EWTN News portal reports that on June 9, 2026, the usurper Robert Prevost, known as “Pope Leo XIV,” delivered a homily in Barcelona’s cathedral, calling the faithful to be “martyrs of unity, welcome, harmony, and peace.” This address, filled with the language of false ecumenism and naturalistic humanism, is a direct assault on the true meaning of martyrdom and the exclusive salvific mission of the Catholic Church, revealing the deep-seated modernist apostasy that has consumed the conciliar sect.
The Corruption of Martyrdom: From Blood to “Welcome”
The most glaring blasphemy in Leo XIV’s homily is his redefinition of martyrdom. He calls Catholics to be “martyrs” — that is, witnesses and prophets of unity, of welcome, of harmony and of peace, even at the cost of sacrifice and renunciation.” This is a direct contradiction of the immutable Catholic understanding of martyrdom. A true martyr is one who suffers death in odium fidei (in hatred of the faith), bearing witness to the divinity of Christ and the truths of the Catholic Church, even unto the shedding of their blood. As the Roman Martyrology and the constant teaching of the Church affirm, martyrdom is the supreme act of faith, a direct imitation of Christ’s sacrifice on Calvary.
By contrast, Leo XIV reduces martyrdom to a vague “sacrifice” for “unity” and “welcome.” This is not the unity of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church, but the false unity of the World Council of Churches and the United Nations, where all religions are deemed equally valid paths to God. This is the “welcome” of indifferentism, where the Church’s mission to convert all nations is replaced by a sentimental embrace of all beliefs. Such a “martyrdom” is a modernist fabrication, a denial of the supernatural order, and a betrayal of the millions of true martyrs who shed their blood for Christ and His Church. As Pope Pius XI unequivocally stated in Mortalium Animos (1928), “The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it, for in the past they have unhappily left it.” There is no “unity” with error, only the unity of truth.
The Heresy of Collegiality and the Democratization of the Church
Leo XIV’s homily further reveals his adherence to the modernist heresy of collegiality, a cornerstone of the conciliar revolution. He speaks of the Church as a “single living structure” with “members who are stronger and others who are weaker; some are visible… while others are hidden.” This is a direct echo of the Protestant and Masonic concept of the “invisible church,” where the hierarchical structure established by Christ is dissolved into a vague, egalitarian community. The Catholic Church is not a democracy; it is a divinely instituted monarchy, with the Pope as the Vicar of Christ and the bishops as his appointed shepherds. As Pope Leo XIII declared in Satis Cognitum (1896), “The Church of Christ is not a community of equals in which all the faithful have the same rights. It is a society of unequals, not only because among the faithful some are clerics and some are laymen, but because there is in the Church the power from God by which to some it is given to sanctify, teach, and govern, and to others it is not.”
This democratization is further evidenced by Leo XIV’s praise for “volunteers” and his focus on “hidden” members working “without anyone taking notice.” This is a subtle attack on the ordained priesthood and the hierarchical structure of the Church, elevating the laity to a position of false equality and diminishing the sacred role of the clergy. It is the logical conclusion of the “theology of the laity” promoted by the conciliar sect, which seeks to blur the essential distinction between the common priesthood of the faithful and the ministerial priesthood.
The Omission of Conversion and the Primacy of God’s Law
Perhaps the most damning aspect of Leo XIV’s homily is what it omits. There is no mention of the necessity of conversion to the Catholic faith, no call to repentance, no warning against sin, no reference to the Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell), and no affirmation of the dogma extra ecclesiam nulla salus (outside the Church there is no salvation). Instead, the focus is entirely on naturalistic goals: “harmony,” “peace,” “welcome.” This is the religion of humanitarianism, the “cult of man” condemned by Pope Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907), where “all things are for man, and… the origin and end of all religion is to be found in man himself.”
The conciliar sect has abandoned its divine mission to save souls and has instead become a chaplain to the world, a promoter of secular values dressed in religious language. As Pope Pius IX warned in the Syllabus of Errors (1864), “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Proposition 55) is a condemned error. The true Church demands the submission of the State to the Kingship of Christ, as Pope Pius XI proclaimed in Quas Primas (1925): “The State must… render public honor and obedience to Christ and to His Church… for what we wrote at the beginning of Our Pontificate about the diminishing authority of law and respect for power, the same can be applied to the present times: ‘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 Scandal of the Sagrada Familia and the Blasphemy of “Blessing”
The context of Leo XIV’s visit to Barcelona further exposes the apostasy of the conciliar sect. The “blessing” of the Tower of Jesus Christ at the Sagrada Familia, a temple originally dedicated to the Holy Family but now a symbol of modernist architecture and religious syncretism, is a sacrilegious act. The Sagrada Familia, with its twisted forms and pagan symbolism, is a monument to the modernist heresy that “the Church is subject to change, and the Christian community, like the human community, is subject to continuous evolution” (Proposition 53, Lamentabili Sane Exitus, 1907). To “bless” such a structure is to bless the very errors that the Church has condemned.
Moreover, the controversy over the use of the Catalan language in the blessing is a trivial distraction from the real issue: the invalidity of any “blessing” performed by a usurper and heretic. As the Defense of Sedevacantism file explains, a manifest heretic “by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church” (St. Robert Bellarmine). Leo XIV, as a promoter of modernist heresies, is a manifest heretic and therefore cannot hold any office in the Church. His “blessings” are empty gestures, devoid of any supernatural efficacy.
The Call to True Martyrdom: Faithfulness Unto Death
In stark contrast to Leo XIV’s watered-down “martyrdom,” the true Church calls the faithful to a martyrdom of faithfulness. This is the martyrdom of confessing the true faith in the face of persecution, of resisting the modernist apostasy even at the cost of one’s reputation, livelihood, or life. As St. Paul wrote, “If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ” (Galatians 1:10). The true martyr is one who says with St. Peter, “We ought to obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29).
The conciliar sect, with its false “martyrdom” of “unity” and “welcome,” is the abomination of desolation spoken of by Our Lord (Matthew 24:15). It is the synagogue of Satan that Pope Pius IX warned against, “the synagogue of Satan, which gathers its troops against the Church of Christ.” The faithful must reject this modernist counterfeit and cling to the true Church, the Church of all ages, the Church that has produced millions of true martyrs who shed their blood for Christ and His truth.
Let us pray for the true Church, for the restoration of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, for the conversion of the Jews and the return of the separated brethren, and for the coming of the Kingdom of Christ on earth. Santa Maria de la Mercè, pregueu per nosaltres — Our Lady of Mercy, pray for us, and deliver us from the modernist tyranny that seeks to destroy the faith once delivered to the Saints.
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Pope Leo XIV in Barcelona calls Catholics to be martyrs of unity (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 09.06.2026