The Naturalistic Reduction of Charity in Istanbul Nursing Home Visit
The Catholic News Agency portal reports on antipope Leo XIV's November 28, 2025 visit to a nursing home operated by the Little Sisters of the Poor in Istanbul. The article emphasizes his message that Christian charity is rooted in “being with others in a communion based on fraternity” before “doing,” while warning against societies that marginalize the elderly. This event occurred during his trip marking the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea. The report frames the visit as a customary papal gesture toward marginalized groups, quoting the antipope's praise for St. Jeanne Jugan's congregation and his assertion that the elderly embody “the wisdom of a people.” The article exemplifies the conciliar sect's reduction of supernatural charity to horizontal humanism.
Subordination of Supernatural Charity to Naturalistic Brotherhood
The antipope's declaration that “before being for others, we must first be with others in a communion based on fraternity” inverts the hierarchy of ends established by Christ. Authentic Catholic charity flows ex opere operato from the state of grace and is ordered toward supernatural salvation, not mere human solidarity. Pius XI condemned such inversions in Quas Primas, teaching that Christ's kingship requires societies to be “girded with justice and sanctified by religion” (n. 19). The emphasis on fraternal “communion” absent reference to the regnum Christi constitutes apostasy from the Church's divine mandate to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).
Eclipse of Redemptive Suffering in Elder Care
By framing the elderly primarily as “bearers of memory and wisdom” rather than souls entrusted with final purification, the conciliar sect denies the ars moriendi tradition. Leo XIII's encyclical Rerum Novarum grounded care for the aged in their status as “creatures of God and ransomed by Christ” (n. 16), whereas the Istanbul speech reduces them to sociological artifacts. The antipope's borrowed phrase “the elderly are the wisdom of a people” smuggles in the modernist heresy condemned by St. Pius X in Lamentabili (Proposition 58), which equates revelation with human consciousness.
Religious Indifferentism Disguised as Inclusion
The article notes the nursing home serves “residents of different religious backgrounds” without stating the Little Sisters' obligation to evangelize them. This omission violates the dogmatic teaching of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus and Pius IX's Syllabus of Errors, which condemns the notion that “man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Proposition 16). By praising interfaith coexistence while suppressing the necessity of conversion, the antipope advances the conciliar heresy of religious liberty anathematized in Quanta Cura.
Exploitation of St. Jeanne Jugan for Anti-Dogmatic Purposes
St. Jeanne Jugan's true legacy is betrayed when her spiritual daughters operate under the authority of antipopes who deny her ecclesiology. The 19th-century foundress adhered to the Oath Against Modernism requiring “firmest acceptance of ecclesiastical tradition,” whereas today's congregation implicitly accepts Vatican II's heresies by submitting to illegitimate authorities. The article's depiction of the Sisters as mere social workers exemplifies the conciliar corruption of religious life into humanitarianism—a deformation Pius XII denounced as “exaggerated and erroneous activism” (Sponsa Christi, 1950).
Rejection of Eschatological Reality in Pastoral Care
The complete absence of references to final judgment, sacramental last rites, or the need for repentance before death exposes the spiritual bankruptcy of this event. Compare this to the Roman Ritual's Visit to the Sick, which prioritizes confession and viaticum over psychosocial comfort. When antipope Leo XIV thanks the Sisters for their “patient, prayerful witness” without mentioning administration of sacraments, he confirms his sect's abandonment of ex opere operantis efficacy—a heresy condemned by Trent (Session XXIII, Canon 2).
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Pope Leo shares ‘secret of Christian charity’ with Little Sisters of the Poor (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 28.11.2025