VaticanNews portal reports on June 16, 2026, about Leo XIV’s visit to the Canary Islands, where he met with migrants, including Ousman, a Muslim from The Gambia. The article highlights the “welcome” and “integration” of migrants, emphasizing a shared “faith in humanity” and quoting Ousman’s syncretistic belief that “the same blood flows in our veins” and that “this is written in the Bible and also in the Quran.” This narrative, stripped of any supernatural truth, reduces the Church’s mission to a humanitarian project, ignoring the eternal salvation of souls and the absolute necessity of the Catholic faith.
The “Gospel” of Humanity: A Naturalistic Reduction of Faith
The article presents a vision of the Church’s engagement with the world that is fundamentally naturalistic, reducing the supernatural mission of the Church to mere humanitarianism. Ousman, a Muslim, declares, “We share the same faith, faith in humanity,” and further elaborates, “It doesn’t matter if we are white or black, the same blood flows in our veins. And it is the same red blood that flows when we are injured, so we can all live together. This is written in the Bible and also in the Quran.” This statement, presented without any critical theological commentary, is a direct echo of the modernist error condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu (Proposition 20): “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God.” It substitutes the divine revelation and the unique salvific mission of Christ and His Church with a vague, naturalistic “faith in humanity” and a syncretistic equivalence of all religions. This is precisely the “indifferentism” condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 15): “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true,” and Proposition 17: “Good hope at least is entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ.”
The Church, before the conciliar revolution, unequivocally taught that there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church (Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus). Pope Pius IX, in his Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 21), explicitly condemned the idea that “The Church has not the power of defining dogmatically that the religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion.” Furthermore, Pope Leo XIII, in his encyclical Immortale Dei, clearly stated: “The Almighty, therefore, has given the charge of the human race to two powers, the ecclesiastical and the civil, the one being set over divine, and the other over human, each the highest in its kind, and each fixed within certain limits, defined by its own nature and special object.” The article’s focus on “reception and integration” without any mention of evangelization or conversion to the true faith is a betrayal of Christ’s explicit command: “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19). This is not merely an omission; it is a deliberate suppression of the Church’s primary mission, reducing it to a secular social work.
The Usurper’s Embrace: Legitimizing Apostasy and Syncretism
Leo XIV, an antipope occupying the Vatican, is presented as a source of “comfort” to migrants, regardless of their faith. His speech, as reported, “insisted on the need to implement ‘serious processes of reception and integration,’ without any mention of the spiritual dangers of false religions or the necessity of conversion. This aligns perfectly with the post-conciliar agenda of false ecumenism and religious indifferentism, which Pope Pius XI condemned in his encyclical Mortalium Animos: “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.” The article’s portrayal of Leo XIV as a benevolent figure embracing all, irrespective of their belief, is a calculated move to legitimize the conciliar sect’s abandonment of its divine mandate.
The Cruz Blanca Foundation, managed by Franciscans, is praised for providing “spiritual support” that includes “ensuring the practice of their faith, whatever it may be. Residents can attend Mass in nearby churches or celebrate Ramadan at the center.” This is a clear example of the syncretism and religious relativism that the pre-conciliar Church vehemently opposed. Pope Pius XI, in Mortalium Animos, explicitly condemned such practices: “The Church does not permit Catholics to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics… for the reason that she does not consider it lawful to promote the union of Christians in any other way than by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ.” The article’s uncritical presentation of this “spiritual support” as a positive outcome of the “Pope’s” visit demonstrates the depth of the apostasy within the conciliar structures. It is a practical application of the modernist error that all religions are equally valid paths to God, a direct contradiction of Catholic dogma.
The Silence on Truth: A Betrayal of the Supernatural Mission
The most glaring omission in the article is any mention of the supernatural mission of the Church, the necessity of conversion, or the eternal destiny of souls. The entire narrative is framed within a purely naturalistic and humanitarian context, focusing on “reception,” “integration,” “medical care,” “psychological support,” and “legal assistance.” While these temporal needs are important, they are secondary to the primary mission of the Church, which is the salvation of souls. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, clearly articulated the spiritual nature of Christ’s kingdom: “His kingdom is primarily spiritual and relates mainly to spiritual matters… For His kingdom, as the Gospels present it, is such that men who wish to belong to it prepare themselves through repentance, but cannot enter except through faith and baptism.”
The article’s silence on the spiritual dangers of Islam, or any other false religion, is deafening. It presents Ousman’s journey as a purely physical and emotional one, devoid of any spiritual peril. This is a direct consequence of the modernist heresy that denies the supernatural and reduces religion to a purely human experience. St. Pius X, in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, condemned this very error: “The Modernists… deny the supernatural order… and reduce all religion to a mere sentiment.” The conciliar sect, by embracing this naturalistic view, has effectively abandoned its prophetic role and become merely another humanitarian organization, indistinguishable from secular NGOs. The “comfort” offered by Leo XIV is a false comfort, for it offers temporal solace while ignoring the eternal damnation that awaits those who die outside the Catholic faith. This is not charity; it is a cruel deception, a betrayal of Christ’s command to “teach all nations.”
The “Family” of Man vs. The Family of God
Ousman’s statement, “We have become a family,” referring to the reception center, is presented as a heartwarming conclusion. However, from the perspective of integral Catholic faith, this “family” is built on a foundation of religious indifferentism and a denial of the unique family of God, which is the Catholic Church. The Church teaches that true unity is found only in the communion of the one true faith. Pope Pius XI, in Mortalium Animos, warned against such false notions of unity: “The Church does not permit Catholics to take part in the assemblies of non-Catholics… for the reason that she does not consider it lawful to promote the union of Christians in any other way than by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ.”
The article’s promotion of a “family” based on shared humanity, rather than shared faith, is a direct consequence of the conciliar revolution’s embrace of the “cult of man” and its rejection of the supernatural order. This is precisely what Pope Pius IX condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 58): “No other forces are to be recognized except those which reside in matter, and all the rectitude and excellence of morality ought to be placed in the accumulation and increase of riches by every possible means, and the gratification of pleasure.” The “family” described in the article is a naturalistic construct, devoid of the supernatural grace that binds the faithful in Christ. It is a false family, built on the shifting sands of human sentiment, rather than the solid rock of Catholic truth. The true family of God is the Church, outside of which there is no salvation, and within which alone can true peace and unity be found. The conciliar sect, by promoting such naturalistic “families,” is leading souls astray, offering them a false sense of belonging while withholding the only path to eternal life.
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From The Gambia to the Canary Islands: Ousman’s journey (vaticannews.va)
Date: 16.06.2026