VaticanNews portal reports on the upcoming fourth international apostolic journey of the usurper Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) to Spain, scheduled for June 6–12, 2026. The itinerary spans Madrid, Barcelona, and the Canary Islands, covering 2,500 kilometers and encompassing meetings with political institutions, cultural figures, youth, and migrants. The Director of the Holy See Press Office, Matteo Bruni, outlined themes including peace, disarmament, unity, youth, culture, new technologies, and migration, while emphasizing the Church’s role in public debate. The article presents this journey as an encounter with Spain’s Christian heritage and a sign of encouragement for a Church that “still has much to say.” This entire enterprise is nothing but a theatrical display of the conciliar sect’s apostate agenda, devoid of any supernatural substance, designed to advance the very errors condemned by the true Magisterium of the Church.
The Usurper’s Itinerary: A Map of Modernist Priorities
The journey of Leo XIV to Spain is presented as a pilgrimage, but a pilgrimage to what end? Not to the salvation of souls through the preaching of the integral Catholic faith, but to the advancement of the very errors that have brought the Church to her present ruin. The itinerary itself reveals the priorities of the conciliar sect: political institutions, cultural centers, and the “peripheries” of human misery—all addressed through the lens of naturalistic humanism, not supernatural faith.
The article states that the Pope will visit the Royal Palace and the Congress of Deputies, the Movistar Arena and Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the Abbey of Montserrat and the Sagrada Família. These are not places of Catholic worship and evangelization, but symbols of secular power, entertainment, and cultural prestige. The true Church, before the conciliar revolution, sought the conversion of nations to Christ the King, not dialogue with the powers of this world on their own terms. As Pope Pius XI taught in Quas Primas, “the feast of Christ the King… will remind states that not only private individuals, but also governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him.” Yet here we see the opposite: the usurper visiting the seats of secular power to discuss “peace” and “disarmament” without any mention of the Social Kingship of Christ, the only foundation of true peace.
The Omission of Christ the King: The Gravest Silence
The most damning aspect of this entire journey is what it omits. There is no mention of the Social Kingship of Christ, no call for the consecration of nations to the Sacred Heart, no demand that Spain and Europe return to the public profession of the Catholic faith. The article speaks of “peace” and “disarmament” as if these could be achieved without the recognition of God’s law and the submission of nations to the reign of Christ the King.
Pope Pius XI, in Quas Primas, declared: “When God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The entire conciliar project, of which Leo XIV is a product, is precisely the removal of Christ from public life, the substitution of naturalistic humanism for supernatural faith. The “peace” promoted by the conciliar sect is the peace of the world, not the peace of Christ. As Our Lord Himself said, “My peace I give to you, not as the world gives do I give to you” (John 14:27).
The article mentions that the Pope will participate in the Corpus Christi procession on June 7, describing it as a faith that “does not remain confined within church walls but walks through the streets.” But what kind of faith is this? Not the faith of the true Church, which adores Christ truly present in the Blessed Sacrament and recognizes the necessity of the propitiatory sacrifice of the Mass for the salvation of souls. The conciliar “procession” is a mere external show, a cultural event stripped of its supernatural significance. The true Corpus Christi procession is an act of public reparation and adoration, a proclamation of the Real Presence, not a tourist attraction for the media.
The “Defense of Life” Without the Supernatural
The article mentions that the Pope will address “the defense of life—every life, especially the most vulnerable.” But what does this mean in the context of the conciliar sect? It does not mean the defense of the unborn through the enforcement of God’s law, the condemnation of abortion as mortal sin, and the demand that civil law conform to the moral law. Rather, it means a vague, naturalistic “respect for life” that can be shared with atheists, pagans, and members of other false religions.
The true Church has always taught that the defense of life is inseparable from the defense of the faith. Pope Pius IX, in the Syllabus of Errors, condemned the proposition that “the best theory of civil society requires that popular schools… should be freed from all ecclesiastical authority” (Proposition 47). The conciliar sect, by contrast, has abandoned the Church’s authority over moral and social questions, reducing her mission to humanitarian activism. The “defense of life” promoted by Leo XIV is not the defense of life in the supernatural order, but a mere naturalistic sentiment that can be embraced by anyone, regardless of faith.
Migration: Charity Without Conversion
The Pope’s visit to the Canary Islands, particularly the port of Arguineguín, is presented as a gesture of solidarity with migrants. The article describes this as an encounter with “a land of missionary saints who departed from here to bring the Gospel to the world.” But what is the purpose of this encounter? Not the conversion of migrants to the Catholic faith, but the promotion of “welcome” and “accommodation” as ends in themselves.
The true Church has always distinguished between corporal and spiritual works of mercy. While the Church has always cared for the poor and the stranger, she has never separated this care from the primary mission of evangelization. The conciliar sect, however, has reduced the Church’s mission to social work, abandoning the supernatural end of the salvation of souls. The “welcome” promoted by Leo XIV is not the welcome of the true Church, which seeks to bring souls to Christ through baptism and the profession of the Catholic faith, but a naturalistic “solidarity” that respects all religions equally and makes no demands for conversion.
