Ecumenical Compromise Masquerading as Unity in Faith
Catholic News Agency reports that “Pope” Leo XIV issued an apostolic letter In unitate fidei on November 23, 2025, urging Christians to abandon “theological controversies that have lost their raison d’être” and embrace the Nicene Creed as basis for ecumenical unity. The document links the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea to the Holy Year 2025 and an upcoming joint event with Patriarch Bartholomew in Turkey. The article presents this as progressive development toward Christian unity while ignoring the apostate foundations of conciliar ecumenism.
Betrayal of Nicaea’s Anti-Heresy Purpose
The Council of Nicaea (325 AD) was convened precisely to combat heresy through dogmatic precision, not to facilitate unity through ambiguity. As Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors: “The Church has not the power of defining dogmatically that the religion of the Catholic Church is the only true religion” (Error 21). Yet Leo XIV perverts Nicaea’s legacy by claiming:
“We must therefore leave behind theological controversies that have lost their raison d’être in order to develop a common understanding…”
This directly contradicts St. Robert Bellarmine’s principle: Haeretici manifesti nec habendi sunt pro Christianis (“Manifest heretics must not be considered Christians” – De Ecclesia Militante 3.10). The Council of Trent (Session 13, Canon 6) anathematizes those who claim “unity in diversity” regarding Eucharistic doctrine – a condemnation implicitly rejected by this new ecumenism.
Naturalistic Reduction of the Creed
The article celebrates Leo XIV’s statement that the Creed “gives us hope” amid “war, injustice and suffering” – reducing divine revelation to therapeutic existentialism. Contrast this with Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925):
“When once men recognize… that Christ has received all power in heaven and on earth… it will be possible to heal the plague which now infects society.”
Where traditional Catholic teaching emphasizes the social kingship of Christ as solution to societal ills, the conciliar sect offers emotional comfort through shared ritual. The article’s reference to “care for creation” replaces dominion over nature (Genesis 1:28) with environmentalist pantheism – condemned by Pius IX as “God identical with the nature of things” (Syllabus Error 1).
Ecumenism as Apostate Praxis
Most damning is the article’s uncritical acceptance of Bartholomew I as legitimate dialogue partner. The Holy Office under Pius XII decreed (Decree on the Eastern Churches, 1948):
“The Catholic Church alone is the Mystical Body of Christ… those not living within her visible confines cannot be called members of this Body.”
Leo XIV’s claim that “what unites us is much greater than what divides us” constitutes formal heresy against Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus – defined infallibly at Florence (1439) and reiterated by Pius IX (Syllabus Error 17). The article’s glowing report on this apostasy demonstrates the conciliar sect’s complete rupture from Catholic ecclesiology.
Omission of Supernatural Realities
Nowhere does the article mention:
- The necessity of sacraments for salvation
- The propitiatory sacrifice of the Mass
- The Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell)
Instead, we find naturalistic platitudes: “Love for God without love for neighbor is hypocrisy” – inverting Christ’s clear hierarchy (Matthew 22:37-39). This reflects Modernist subjectivism condemned in Lamentabili Sane (1907): “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20).
Conclusion: Apostasy Institutionalized
The article unwittingly documents the conciliar sect’s final transition from heresy to apostasy. By treating Orthodox schismatics as “brothers and sisters in Christ” while dismissing Catholic dogma as “outdated theological disputes,” Leo XIV fulfills Paul VI’s prophecy of “auto-demolition.” As St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907): “The Modernist sustains and propagates a philosophy from which the faithful should turn with horror.” The horror now complete, faithful Catholics must heed Our Lord’s warning: “Go out from her, my people” (Revelation 18:4).
Source:
Pope Leo XIV urges Christians to move beyond outdated theological disputes (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 23.11.2025