EWTN News reports that “Pope” Leo XIV is scheduled to visit the port of Arguineguín on Gran Canaria Island, Spain, on June 11. This location, dubbed the “pier of shame,” was the site of a major migrant influx in 2020, where over 2,600 people were held in “inhumane conditions.” The visit aims to “highlight the plight of migrants” and the “Christian duty to help them,” featuring testimonies from migrants, a floral wreath cast into the sea for victims, and the blessing of an image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and a cross made from migrant boat wood. Father Adrián Sosa Nuez, a local priest, described the 2020 crisis as a “major traumatic experience” and recalled how “Pope Francis had recently published Fratelli Tutti, and it was truly providential. It helped us greatly in raising awareness across all social strata that, as Christians, not everything is negotiable and that we had a duty to help these people.” The article also mentions Caritas’s extensive work in assisting migrants, stepping in “when government assistance fails to reach them.” This entire spectacle is a calculated move by the conciliar sect to advance its naturalist humanitarian agenda, displacing the true Gospel of salvation with a gospel of social work and borderless compassion, all while ignoring the spiritual ruin of nations and the eternal souls of men.
The Neo-Church’s Carnival of Naturalist Humanism
The “pier of shame” visit by the usurper Leo XIV is not an act of true Christian charity, but a meticulously staged performance by the post-conciliar sect to advance its core tenet: the idolatry of man and the reduction of the Church’s mission to mere humanitarianism. This spectacle, reeking of naturalism, stands in stark contrast to the Church’s divine mandate to “teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19).
The article describes the “inhumane conditions” faced by migrants and the “traumatic experience” of their journey, focusing exclusively on their physical suffering and material needs. While genuine compassion for the suffering is a natural virtue, the Church’s primary concern is always the eternal salvation of souls. Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, unequivocally states that Christ’s kingdom “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 non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” The neo-church, however, consistently omits this spiritual dimension, reducing the “Christian duty” to a vague, secularized “help” that prioritizes earthly comfort over the peril of eternal damnation.
The Fratelli Tutti Heresy: A “Providential” Blueprint for Apostasy
The most damning evidence of the conciliar sect’s theological bankruptcy comes from Father Adrián Sosa Nuez himself, who explicitly credits “Pope Francis’s” encyclical Fratelli Tutti as “truly providential” in raising awareness about the “Christian duty to help these people.” This statement is a direct indictment of the modernist agenda, as Fratelli Tutti is a document steeped in religious indifferentism and the denial of the Church’s exclusive claim to truth.
Pius IX, in his Syllabus of Errors, condemned the very premise underlying such “universal fraternity”:
16. Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation, and arrive at eternal salvation.
17. Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ.
18. Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church.
The “duty to help” proclaimed by the neo-church is not rooted in the supernatural charity that seeks the conversion of souls to the one true Faith, but in a naturalistic humanism that treats all men as brothers regardless of their belief or lack thereof. This is the “pest of indifferentism” that Pius IX so vehemently condemned, a direct fruit of the modernist “evolution of dogmas” and the “democratization of the Church” initiated by John XXIII and his successors. The Church has always taught that “there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12), a truth consistently obscured by the conciliar sect’s emphasis on a vague, borderless “fraternity.”
The “Pier of Shame” as a Symbol of Conciliar Failure
The “pier of shame” itself, while a tragic symbol of human suffering, becomes, in the hands of the neo-church, a stage for its own brand of spiritual failure. The article highlights the “triple failure: that of the migrant reception system, that of respect for human rights, and, ultimately, that of human dignity.” What it utterly fails to mention is the ultimate failure: the failure of nations to uphold God’s law and the Church’s divine mission.
Pius IX, in his Syllabus, clearly articulated the errors that lead to such societal breakdowns:
39. The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits.
44. The civil authority may interfere in matters relating to religion, morality and spiritual government: hence, it can pass judgment on the instructions issued for the guidance of consciences, conformably with their mission, by the pastors of the Church.
55. The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church.
The uncontrolled migration, the “inhumane conditions,” and the “shame” are direct consequences of secular states rejecting Christ’s Kingship and the Church’s moral authority. The neo-church, rather than calling for the conversion of nations and the establishment of Christ’s social kingdom, merely offers palliative “humanitarian” aid, effectively enabling the very conditions it laments. It is a “schism within a schism,” perpetuating the errors of the post-conciliar revolution while feigning concern for the temporal welfare of men.
The Cult of Relativism and the Denial of Spiritual Authority
The article’s focus on “human rights” and “human dignity” without any reference to the divine law or the spiritual authority of the Church is a hallmark of modernist thought. Pius X, in Lamentabili Sane Exitu, condemned propositions that undermine the Church’s authority and the supernatural order:
20. Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God.
22. The dogmas which the Church proposes as revealed are not truths of divine origin but are a certain interpretation of religious facts, which the human mind has worked out with great effort.
57. The Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences.
The “pier of shame” event, with its emphasis on “testimonies” and “human faces,” is a classic example of the modernist “cult of man,” where subjective experience and naturalistic empathy replace objective truth and supernatural charity. The Church’s mission is not to merely “accompany” migrants in their earthly journey, but to lead them to baptism and eternal salvation. The neo-church’s silence on this fundamental duty reveals its true nature: a humanitarian NGO masquerading as the Mystical Body of Christ.
The blessing of the image of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and the cross made from migrant boat wood, while superficially Catholic, becomes in this context another act of syncretism, where religious symbols are emptied of their supernatural meaning and repurposed for a secular agenda. The cross, the instrument of our salvation, is reduced to a symbol of earthly suffering and a call for temporal aid, rather than a reminder of Christ’s redemptive sacrifice and the necessity of conversion.
The Neo-Church’s Betrayal of True Catholic Charity
The article mentions Caritas stepping in “when government assistance fails to reach them,” portraying the conciliar structures as a benevolent force. However, true Catholic charity, as taught by the Church before 1958, is always ordered towards the salvation of souls and the glory of God. Pius XI, in Quas Primas, reminds us that “the state is happy not by one means, and man by another; for the state is nothing else than a harmonious association of men.” The neo-church’s “charity” is disordered, focusing solely on material needs while ignoring the spiritual peril of both the migrants and the host nations.
The Church has always advocated for just laws and ordered societies that reflect God’s law. The uncontrolled influx of migrants, often from non-Catholic cultures, poses significant challenges to the spiritual and social fabric of Christian nations. The true Church would call for the conversion of these individuals and the establishment of Catholic social order, not merely their “integration” into a secularized, modernist framework. The “pier of shame” event is a stark illustration of the neo-church’s abandonment of its prophetic role, choosing instead to be a chaplain to the world’s disorders rather than a beacon of divine truth.
In conclusion, the “pier of shame” visit by Leo XIV is not an act of Catholic witness, but a spectacle of modernist apostasy. It substitutes the supernatural charity of Christ with a naturalistic humanitarianism, promotes the errors of Fratelli Tutti, and ignores the spiritual dimensions of the crisis. It is a call to “hope for immigrants” that offers no hope for their eternal souls, a “Christian duty” divorced from the command to “teach all nations.” This event stands as another testament to the conciliar sect’s complete theological and spiritual bankruptcy, a “paramasonic structure” that has lost its way, leading countless souls astray under the guise of compassion.
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Pope to transform ‘pier of shame’ in Gran Canaria Island into hope for immigrants (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 29.05.2026