The article notes that the Pope will hear migrants’ stories and witness efforts to welcome them. But there is no mention of the necessity of baptism, the danger of false religions, or the duty of the Church to preach the Gospel to all nations. This is the “dialogue” condemned by Pope Pius XI in Mortalium Animos, which leads not to unity in truth but to the indifferentism that places all religions on the same level.
The “Voice of the Church” in a Secularized Society
Matteo Bruni states that the Pope’s visit is intended as “a sign and an encouragement for a Church that ‘still has much to say on many levels, in Spain and in Europe, where it can fully contribute as a constructive participant in public debate.'” This statement reveals the entire modernist program: the Church is not the teacher of nations, but a “participant” in public debate, one voice among many, contributing “constructively” to the secular order.
The true Church has never been a mere “participant” in public debate. She is the pillar and ground of truth (1 Timothy 3:15), the teacher of all nations, the guardian of the deposit of faith. Pope Pius IX, in the Syllabus of Errors, condemned the proposition that “the Church is not a true and perfect society, entirely free—nor is she endowed with proper and perpetual rights of her own, conferred upon her by her Divine Founder” (Proposition 19). The conciliar sect, by contrast, has reduced the Church to a non-governmental organization, a humanitarian agency that “contributes” to the secular order without claiming any supernatural authority.
The article describes Spain as “a land of ancient Christian tradition” and mentions “great saints” such as St. John of the Cross and St. Teresa of Ávila. But the concilar sect has abandoned the teaching of these saints, who insisted on the necessity of the supernatural life, the dangers of false mysticism, and the absolute primacy of the Catholic faith. The “thought” of these saints does not “resonate prophetically with the challenges of our own time” as the conciliar sect understands them; rather, it condemns the very errors that the concilar sect promotes.
The Absence of the True Supernatural: A Journey Without God
The entire journey of Leo XIV to Spain is characterized by a profound absence of the supernatural. There is no mention of the state of grace, the necessity of confession, the reality of sin, the danger of hell, the need for penance. The “faith” promoted by the conciliar sect is a naturalistic sentiment, a cultural identity, a social commitment—anything but the supernatural virtue that unites the soul to God.
The article mentions that the Pope will offer young people “a message rich in substance, capable of imagining the future together with them.” But what substance? Not the substance of the Catholic faith, which teaches that the future belongs to those who are faithful to Christ and His Church, but the substance of the conciliar sect’s naturalistic humanism, which imagines a future of “progress” and “development” without reference to God’s law.
The true Church has always taught that the future belongs to Christ the King, that the only true progress is the progress of souls in the supernatural life, that the only true development is the development of the virtues and the growth of the Church in holiness. The conciliar sect, by contrast, has abandoned this teaching, substituting the “cult of man” for the worship of God, the “evolution of dogmas” for the immutable truth of the Catholic faith.
The “Abuse” Question: Justice Without Truth
The article briefly mentions the issue of abuse, noting that “no private meeting between the Pope and abuse victims is scheduled.” This is consistent with the conciliar sect’s approach to the abuse crisis: public relations management without true justice, protocols without repentance, “prevention” without the restoration of discipline and doctrine.
The true Church has always taught that justice requires truth, that sin must be confessed and punished, that the good of the Church demands the removal of scandal. The conciliar sect, by contrast, has covered up abuse, protected perpetrators, and sacrificed the good of souls for the sake of institutional self-preservation. The “protocol” mentioned in the article is not a true remedy, but a bureaucratic gesture designed to appease public opinion without addressing the root causes of the crisis: the abandonment of Catholic doctrine, the corruption of seminary formation, the infiltration of homosexuality and modernism into the clergy.
Conclusion: The Pilgrimage of the Abomination of Desolation
The journey of Leo XIV to Spain is not a pilgrimage of faith, but a pilgrimage of apostasy. It is a journey that proclaims the very errors condemned by the true Magisterium of the Church: the reduction of the Church’s mission to naturalistic humanism, the abandonment of the Social Kingship of Christ, the promotion of false ecumenism and indifferentism, the substitution of social work for evangelization, the replacement of the supernatural virtue of faith with a naturalistic sentiment.
The true Church, which endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests, rejects this journey and all that it represents. The faithful are called to pray for the conversion of Spain and all nations to Christ the King, to resist the errors of the conciliar sect, and to remain faithful to the immutable teaching of the Catholic Church. As Pope St. Pius X taught in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, Modernism is “the synthesis of all errors,” and the conciliar sect is its fullest manifestation. The journey of Leo XIV to Spain is but another step in the advance of this apostasy, another sign of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matthew 24:15).
Let us pray for the true Church, for the restoration of the Holy Mass, for the return of the Social Kingship of Christ, and for the conversion of all nations to the Catholic faith. Let us reject the false “pilgrimages” of the concilar sect and remain faithful to the true pilgrimage of the soul to God, through the merits of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the only way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6).
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From institutions to the peripheries: Pope Leo's pilgrimage to Spain (vaticannews.va)
Date: 03.06.2026