The Hollow Spectacle of Prisoner “Mercy” in the Neo-Church
Catholic News Agency reports on December 14, 2025, that antipope Leo XIV presided over a “Jubilee of Prisoners” in St. Peter’s Basilica, attended by 6,000 participants from 90 countries. The event promoted “justice as rehabilitation” and “restarting” lives through social programs, quoting Isaiah’s prophecy of redemption while omitting all references to sacramental penance or eternal judgment. This naturalistic spectacle epitomizes the conciliar sect’s abandonment of the Church’s supernatural mission.
Replacement of Redemption With Secular Rehabilitation
The article states Leo urged that justice must not be “reduced to punishment alone,” framing incarceration as a societal failure rather than a consequence of personal sin. His call to ensure “no human being is defined only by his or her actions” directly contradicts Quas Primas (1925), where Pius XI declared: “[Christ] must reign in the minds of men… by obedience to His laws”. Traditional Catholic teaching holds that temporal punishment serves both justice and the sinner’s spiritual rehabilitation through repentance (Council of Trent, Session XIV).
By contrast, the neo-church’s focus on “respect, mercy, and forgiveness” as tools for “beautiful flowers [to] spring forth from the ‘hard ground’ of sin” reduces salvation to psychological adjustment. Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemned such moral relativism in Proposition 15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true”—a heresy now repackaged as criminal justice reform.
The Blasphemous Subversion of Jubilee Theology
Leo invoked the biblical Jubilee to promote “forms of amnesty or pardon meant to help individuals regain confidence in themselves and in society.” This corrupts the Old Testament Yovel—a divinely mandated restoration of covenantal order (Leviticus 25:10)—into a vehicle for humanistic self-affirmation. Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis Christi (1943) emphasized that “the reconciliation of sinners with God” comes through Christ’s sacrifice mediated by the Church, not state-administered social programs.
The “Sense of Bread” project—where prisoners manufacture Communion hosts—epitomizes this sacrilege. Canon 1306 of the 1917 Code required Eucharistic bread to be made by “virgins or widows… or at least by persons of proven integrity”. Allowing unrepentant criminals to handle sacred matter mocks the Real Presence, reducing the Host to a therapeutic symbol.
Systemic Apostasy in Prison Ministry
Organizers boasted of chaplains from Italy, Portugal, Spain, Malta, and Chile participating—all territories where the conciliar sect has dismantled sacramental integrity. When the article notes inmates attended “with special permission,” it conceals how modernist clergy deny prisoners access to valid sacraments. The apostate “Mass” celebrated by Leo lacks both form and intention, as the Vatican II rite invalidly alters the Offertory and Consecration (Pius XII: Sacramentum Ordinis, 1947).
St. Pius X’s Lamentabili Sane (1907) condemned the very foundation of this event in Proposition 25: “Faith… is ultimately based on a sum of probabilities”. By prioritizing “projects and encounters” over conversion, the neo-church confirms its rejection of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus (Fourth Lateran Council).
Omission of the Supernatural: Silence as Heresy
Nowhere does the article mention Confession, contrition, or the Four Last Things—omissions exposing the conciliar sect’s naturalism. Leo’s plea that “no one be lost and that all be saved” echoes the Universalist heresy condemned by Pius IX’s Syllabus (Proposition 17). St. Augustine’s City of God (XIX, 17) reminds us that true justice flows from “orderly obedience to God”, not sentimental appeals to human dignity.
The event’s culmination in an invalid “Mass” using sacrilegious hosts symbolizes the abomination of desolation: a counterfeit church offering counterfeit mercy while leading souls to perdition. As Our Lord warned: “Unless you do penance, you shall all likewise perish” (Luke 13:3).
Source:
Pope Leo XIV urges mercy, reform as Jubilee of Prisoners closes Holy Year (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 14.12.2025