VaticanNews portal (June 12, 2026) reports on the “apostolic journey” of the usurper antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) to the Canary Islands, specifically Tenerife and Gran Canaria, where he addressed the issue of migration. The article, authored by Andrea Tornielli, editorial director of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, details Leo XIV’s “prophetic” appeals to human traffickers, his calls for “legal and safe pathways” for migrants, and his emphasis on “human dignity,” “solidarity,” and “cooperation” among nations. It frames his words as a continuation of the pontificates of John Paul II and Francis, invoking the Holy Family as a model for refugees and emphasizing the Church’s duty to “welcome migrants.” The article presents a vision of the Church’s engagement with the world that is entirely devoid of supernatural faith, focusing solely on temporal, naturalistic solutions and omitting any mention of the primary mission of the Church: the salvation of souls and the propagation of the Catholic Faith. This editorial, while cloaked in humanitarian rhetoric, is a stark illustration of the conciliar sect’s systematic abandonment of its divine mandate in favor of a purely naturalistic humanism, indistinguishable from secular globalism.
The Naturalistic Framework: A Church Redefined by Worldly Concerns
The entire narrative presented in the VaticanNews article, and by extension, the actions and words attributed to Leo XIV, operates within a purely naturalistic framework. The “tragedy of migration” is presented as a problem to be solved by “legal and safe pathways, rescue and assistance, real cooperation against traffickers, effective protection for victims, serious processes of reception and integration, and policies that allow every person to live with dignity in their own land.” This is the language of international organizations, secular governments, and NGOs, not of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church founded by Christ for the salvation of souls.
The Church, as defined by her Divine Founder and consistently taught by the pre-conciliar Magisterium, is a supernatural society established for the glory of God and the eternal salvation of men. Her primary mission is to teach, govern, and sanctify, leading souls to Heaven through the preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments, and the enforcement of God’s law. Pius XI, in his encyclical *Quas Primas*, unequivocally stated that the Kingdom of Christ “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.” This reign is primarily spiritual, concerning the ordering of all things to God, not merely the alleviation of temporal suffering.
The article’s focus on “human dignity” and “solidarity” without any reference to the supernatural end of man, the necessity of faith and baptism for salvation, or the ultimate judgment of God, reduces the Church to a mere humanitarian agency. This is a direct consequence of the modernist errors condemned by St. Pius X in *Pascendi Dominici gregis* and *Lamentabili sane exitu*, where he denounced the reduction of religion to a mere sentiment or a means for social progress. The “Church” described in the article is not the City of God, but a servant of the City of Man, concerned solely with earthly well-being.
The Omission of Primary Truths: A Deafening Silence on the Supernatural
The most glaring deficiency in Leo XIV’s reported addresses, as presented by VaticanNews, is the complete absence of any supernatural content. There is no mention of God’s law as the foundation of true justice, no call for the conversion of migrants to the Catholic Faith, no emphasis on the sacraments as the means of salvation, and no warning about the eternal consequences of sin, including the sins of those who promote or facilitate illegal immigration that endangers souls.
When Leo XIV states that “welcoming migrants cannot be a secondary matter that is left to a few volunteers” and that “one cannot kneel before the altar to adore Christ in the Eucharist and then pass by indifferent to the suffering of these brothers and sisters of ours,” he reduces the adoration of Christ in the Most Blessed Sacrament to a mere impetus for social action, rather than the supreme act of worship and the source of all grace. The “suffering” he addresses is exclusively temporal, ignoring the far greater suffering of souls in mortal sin or outside the true Church. This is a direct contradiction of the Church’s constant teaching that the spiritual good of souls takes precedence over all temporal considerations.
Furthermore, the article’s invocation of the Holy Family as a “model and refugee family” is a sentimental distortion. While the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt was a historical event, its primary significance is not as a paradigm for modern immigration policy, but as a manifestation of Divine Providence and a prefiguration of Christ’s own suffering and sacrifice. To use it as a mere symbol for a political or social agenda is to strip it of its supernatural meaning and reduce it to a naturalistic narrative.
The “Appeal to Conscience” and the Denial of Original Sin
Leo XIV’s appeal to the “conscience of the nations” and to human traffickers to “stop” and “repent” is couched entirely in naturalistic terms. He warns traffickers that “the money taken from these poor brothers and sisters will bring neither peace, nor honour, nor a future” and that they “will have to appear before divine justice.” While the latter phrase hints at divine judgment, it is immediately qualified by the assertion that “God’s mercy is offered even to the most hardened sinner… but only ‘through the narrow gate of truth, justice, and conversion.'” This is a Pelagian notion of conversion, implying that man, by his own efforts, can choose “truth, justice, and conversion” without the necessity of sanctifying grace, the infused virtues, and the sacramental system of the Catholic Church.
