Beirut’s False Hope: Apostate Prelate Awaits Antipope’s Empty Gestures
The VaticanNews portal (November 21, 2025) reports Maronite “Archbishop” Paul Abdel Sater’s anticipation of antipope Leo XIV’s visit to Lebanon, framing it as a “message of hope, peace, and love” for a nation devastated by socio-economic collapse. The “prelate” claims the usurper’s mere presence will “encourage” Lebanese Catholics, stating: “We’re not expecting that His Holiness will give us a solution for our problems. It is enough for us that he is present here.” This groveling before a counterfeit authority reveals the theological bankruptcy of the conciliar sect.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Faith
The “archbishop” reduces the Church’s mission to psychological comfort, declaring the antipope’s presence “more than enough” while Lebanon’s Catholics starve spiritually and materially. This echoes Modernism’s core error condemned in *Lamentabili Sane* (1907): “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20). Pius X’s encyclical *Pascendi* exposed this as “the synthesis of all heresies,” where religion becomes emotional therapy rather than submission to divine Truth.
No mention is made of Lebanon’s duty to recognize Christ the King’s social reign, as Pius XI dogmatically defined in *Quas Primas* (1925): “Rulers of states… must fulfill their duty themselves and with their people, if they wish to maintain their authority inviolate and contribute to the increase of their homeland’s happiness.” Instead, the “prelate” begs for international attention while ignoring Lebanon’s true crisis: rejection of the Social Kingship of Christ.
Ecumenical Apostasy in Action
Sater applauds the antipope for “supporting the mission of Lebanese Christians in the area,” code for surrendering Catholicism to interfaith syncretism. This violates Pius IX’s *Syllabus of Errors*: “Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ” (Proposition 17). The “archbishop” promotes universal salvationism by praising the antipope’s “love to every person” without demanding conversion—a betrayal of Our Lord’s command: “Go and teach all nations, baptizing them” (Matthew 28:19).
Silence on the Real Crisis
The interview omits Lebanon’s catastrophic sacramental famine, where valid Masses are scarce due to widespread invalid ordinations since Paul VI’s *Pontificalis Romani* (1968). Instead of urging return to true sacraments, Sater peddles feel-good slogans about “love putting hope in your heart.” This echoes the condemned Modernist doctrine that “faith is ultimately based on a sum of probabilities” (*Lamentabili*, Proposition 25).
Pius XI’s *Quas Primas* demolishes such naturalism: “If rulers and legitimate superiors will have the conviction that they exercise authority not so much by their own right as by the command and in the place of the Divine King… internal order will be established.” Lebanon’s collapse stems from rejecting this truth—a reality the “archbishop” dares not address.
Media Circus Replaces Divine Judgment
Sater naively claims antipope Leo XIV’s visit will “draw international attention” to Lebanon’s plight, ignoring that God permits national disasters as punishments for collective apostasy (Jeremiah 18:7-10). The “prelate” begs worldly powers for aid while rejecting the only solution: public repentance and enthronement of Christ the King. This contradicts Pope Pius IX: “The Church of God… gives birth to and raises up ever new ranks of holy men and women” (*Quas Primas*)—not groveling diplomats.
Conclusion: Spiritual Poison Disguised as Comfort
This interview epitomizes the conciliar sect’s essence: a humanitarian NGO dispensing placebo “hope” while withholding the true medicine of dogma and sacraments. As St. Pius X warned in *Pascendi*: “The Modernist… exalts [religious experience] with all manner of praise, making it the beginning and end of all religion.” Until Lebanese Catholics reject these false shepherds and return to the unam, sanctam, catholicam et apostolicam Ecclesiam, their suffering will only deepen.
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Beirut's Maronite Archbishop: The Pope’s presence is enough for us (vaticannews.va)
Date: 21.11.2025