National Catholic Register portal reports that the usurper Leo XIV, in a message to the Italian newspaper *L’Adige* on its 80th anniversary, defended journalism against “the drug of “fake news”” and “artificial polarizations,” urging journalists to be “instruments of truth” and to “strengthen communities in the truth that unites us all.” He called on them to “govern technology without surrendering to the rhetoric of uniform thought” and to “respect differing opinions.” This message, dripping with the language of Vatican II’s *Dignitatis Humanae* and *Gaudium et Spes*, is a masterclass in modernist equivocation, reducing the supernatural mission of the Church to a vague, naturalistic humanism that serves the conciliar revolution’s agenda of religious indifferentism and the demolition of objective truth. Far from defending genuine Catholic truth, Leo XIV perpetuates the very errors that have led to the current crisis, offering a “truth” stripped of its divine foundation and reduced to a tool for social cohesion and “dialogue.”
The Usurper’s “Truth” vs. the Truth of Christ the King
The usurper Leo XIV’s call for journalists to be “instruments of truth” and to “strengthen communities in the truth that unites us all” is a classic modernist trope. It presents “truth” as an abstract, unifying principle, detached from its divine source and objective content. This stands in stark contrast to the Catholic understanding of truth, which is not a vague, unifying force but the very Person of Jesus Christ, who declared, “I am the way, the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). The Church’s mission is not to find a nebulous “truth that unites us all” but to proclaim the depositum fidei, the unchanging deposit of faith, which is often divisive because it demands conversion and submission to God’s law.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), unequivocally stated that Christ’s kingdom “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.” The usurper’s call for “truth that unites us all” implicitly denies this universal kingship of Christ, suggesting that unity can be found outside of Him, in a purely horizontal, humanistic “truth.” This is the very essence of the modernist error condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907), which warned against the “agnosticism” of modern philosophy that “rejects the office of reason” in matters of faith and reduces religion to a mere “sentiment” or “experience.”
“Fake News” and the Suppression of Objective Reality
The phrase “the drug of “fake news”” is particularly insidious. While the dissemination of false information is certainly a moral evil, the modernist use of this term often serves to silence dissent and critical inquiry, especially when it challenges the narratives of the powerful or the conciliar establishment. The usurper’s call to “govern technology without surrendering to the rhetoric of uniform thought” and to “respect differing opinions” is a clear endorsement of the modernist principle of religious freedom and the “right to one’s own thoughts,” which Pius IX condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (1864) as error 79: “Moreover, it is false that the civil liberty of every form of worship, and the full power, given to all, of overtly and publicly manifesting any opinions whatsoever and thoughts, conduce more easily to corrupt the morals and minds of the people, and to propagate the pest of indifferentism.”
The Catholic Church has always upheld the duty of the state to suppress public errors that endanger souls, as Leo XIII taught in Immortale Dei (1885): “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 own kind, and each fixed within limits which are defined by its proper nature and special object.” The usurper’s call to “respect differing opinions” is a direct contradiction of this teaching, promoting a relativistic “tolerance” that undermines the Church’s authority to teach and govern.
The Naturalistic Metaphor of “Flowing Water”
The usurper’s metaphor of “flowing water” as a symbol for journalism, while seemingly benign, reveals a naturalistic and humanistic worldview. He states, “To be water that deeply satisfies the thirst for knowledge of people of different generations; to nourish consciences with news and not gossip; to offer a correct and transparent interpretation of reality; to unite, in good fortune and bad, the community in which one is rooted, protecting its history and memory.” This metaphor reduces the mission of the Church and her instruments to a purely naturalistic function: satisfying a “thirst for knowledge,” “nourishing consciences” with “news,” and “uniting communities.”
This stands in stark contrast to the supernatural mission of the Church, which is to lead souls to eternal salvation through the preaching of the Gospel, the administration of the sacraments, and the teaching of unchanging truth. The true “living water” is not journalism but Christ Himself, who said, “If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink” (John 7:37). The usurper’s metaphor subtly shifts the focus from the supernatural to the natural, from the divine to the human, reflecting the modernist tendency to reduce religion to a purely social and humanitarian function, as condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili Sane Exitu (1907), which rejected the proposition that “the Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” (error 57) and that “truth changes with man, because it develops with him, in him, and through him” (error 58).
The Myth of “Christian Thought” as a “Leaven” for Journalism
The usurper’s claim that “Its roots testify to the richness of Christian thought as a leaven of journalism, not only Catholic journalism, a bulwark of the freedom to express one’s thoughts” is a classic modernist equivocation. It presents “Christian thought” as a vague, unifying force that can inspire all journalism, regardless of its adherence to Catholic truth. This is a direct contradiction of the Church’s teaching that the Catholic religion is the only true religion, as Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors (error 18): “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion, in which form it is given to please God equally as in the Catholic Church.”
The usurper’s call for “freedom to express one’s thoughts” is a clear endorsement of the modernist principle of religious freedom, which Pius IX condemned as error 77: “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State, to the exclusion of all other forms of worship.” This “freedom” is not a genuine liberty but a license to spread error, which the Church has always condemned. As St. Augustine taught, “Not all things that are done with a good intention are good, but only those that are done with a true faith” (De Bono Coniugali, 14).
The Omission of the Supernatural Mission
Perhaps the most glaring omission in the usurper’s message is any mention of the supernatural mission of the Church, the necessity of the sacraments, the reality of sin and grace, the final judgment, or the eternal destiny of souls. His entire discourse is framed in naturalistic terms: “quality” information, “seriousness,” “cultures and territories,” “communities,” “history and memory.” This silence about supernatural matters is the gravest accusation against the conciar revolution, which has reduced the Church to a mere humanitarian organization, stripped of her divine mandate and supernatural power.
The true mission of the Church is not to “unite communities” or “protect history and memory” but to “teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19). The usurper’s message, by omitting this supernatural mission, reveals the true nature of the conciliar sect: a humanistic, naturalistic, and ultimately apostate institution that has abandoned its divine Founder and His unchanging truth.
Conclusion: The Usurper’s “Truth” is a Lie
The usurper Leo XIV’s message to L’Adige is not a defense of truth but a promotion of the modernist lie that “truth” is a vague, unifying principle that can be found outside of Christ and His Church. It is a call for “dialogue,” “tolerance,” and “respect for differing opinions” that directly contradicts the Church’s teaching on the necessity of the Catholic faith for salvation, the duty of the state to suppress public errors, and the supernatural mission of the Church. This message, dripping with the language of Vatican II, is a clear indication that the conciar revolution continues its march toward the complete apostasy of the Church, reducing her to a mere instrument of the world, the flesh, and the devil.
The faithful must reject this modernist “truth” and cling to the unchanging truth of Christ the King, who alone is “the way, the truth, and the life.” As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “His reign, namely, 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.” Let us pray for the restoration of the true Church and the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and let us reject the lies of the usurpers and their modernist “truth.”
Source:
Pope Leo XIV Defends Journalism Against the Drug of ‘Fake News’ (ncregister.com)
Date: 16.06.2026