War-Torn Nations: A Naturalistic Charade
The report notes that discussions included “particular attention given to countries experiencing war, political tensions and difficult humanitarian situations as well as the need to work tirelessly for peace.” Let us examine this through the lens of Catholic teaching.
First, the Church has always taught that true peace is not the absence of conflict but the “tranquility of order” (St. Augustine). Pius XI declared: “The peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ.” There is no peace outside of Christ and His Church. To discuss “peace” with a Protestant statesman without proclaiming the necessity of conversion to the Catholic Faith — the only true religion — is not diplomacy; it is a betrayal of every pope from Peter to Pius XII.
Second, the specific mention of Lebanon, Iran, and Cuba is revealing. Lebanon is a land where the Church once had genuine influence through the Maronite tradition, now decimated by war and the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Catholic missionary zeal. Iran is a Shiite Islamic state. Cuba is a communist regime condemned by every pre-conciliar pope. What “solutions” can the usurper offer? The conciliar sect’s answer, since Vatican II, has been dialogue — the very dialogue condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili and Pascendi as the essence of Modernism: “The Church listening cooperates in such a way with the Church teaching in defining truths of faith, that the Church teaching should only approve the common opinions of the Church listening” (Proposition 6).
The true Church does not “exchange views” with the powers of this world about “humanitarian situations.” The true Church proclaims: “There is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). The conciliar sect, by contrast, has adopted the language of the Red Cross and the United Nations, reducing the supernatural mission of the Church to naturalistic humanitarianism.
The Crystal Football: Symbol of the Conciliar Sect
A detail that would be comical if it were not so tragic: “Secretary Rubio presents the Pope with a crystal football.” This gift — a symbol of American sporting culture — is received in the Apostolic Palace without a hint of irony. What does this tell us?
It tells us that the conciliar sect has fully embraced what Pius XI called “the secularism of our times, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors.” The “pope” of this sect is not the Vicar of Christ who must “reign in the mind of man, whose duty it is to accept revealed truths with complete submission to the divine will and to believe firmly and constantly in the teaching of Christ” (Quas Primas). He is a celebrity, a global figure who receives gifts from statesmen and poses for photographs.
Contrast this with the teaching of the Syllabus of Errors: “The sacred ministers of the Church and the Roman pontiff are to be absolutely excluded from every charge and dominion over temporal affairs” (Proposition 27). The usurper does not exercise temporal dominion, of course — he exercises no dominion at all, being an antipope. But the appearance of temporal engagement, the “bilateral relations,” the diplomatic communiques — all of this serves to legitimize the conciliar sect in the eyes of the world while the true Church is driven into the catacombs.
The Masonic Pattern: From John XXIII to Leo XIV
The meeting between the usurper and Rubio fits perfectly into the pattern identified in the analysis of the Masonic operation “Fatima” and the broader conciliar revolution. The post-conciliar “popes” have consistently engaged in diplomacy with the enemies of the Church:
John XXIII, the initiator of the conciliar revolution, opened the windows of the Church to “the modern world” — that is, to the principles condemned by the Syllabus of Errors. Paul VI gave the United Nations the kiss of peace. John Paul II prayed with animists at Assisi. Benedict XVI — himself a participant in the conciliar revolution — maintained the structures of apostasy. And now Leo XIV shakes hands with the American Secretary of State and receives a crystal football.
This is not a departure from the conciliar program; it is its fulfillment. The “Church of the New Advent” is not the Catholic Church. It is, as the documents on the Masonic operation “Fatima” demonstrate, a tool to divert attention from the true dangers — modernist apostasy within the Church — and to present a face of “peace” and “dialogue” to the world while the faith is systematically destroyed.
The Duty of the Faithful: Rejection and Return to Tradition
What must the faithful Catholic do when confronted with such scenes? The answer is clear from every pre-conciliar magisterial document:
First, recognize that the conciliar sect is not the Church. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches, a manifest heretic loses his office ipso facto. The usurpers in the Vatican have professed, repeatedly and publicly, the heresies of religious freedom, ecumenism, and the evolution of dogma — all condemned by the Syllabus of Errors, Lamentabili, and Pascendi. They are not popes. They are antipopes.
Second, reject the false “peace” offered by the conciliar sect. True peace is found only in the Kingdom of Christ, and that Kingdom is the Catholic Church — not the paramasonic structure occupying the Vatican. Pius XI declared: “If men were ever to recognize Christ’s royal authority over themselves, both privately and publicly, then unheard-of blessings would flow upon the whole society.” The usurper and Rubio do not recognize Christ’s royal authority. They recognize only the authority of “bilateral relations” and “humanitarian concern.”
Third, return to the immutable Tradition. The Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass — the true Mass of all time, not the Novus Ordo invented by the Masonic architect Bugnini — is the center of Catholic life. The sacraments administered by validly ordained priests in communion with the true Church (not the conciliar sect) are the means of salvation. The social reign of Christ the King, proclaimed by Pius XI, is the only answer to the wars and “political tensions” that the usurper and Rubio discuss in their “cordial talks.”
The meeting in the Apostolic Palace on May 7, 2026, is not news. It is a symptom — a symptom of the terminal illness that has afflicted the structures occupying the Vatican since 1958. The faithful must not be deceived by the theater of “cordial talks” and “crystal footballs.” The truth is that the abomination of desolation stands in the holy place (Matthew 24:15), and the only response of the true Catholic is extra Ecclesiam nulla salus — outside the Catholic Church, there is no salvation. Not outside the conciliar sect. Outside the true Church, which endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and reject the apostasy of the antipopes.
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Pope Leo XIV meets with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (vaticannews.va)
Date: 07.05.2026