The National Catholic Register reports that the French Bishops’ Conference announced on May 6, 2026, that the usurper Robert Prevost, known as “Pope Leo XIV,” is expected to visit France in late September. The article, authored by Solène Tadié, frames this visit as a moment of spiritual renewal for France, the so-called “eldest daughter of the Church,” highlighting a rise in adult catechumens and the potential itinerary including Notre-Dame de Paris, Lourdes, and possibly Scy-Chazelles, the tomb of Robert Schuman, the “Father of Europe.” The piece is saturated with the language of the conciliar sect, presenting the visit as an opportunity for encouragement and dialogue, while conspicuously omitting any mention of the true state of the Church in France or the doctrinal bankruptcy of the post-conciliar usurpers. This announcement is not a pastoral initiative but a calculated move by the neo-church to legitimize its apostate agenda and further entrench the abomination of desolation in a nation already ravaged by secularism and modernist subversion.
The Theater of the Usurper: A Journey Through Apostasy
The announcement of the expected visit by Robert Prevost, the individual styling himself “Pope Leo XIV,” to France is a masterclass in the conciliar sect’s ability to simulate the outward forms of Catholicism while hollowing out its substance. The article from the National Catholic Register, a publication deeply embedded in the post-conciliar apparatus, presents this trip as a moment of spiritual significance, a chance for the “Church in France” to be “encouraged by his word.” This language is not merely optimistic; it is a deliberate obfuscation of reality. The “word” of a manifest heretic and apostate, one who has publicly endorsed the errors of Vatican II and its aftermath, is not a source of encouragement but a vector of spiritual poison. As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici gregis, the Modernists are “the most dangerous of all enemies of the Church” because they work from within, using the language of faith to destroy it.
The proposed itinerary itself is a roadmap of theological and spiritual bankruptcy. A visit to Notre-Dame de Paris, a cathedral that has become a symbol of the French Republic’s secularist ideology rather than a beacon of Catholic truth, is not a pilgrimage but a capitulation. The article notes that the visit would include Lourdes, a site of Marian apparitions that, while not explicitly condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium, has been co-opted by the neo-church to promote its false ecumenism and sentimental piety. The potential stop at Scy-Chazelles, the tomb of Robert Schuman, the “Father of Europe,” is perhaps the most revealing. Schuman, a key architect of the European Union, represents the very antithesis of the Social Kingship of Christ, a concept so powerfully articulated by Pius XI in Quas Primas. To venerate such a figure is to endorse the secular, Masonic project of European integration, which seeks to replace the City of God with the City of Man.
The Silence of the Shepherds: Omissions and Subtext
The article’s most damning feature is not what it says, but what it omits. There is no mention of the true state of the Church in France, a nation that has been a hotbed of modernist subversion since the French Revolution. The “eldest daughter of the Church” has long since apostatized, embracing the errors of liberalism, secularism, and religious indifferentism that Pius IX condemned in the Syllabus of Errors. The article’s reference to “aggressive laicité” is a euphemism for the systematic persecution of the Church by the French state, a persecution that the conciliar sect has not only failed to resist but has actively collaborated with. The rise in adult catechumens, while presented as a sign of renewal, is more likely a reflection of the neo-church’s success in marketing a diluted, naturalistic version of Christianity that poses no threat to the secular order.
The article’s tone is one of bureaucratic optimism, devoid of any supernatural perspective. There is no mention of the state of grace, the necessity of true conversion, or the reality of sin and judgment. The “encouragement” offered by the usurper is not the encouragement of the Holy Ghost but the encouragement of human respect and worldly accommodation. As St. Robert Bellarmine taught, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope and head, and his words and actions have no authority in the Church. The French bishops, by inviting this individual and preparing to welcome him, are not acting as shepherds but as wolves in sheep’s clothing, leading the faithful further into the wilderness of apostasy.
The Symptom of Systemic Apostasy
This announcement is not an isolated event but a symptom of the systemic apostasy that has consumed the conciliar sect since the death of Pius XII. The visit is designed to project an image of unity and vitality, to reassure the faithful that the “Church” is alive and well, even as it continues to hemorrhage members and credibility. It is a public relations exercise, a attempt to shore up the legitimacy of a structure that has lost all claim to be the true Church of Christ. The involvement of the French President, Emmanuel Macron, a known advocate of secularism and globalism, underscores the political nature of the visit. This is not a pastoral initiative but a diplomatic one, aimed at strengthening the ties between the neo-church and the secular powers that be.
The article’s reference to the “renewal of Catholicism in France” is a cruel irony. True renewal can only come through a return to the unchanging doctrine and discipline of the pre-conciliar Church, through the restoration of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, and through the rejection of the errors of Vatican II. The conciliar sect, with its false ecumenism, its religious liberty, and its cult of man, is incapable of bringing about any such renewal. It can only offer a counterfeit, a simulation of faith that leaves the souls of the faithful starving for the bread of life.
The Duty of the Faithful: Rejection and Resistance
The faithful are not called to pray for the success of this visit but to reject it utterly. They are called to resist the lies and deceptions of the conciliar sect, to hold fast to the integral Catholic faith, and to seek out the true sacraments and true doctrine wherever they may be found. The visit of the usurper to France is not a cause for hope but a call to vigilance. It is a reminder that the battle between the City of God and the City of Man is ongoing, and that the forces of darkness are marshaling their forces for a final assault on the remnants of true faith.
As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “The kingdom of Christ is not of this world, but it is in this world, and it must be recognized in this world.” The Social Kingship of Christ demands that all nations, including France, publicly acknowledge His authority and order their laws and institutions according to His commandments. The visit of the usurper is a denial of this kingship, a capitulation to the spirit of the age. The faithful must not be deceived by the outward pomp and ceremony. They must see it for what it is: a triumph of the Antichrist, a further step in the consolidation of the abomination of desolation in the holy place.
Source:
Pope Leo XIV Expected to Visit France in Late September, Bishops Announce (ncregister.com)
Date: 06.05.2026