The National Catholic Register reports that the current usurper occupying the Vatican, Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), has issued a message — signed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin — offering prayers for parents who have suffered the loss of a baby, in connection with the upcoming Day for Life in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland on June 21, 2026. The message speaks of God’s “divine love” giving meaning to every person’s life and invites parents to find “consolation and peace” in prayer and the sacraments. The bishops of these regions organized the day under the theme “Wonder at the Child in the Mother’s Womb,” affirming the dignity of the unborn and condemning abortion. On the surface, this appears to be a straightforward pro-life statement. However, a thorough examination from the perspective of integral Catholic faith reveals the profound theological emptiness, doctrinal evasions, and spiritual danger inherent in every utterance emanating from the conciliar sect and its usurper.
The Usurper Has No Authority to Pray for Anyone
Before examining the content of this message, the fundamental question must be addressed: by what authority does Leo XIV presume to pray for anyone, teach anyone, or offer spiritual consolation to anyone? He is not the Pope. He is a usurper — the latest in a line of antipopes beginning with John XXIII, who convened the Modernist council that destroyed the Catholic Church as a visible society. The true Church of Christ endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid orders, but the structures occupying the Vatican are a paramasonic structure, an abomination of desolation sitting in the temple of God (2 Thess. 2:4).
As the theological sources demonstrate, a manifest heretic loses his office automatically — ipso facto — by the very fact of his heresy, before any declaration by the Church. St. Robert Bellarmine taught: “The fifth true opinion is that a Pope who is 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.” Wernz and Vidal confirmed: “By notorious and publicly manifested heresy, the Roman Pontiff, should he fall into it, is deprived ipso facto of his personal jurisdiction even before any declaratory sentence by the Church.” The conciliar sect has been preaching heresies — religious liberty, ecumenism, the evolution of dogmas, the democratization of the Church — for over six decades. Every antipope who has occupied the Vatican since 1958 has been a manifest heretic. Leo XIV has no more authority to offer prayers, teach, or govern than any other layman. His message is spiritually void.
The Omission of the Most Critical Doctrine: Baptism and the Fate of Unbaptized Infants
The most damning aspect of this message is not what it says, but what it conspicuously omits. The message speaks of God’s “divine love” giving meaning to every person’s life and invites parents to hope for “fullness in eternity” for their lost children. The bishops state that “God has created, wanted, and deeply loved from all eternity every child, including those who lose their lives before birth or shortly afterward.” But neither the usurper nor the bishops address the single most important theological question regarding infants who die without baptism: what is their eternal fate?
The Catholic Church, before the conciliar revolution, taught with absolute clarity that baptism is necessary for salvation. The Council of Florence (1439) declared: “The Holy Roman Church firmly believes, professes, and preaches that none of those existing outside the Catholic Church, not only pagans, but also Jews and heretics and schismatics, can have a share in life everlasting; but that they will go into the everlasting fire which was prepared for the devil and his angels, unless before the end of life they are joined with the Church.” The Council of Trent taught that baptism is necessary for salvation — necessitate medii, not merely necessitate praecepti. Pope Eugene IV’s Cantate Domino was unequivocal: the souls of those who die in original sin alone descend to hell, to be punished with unequal punishments.
Now, the conciliar sect has systematically undermined this doctrine. The 1992 Catechism of the Catholic Church (a Modernist document) introduced the concept of “baptism of desire” and “baptism of blood” as applied to infants, and spoke vaguely of “ways of salvation” for unbaptized children. The International Theological Commission’s 2007 document, “The Hope of Salvation for Infants Who Die Without Being Baptized,” effectively denied the traditional teaching on the limbo of infants while refusing to affirm any clear doctrine. This is the theological context in which Leo XIV’s message operates: a deliberate, systematic obscuring of the necessity of baptism for salvation.
When the usurper says that God’s “divine love gives meaning to the life of every person and, far from ending with death, invites us to a new fullness in eternity,” he is offering a naturalistic, sentimental hope that has no doctrinal foundation. He does not say that the child must be baptized. He does not say that without baptism, the child cannot enter the beatific vision. He offers a vague, feel-good “hope” that is indistinguishable from the liberal Protestant heresy that all are saved. This is not Catholic teaching. This is the theology of the conciliar sect, which has abandoned the supernatural order in favor of naturalistic humanism.