True Catholic teaching on conversion, as articulated by the Council of Trent, emphasizes the necessity of God’s grace, the sacrament of Penance, and the role of the Church as the sole dispenser of sacramental absolution. The “narrow gate” is not merely a moral choice, but the arduous path of faith, obedience to God’s commandments, and participation in the life of the Church. The article’s omission of these essential elements reveals a fundamental misunderstanding, or rather, a deliberate rejection, of Catholic soteriology.
Moreover, the appeal to “nations of origin” to “establish conditions for peace, justice and development” and to “transit nations” to “protect the vulnerable” is a call for purely temporal solutions, ignoring the root cause of much global instability and suffering: sin, both original and actual, and the rejection of God’s law. The “development” sought is material, not spiritual, and the “justice” advocated is social, not divine.
The Usurpation of Authority and the Promotion of Globalism
The article explicitly states that Leo XIV’s visit “fulfilled a visit that Pope Francis had long desired to make,” thereby establishing a direct continuity with the previous usurper’s agenda. This continuity is not merely in style, but in substance: the promotion of a globalist vision where the Church’s role is to facilitate mass migration, advocate for open borders, and integrate diverse populations, often at the expense of the spiritual and cultural identity of Catholic nations.
The call for “effective and persevering cooperation” among “civil authorities, parliaments, governments, international organisations, and Christian communities” to address migration is a clear endorsement of globalist structures and a rejection of the principle of subsidiarity. The Church, in this view, becomes an agent of the United Nations or the European Union, rather than an independent spiritual authority guiding nations according to the law of God. This is a direct contradiction of the teaching of Leo XIII in *Immortale Dei*, where he condemned the separation of Church and State and affirmed the duty of states to publicly recognize and submit to the reign of Christ the King.
The “profound question” posed by Leo XIV, “What kind of world have we built, if so many brothers and sisters must risk death to seek life?” is a rhetorical device that avoids the true answer: a world built on the rejection of God, the proliferation of sin, and the failure of nations to uphold justice and order according to His law. Instead, it implies that the solution lies in more “cooperation” and “integration,” further entangling the Church in secular political agendas.
The “Face of Christ” and the Erasure of Doctrinal Boundaries
The assertion that Christians are called to “recognize His face in the faces of the brothers and sisters who knock at the doors of our countries in search of a future” is a classic modernist trope. While it is true that Christ identified Himself with the suffering (Matthew 25:35-40), this identification is always within the context of faith and charity, not as a blanket endorsement of all migration regardless of its legality, its impact on the common good, or the spiritual condition of the migrants.
To “recognize His face” in every migrant, without distinction, and without any call for their conversion to the Catholic Faith, is to reduce Christ to a mere symbol of universal human solidarity. It ignores the fact that Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and that no one comes to the Father but through Him (John 14:6). It also ignores the Church’s constant teaching that while all men are created in the image of God, they are also fallen and in need of redemption through baptism and incorporation into the true Church. This modernist sentimentality erases the doctrinal boundaries between belief and unbelief, between the faithful and the infidel, and ultimately, between the Church and the world.
Conclusion: A Pontificate of Naturalistic Humanism
The VaticanNews article on Leo XIV’s “apostolic journey” to the Canary Islands is a microcosm of the conciliar sect’s fundamental apostasy. It presents a “pontificate” devoid of supernatural faith, focused entirely on temporal concerns, and indistinguishable from secular humanitarianism. The “Church” it portrays is not the Ark of Salvation, but a vessel adrift in the currents of globalist ideology, concerned with “human dignity” and “solidarity” but silent on the necessity of the Catholic Faith, the sacraments, and the eternal destiny of souls.
This is not the Church of Christ, but the “abomination of desolation” foretold by Our Lord (Matthew 24:15). It is a counterfeit church, led by usurpers who, like their predecessors, have abandoned the immutable teachings of Tradition in favor of the shifting sands of modernist innovation. True Catholics, adhering to the integral faith of all ages, must reject this naturalistic humanism and cling to the unchanging truth that the Church exists for one purpose alone: to lead souls to God through the preaching of the Gospel and the administration of the sacraments, in accordance with the divine constitution established by Christ Himself. The “migration crisis” will not be solved by “legal pathways” or “international cooperation,” but only by the return of all nations to the Kingship of Christ and the observance of His law.
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Pope Leo's appeal to human traffickers and our shared responsibility (vaticannews.va)
Date: 12.06.2026