Conciliar Sect Exploits Lebanon’s Suffering to Promote False Unity
The Catholic News Agency portal (November 23, 2025) promotes the upcoming visit of antipope Leo XIV to Lebanon, framing it as a continuation of previous visits by antipopes John Paul II (1997) and Benedict XVI (2012). The article quotes Lebanese individuals recalling these events as “milestones” offering “hope” amidst national crises. Robert El Haybe describes how Syrian occupators restricted John Paul II’s visit to “pastoral” purposes, while Elie Baroud claims Benedict XVI’s 2012 visit served as a “shield” during regional turmoil. Both express expectations that Leo XIV’s visit will address Lebanon’s economic collapse and security threats while “rallying” Christians. This narrative constitutes a sacrilegious distortion of the Church’s mission, reducing the papacy to a geopolitical NGO.
Post-Conciliar “Popes” as Agents of Naturalism
The article’s central heresy lies in its treatment of antipopes as social workers rather than custodians of divine truth. When El Haybe declares “Christians are forgotten; no one thinks about us except the pope”, he reveals the conciliar sect’s core error: replacing the Regnum Christi with human solidarity. Pius XI condemned this inversion in Quas Primas (1925), stating: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.” By contrast, Baroud reduces the antipope’s role to demanding “peace in the region” and “international pressure to enforce sovereignty” – a complete abandonment of the Church’s divine mandate to subjugate nations to Christ’s reign.
Omission of Supernatural Reality Exposes Apostasy
Nowhere does the article mention repentance, grace, or the Social Kingship of Christ – the very essence of papal visits before the conciliar revolution. Compare this to Pius IX’s 1864 Syllabus of Errors, which condemned the notion that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Error 80). The CNA report celebrates precisely this conciliar heresy, quoting Baroud’s expectation that the antipope will “force global powers and local leaders to remember that Lebanon’s Christians are not relics.” This reduces the Mystical Body to a political lobbying group, denying Pius XI’s teaching that “the Empire of our Redeemer embraces all men” (Quas Primas).
False Memory Syndrome: Whitewashing Heretical “Popes”
The article’s nostalgic tone toward antipopes John Paul II and Benedict XVI constitutes historical revisionism. John Paul II’s 1997 visit occurred under Syrian occupation precisely because he refused to condemn Islam, instead promoting the Assisi abominations (1986, 2002). Benedict XVI’s 2012 trip culminated in the apostate document Ecclesia in Medio Oriente, which declared Muslims “also believe in the God of Abraham” (§25) – a heresy condemned by Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928): “This being so, it is clear that the Apostolic See cannot on any terms take part in their assemblies, nor is it anyway lawful for Catholics to give to such enterprises.” The current anticipation for Leo XIV’s visit continues this trajectory of apostasy.
Silence on Lebanon’s True Martyrdom
Not a single word acknowledges Lebanon’s 80-year persecution of authentic Catholics who reject the conciliar sect. Traditional priests face imprisonment for celebrating the true Mass, while Maronite “bishops” implementing Vatican II’s Orientalium Ecclesiarum have emptied monasteries and seminaries. The article laments “Hezbollah’s intervention in the Gaza war” but ignores how these Iranian proxies systematically eradicate Lebanon’s Christian identity with Vatican complicity. As Pius IX warned in Quanta Cura (1864): “They are far from abstaining from evil, for they do everything in their power to enslave the Church more firmly to the civil power” (§6).
Theological Poison in Sentimental Packaging
Baroud’s description of antipope Benedict XVI’s visit as “a light of hope” during terrorist threats exposes the conciliar sect’s emotional manipulation. True hope resides solely in Christ the King, not in modernist bureaucrats. When Baroud claims “these moments rally our people, slow the exodus of our youth, boost morale“, he unknowingly admits the neo-church’s functional atheism: If the “pope” merely provides psychological comfort rather than administering sacraments and teaching immutable doctrine, he proves himself a usurper. St. Pius X’s Lamentabili Sane (1907) condemned the notion that “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20) – precisely the anthropocentric religion promoted in this article.
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Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s historic visit, Lebanese recall past papal trips (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 23.11.2025