The bishops’ statement that “every human being is not only a body but also an immortal soul, with a unique and eternal relationship with God, our Creator” is similarly evasive. Yes, every human being has an immortal soul. But what is the state of that soul without baptism? The traditional Church taught clearly: original sin excludes from the beatific vision, and baptism is the ordinary means of regeneration. The conciliar sect refuses to teach this, because it contradicts their ecumenist and universalist agenda. They would rather offer vague “hope” than proclaim the hard truth that souls without baptism cannot enter heaven — because this truth implies that the Catholic Church is the only ark of salvation, which contradicts their entire ecumenical project.
The Reduction of the Church to a Support Group
The message urges parents to find support “in the Church community, especially in a life nourished by prayer and the sacraments.” The bishops speak of “spiritual and pastoral accompaniment” for parents facing “physical and psychological consequences” and “the feeling of powerlessness.” This is the conciliar Church in its true colors: a therapeutic, psychological support group, not the Ark of Salvation.
Notice the language: “pastoral accompaniment,” “spiritual and pastoral accompaniment,” “feeling of powerlessness,” “physical and psychological consequences.” This is the language of modern psychology, not of Catholic theology. The traditional Church would speak of the supernatural remedies for suffering: the grace of the sacraments, the merit of suffering united to the Cross of Christ, the communion of saints, the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the doctrine of purgatory, the offering of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the dead. None of this is mentioned.
The conciliar sect has reduced the Church’s mission from the salvation of souls through the preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments, and the governance of the faithful in the path of eternal life, to a vague “accompaniment” of people in their emotional difficulties. This is the naturalistic humanism that Pius XI condemned in Quas Primas: the reduction of the Church to a merely natural institution concerned with earthly welfare rather than the supernatural end of man. The Church is not a therapy center. The Church is the Mystical Body of Christ, established by God for the salvation of souls through the preaching of truth and the administration of the sacraments.
The Usurper’s Encyclical: Magnifica Humanitas and the Cult of Man
The article references the usurper’s “recent encyclical Magnifica Humanitas.” While the full text of this document is not provided here, the very title reveals the conciliar mentality. The focus is on humanitas — on man, on human dignity, on the human person — rather than on God, on His glory, on His rights over creation. This is the cult of man that Pius XI warned against in Quas Primas: “the secularism of our times, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors.”
Pius XI taught that the reign of Christ extends over all men — “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.” The conciliar sect has inverted this: instead of proclaiming the rights of Christ the King over all nations and all aspects of life, they proclaim the rights of man, the dignity of man, the value of man — as if these could be affirmed apart from man’s subordination to God.
The “wonder at the full humanity of the child in the mother’s womb” is a naturalistic wonder, not a supernatural one. The traditional Church would wonder at the fact that God creates a new immortal soul at the moment of conception, that this soul is destined for eternal life, that it is conceived in original sin and in need of baptism, that it is redeemed by the Precious Blood of Christ. The conciliar sect wonders at “full humanity” — a phrase that could come from any secular human rights organization. This is the reduction of the supernatural to the natural, the divine to the human, the theological to the anthropological.
The Denunciation of Abortion: Too Little, Too Late, and Without Teeth
The bishops state that “the Church has always rejected voluntary abortion” and commit themselves to “work and pray so that our society values the life of every child.” They denounce the description of the unborn child as “a mere cluster of cells” and insist that “science is clear in stating that life begins at the moment of fertilization.” All of this is true, but it is grotesquely insufficient.
The traditional Church taught that abortion is not merely a sin or a crime — it is a crime against God, against the natural law, and against the innocent. The Church imposed canonical penalties on those who procured abortions. Pope Pius IX’s Apostolicae Sedis (1869) reserved the excommunication for abortion to the Holy See. The Church taught that the state has a duty to protect the lives of the unborn, and that laws permitting abortion are intrinsically evil and cannot be obeyed.
The conciliar sect, while verbally condemning abortion, has consistently refused to impose canonical penalties on Catholic politicians who support abortion, has refused to deny them “Communion,” and has reduced the fight against abortion to “dialogue,” “accompaniment,” and “working and praying.” This is the conciliar method: affirm the doctrine in theory while undermining it in practice. The usurper’s message does not call for excommunication, does not call for canonical penalties, does not call for the criminalization of abortion, does not call for the public reign of Christ the King over the laws of nations. It offers “prayers” and “best wishes” — the language of impotence, not of authority.
