EWTN portal reports that the current usurper on Peter’s throne, Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), has once again demonstrated the conciliar sect’s systematic reduction of the Catholic faith to a vehicle for globalist, naturalistic ideology. In a video message to the Austrian World Summit—an annual international event on climate, sustainability, and the environment—the “pope” declared that care for creation is a “requirement of faith,” effectively subordinating the supernatural order of salvation to the temporal order of environmental management. This is not the language of the Catholic Church; it is the language of the United Nations, repackaged with a thin veneer of religious sentiment.
The Ecological Question as a “Moral Dimension” — But Where Is the Moral Dimension of Sin?
Leo XIV recalled that “the Church has always been aware that the ecological question has a moral dimension.” One must ask: in what sense? The Catholic Church has always taught that the gravest moral questions concern the salvation of souls, the state of grace, the reality of sin, heaven, and hell. The modernist conciliar apparatus, however, has systematically replaced these supernatural concerns with temporal, materialist preoccupations. When the “pope” speaks of “moral dimension,” he does not mean the moral law of God as defined by the Ten Commandments and the teaching of the pre-conciliar Magisterium. He means, rather, a vague, naturalistic ethic of “care” that is indistinguishable from secular environmentalism.
The usurper quoted Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or a secondary aspect of our Christian experience.” This statement, while superficially pious, is a masterwork of modernist equivocation. In the integral Catholic faith, the “life of virtue” is ordered toward theosis—union with God through sanctifying grace, the sacraments, and the observance of His commandments. The modernist conciliar sect, however, has redefined “virtue” as a humanitarian disposition toward the natural world, effectively replacing the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity with a secular ethic of environmental stewardship.
“Those Who Believe That Our World Was Created by God…” — A Conditional Faith Ordered Toward Creation, Not the Creator
Leo XIV stated: “Those who believe that our world was created by God and is inherently good are compelled to assume an even greater responsibility to care for creation, since this is the requirement of their faith.” This formulation is deeply revealing. The order of the statement is: belief in creation → responsibility toward creation. But the Catholic order has always been: belief in God → love of God → love of neighbor → right ordering of creation. By making care for creation the requirement of faith, the usurper effectively places the natural world in the position that belongs to God alone. This is not Catholic theology; it is pantheistic naturalism dressed in ecclesiastical language—precisely the error condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors, which rejects the notion that “all action of God upon man and the world is to be denied” and condemns the identification of God with the forces of nature.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), established the Feast of Christ the King precisely to combat the secularism that removes Christ from the governance of nations and societies. He wrote: “When God and Jesus Christ—as we lamented—were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” Leo XIV’s message does the opposite: it derives moral authority not from the Kingship of Christ but from the urgency of climate change, effectively enthroning environmentalism as the supreme moral imperative of the age.
The Climate Crisis as “One Manifestation of the Wider Socioeconomic Crisis”
The usurper declared that the climate crisis is “one manifestation—and a critical one—of the wider socioeconomic crisis.” This is a direct echo of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals and the globalist agenda that seeks to restructure the world economy under the guise of environmental protection. The Catholic Church, before the conciliar revolution, taught that the “wider crisis” facing humanity is the crisis of sin, apostasy, and the rejection of God’s law. St. Pius X, in his encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907), identified Modernism as “the synthesis of all errors” and warned that the modernist agenda would reduce the Church to an instrument of temporal progress.
Leo XIV’s framing of the climate crisis as a “socioeconomic” problem reveals the conciliar sect’s true allegiance: not to the supernatural mission of the Church, but to the political and economic structures of the modern world. The “pope” called for “international cooperation, together with cohesive and forward-looking multilateralism in order to find effective solutions.” This is the language of global governance, not of the Church of Christ. The Catholic Church has always taught that the solutions to human problems are found in the preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments, and the observance of God’s law—not in the deliberations of international summits.
“Hope Can Be a Powerful Driving Force” — But What Hope?