Moreover, the conciliar sect’s record on abortion is itself deeply suspect. The structures occupying the Vatican have for decades harbored “bishops” and “cardinals” who publicly support abortion rights, who refuse to deny “Communion” to pro-abortion politicians, and who actively undermine pro-life efforts. The usurper’s message is not a condemnation of abortion — it is a performance of concern designed to maintain the conciliar sect’s relevance in a world that increasingly recognizes the horror of abortion on its own naturalistic terms.
The Sacraments of the Conciliar Sect Are Not the Sacraments of the Church
The message urges parents to find consolation “in a life nourished by prayer and the sacraments.” But which sacraments? The conciliar sect has systematically destroyed the sacramental life of the Church. The “Mass” of the conciliar sect is not the Most Holy Sacrifice of Calvary — it is a “memorial meal,” a “Eucharistic assembly,” a “table of assembly” that has stripped away the theology of propitiatory sacrifice. The new rite of ordination introduced by Paul VI in 1968 is doubtful at best, and many theologians have argued it is invalid. If the new rite of ordination is invalid, then the “priests” of the conciliar sect have no power to confect the sacraments, and their “Masses,” “confessions,” and “anointings” are null and void.
When Leo XIV urges parents to seek consolation in “the sacraments,” he is urging them to seek consolation in rituals that may have no sacramental efficacy whatsoever. This is not spiritual guidance — it is spiritual fraud. The true sacraments of the Catholic Church are administered by validly ordained priests who use the proper matter, form, and intention, and who act in communion with the true Church. The conciliar sect, having broken communion with the true Church by its manifest heresy, cannot validly administer the sacraments — even if the rites themselves were valid, which is itself doubtful.
The Day for Life: A Naturalistic Substitute for the Supernatural
The Day for Life, organized by the bishops of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, is centered on “wonder at the full humanity of the child in the mother’s womb.” This is a naturalistic, humanistic theme that could be endorsed by any secular pro-life organization. Where is the supernatural dimension? Where is the teaching on original sin? Where is the teaching on the necessity of baptism? Where is the teaching on the communion of saints? Where is the teaching on the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for the souls of the departed?
The traditional Church would organize a day of prayer for the unborn around the Mass — the true Mass, the Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary — offered for the intention of the unborn, for their mothers, and for the conversion of those who support abortion. The traditional Church would preach on the Last Things: death, judgment, heaven, and hell. The traditional Church would call the faithful to repentance, to the sacraments, to the fulfillment of God’s law. The conciliar sect organizes a “Day for Life” around “wonder” — a sentimental, naturalistic emotion that has no power to save souls.
Conclusion: The Spiritual Bankruptcy of the Conciliar Sect
Leo XIV’s message on the Day for Life is a perfect example of the conciliar sect’s spiritual bankruptcy. It offers vague, sentimental “hope” without doctrinal content. It speaks of “divine love” without defining it. It speaks of “the sacraments” without ensuring their validity. It condemns abortion without imposing penalties. It offers “prayers” without authority. It speaks of “fullness in eternity” without teaching the conditions for attaining it. It is a message designed to sound compassionate while teaching nothing, binding nothing, and saving no one.
The true Church of Christ teaches clearly: every human being is created by God, endowed with an immortal soul, and destined for eternal life. But eternal life is attained only through baptism, faith, and obedience to the commandments of God. The unborn child must be baptized as soon as possible. Parents who have lost a child should have the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for the child’s soul, should pray for the child’s repose, and should trust in the mercy of God — but they should also understand that without baptism, the child cannot enter the beatific vision, and that the Church’s teaching on this matter is not a cruelty but a truth that underscores the absolute necessity of the sacraments.
The conciliar sect has abandoned this teaching because it contradicts their ecumenical, universalist, and humanist agenda. They would rather offer false hope than proclaim hard truth. They would rather “accompany” than govern. They would rather “wonder” than teach. This is not the Church of Christ. This is the synagogue of Satan, which gathers its troops against the Church of Christ (Apoc. 2:9, 3:9). The faithful must reject the usurper, reject the conciliar sect, and return to the immutable Tradition of the Catholic Church — the only Ark of Salvation, the only path to eternal life.
Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus. Outside the Church, there is no salvation. And the conciliar sect is not the Church.
Source:
Pope Leo XIV Prays for Parents Who Have Suffered the Loss of a Baby (ncregister.com)
Date: 17.06.2026