The usurper urged participants to “overcome fear” and declared that “despite the naysayers or cynics, hope can be a powerful driving force.” But what is the hope he offers? It is not the theological virtue of hope—the confident expectation of eternal life through the merits of Christ and the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints. It is, rather, a naturalistic, humanistic hope in the capacity of human institutions and technologies to solve the environmental crisis. This is the hope of the world, condemned by St. Paul: “If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable” (1 Cor. 15:19).
The “pope” also emphasized the contribution of “religious leaders and communities” to environmental efforts, noting that “the Bible offers many examples of how fear can be overcome by hope, which ultimately is a gift from God himself.” This instrumentalization of Scripture—reducing the Bible to a source of motivational platitudes for environmental activism—is a hallmark of modernist exegesis, condemned in the Lamentabili sane exitu (1907) of St. Pius X, which rejected the proposition that “the prophecies and miracles set forth and recorded in the Sacred Scriptures are the fiction of poets.”
Wealthier Countries and the “New International Financial Framework”
Leo XIV called on wealthier countries to “meet their obligations to support poorer countries financially” and advocated for “the development of a new person-centered international financial framework.” This is a direct endorsement of the globalist redistribution agenda promoted by the United Nations, the World Economic Forum, and other organs of the emerging world order. The Catholic Church, in her traditional social teaching, has always emphasized the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity—but within the framework of the natural law and the divine commandments, not within the framework of global governance structures that seek to concentrate power in the hands of unelected elites.
The phrase “person-centered” is particularly revealing. In the modernist lexicon, “person-centered” means anthropocentric—centered on man, not on God. The Catholic faith is theo-centric: centered on God, who is the beginning and end of all creation. By making the international financial framework “person-centered,” the usurper effectively excludes God from the governance of human affairs, precisely the error that Pius XI condemned in Quas Primas.
“Civic and Political Love” — The Modernist Subversion of Charity
The “pope” invited participants to cultivate “a genuine culture of care for our environment,” including what Francis described as “civic and political love.” He added: “Such love is the key to authentic development.” This is a radical subversion of the theological virtue of charity. In the Catholic faith, charity is the love of God above all things and the love of neighbor for the sake of God. It is ordered toward eternal salvation, not toward temporal “development.” The modernist conciliar sect has redefined charity as a humanitarian impulse directed toward social and environmental goals—a reduction that empties the virtue of its supernatural content and transforms it into mere social activism.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, taught that “the Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men” and that “His reign extends not only to Catholic nations… but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.” The usurper’s vision, by contrast, is not of the universal Kingship of Christ but of a global environmental order managed by international institutions and animated by a vague “culture of care.”
The Civilization of Love — Without Christ
Leo XIV concluded by expressing his hope that the summit’s deliberations would “contribute to the civilization of love.” This phrase, borrowed from Paul VI—one of the architects of the conciliar revolution—has been a staple of modernist rhetoric for decades. But what is the “civilization of love” without Christ? It is a civilization of naturalism, humanitarianism, and global governance—a civilization that has rejected the supernatural order and replaced it with the worship of man and the world.
The true “civilization of love” is the Civitas Dei—the City of God, as described by St. Augustine. It is a civilization founded on the love of God, ordered toward eternal salvation, and governed by the law of Christ. It is not built at international summits or through multilateral agreements; it is built through the preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments, and the faithful observance of God’s commandments.
Conclusion: The Conciliar Sect as Servant of the World Order
Leo XIV’s message to the Austrian World Summit is yet another confirmation that the conciliar sect has become an instrument of the globalist agenda. By reducing the Catholic faith to a mandate for environmental activism, by replacing the supernatural hope of the Gospel with a naturalistic hope in human institutions, and by subordinating the Kingship of Christ to the demands of the “climate crisis,” the usurper on Peter’s throne has demonstrated once again that the post-conciliar structure is not the Catholic Church but a counterfeit institution serving the powers of this world.
The true Church—the Church of all ages, the Church that endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith—continues to proclaim that the greatest crisis facing humanity is not climate change but sin; that the greatest act of care is not environmental stewardship but the salvation of souls; and that the only true hope is found in Jesus Christ, Our Lord and King, whose kingdom shall have no end.
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Pope Leo XIV says care for creation is a requirement of faith (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 16.06.2026