Vogue’s Fashionable “Pope” and the Desecration of Sacred Symbolism
VaticanNews portal reports that the usurper of the Apostolic See, Robert Prevost (“Pope” Leo XIV), has been declared one of Vogue magazine’s “55 best-dressed people of 2025.” The article gushes over his “red satin mozzetta” and “wine-colored stole” while praising his supposed break from the “humble tastes” of Jorge Bergoglio. This sacrilegious spectacle exposes the conciliar sect’s complete inversion of sacred priorities, where liturgical vestments become props in a demonic fashion show rather than symbols of supernatural reality.
Desecration of Sacramental Ontology
The article breathlessly describes liturgical garments while stripping them of their theological meaning. The mozzetta – historically reserved to cardinals and popes as a signum jurisdictionis (sign of jurisdiction) – is reduced to a “best outfit” accessory. St. Pius X’s Tra le sollecitudini condemned such profanations, declaring: “Sacred music and liturgical rites lose their efficacy when divorced from their sacred purpose.” The chasuble’s representation of the “jugum Christi (yoke of Christ)” becomes mere costume jewelry when worn by one who lacks valid jurisdiction.
“Pope Leo XIV has broken with the humble tastes of his predecessor… preserving the papal legacy of impeccably crafted liturgical vestments.”
This statement constitutes blasphemous irony. Pius XII’s Mediator Dei teaches that vestments exist “non ad pompam vel ornamentum (not for pomp or ornament)” but as visible signs of invisible grace. When the modernist antipope parades in satin mozzettas while promoting heresy, he fulfills Our Lord’s warning about “sepulchra dealbata (whited sepulchers)” (Matthew 23:27).
Symbolic Apostasy in Sartorial Form
The conciliar sect’s fashion obsession reveals its anti-sacramental essence. The article celebrates Prevost’s “gold-embroidered stole” while ignoring that valid sacraments require intentio faciendi quod facit Ecclesia (intention to do what the Church does). Since the New Rite of Episcopal Consecration (1968) invalidated holy orders, all subsequent “popes” lack the character indelebilis (indelible mark) necessary to wear these vestments lawfully. As Pope Pius XII declared in Sacramentum Ordinis: “The matter and form… must be preserved inviolate.”
Vogue’s praise for Prevost’s “golden silk cord” pectoral cross particularly offends. St. Robert Bellarmine teaches in De Romano Pontifice that manifest heretics automatically lose ecclesiastical office. Prevost’s acceptance of Vatican II’s heresies (religious liberty, collegiality, ecuмenism) renders him incapable of holding any sacred office, making his vestments not merely invalid but sacrilegious.
Historical Contrast: True Popes Versus Modernist Performers
The article contrasts Prevost’s attire with Bergoglio’s “simplicity,” missing the deeper heresy: Both reject the splendor veritatis (splendor of truth) embedded in traditional vestments. True popes like Pius X wore dignified but simple cassocks to emphasize their office’s gravity, not as fashion statements. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas reminds us that Christ’s Kingship requires rejecting worldly approval: “The peace of Christ can only be achieved through the reign of Christ.”
When Gammarelli tailors – once suppliers to saintly pontiffs – now dress antipopes for Vogue photoshoots, they participate in this apostasy. The article’s reference to Filippo Sorcinelli as a papal designer completes the sacrilege, transforming sacred craftsmanship into celebrity couture.
Omitted Truths: The Silence Screams Apostasy
Nowhere does the article mention that Prevost’s “election” violated Pope Paul IV’s Cum ex Apostolatus Officio, which nullifies any heretic’s papal claim. Nor does it acknowledge that true Catholics must avoid all contact with the conciliar sect’s sacraments and ceremonies (Canon 1258, 1917 Code). The silence about these doctrinal truths reveals the article’s purpose: to normalize the conciliar sect’s complete absorption into worldly structures.
Pius XI condemned this very mentality in Quas Primas: “When once men recognize… that Christ has been cast out of public life, then they will pervert the moral order.” The conciliar antipopes’ embrace of fashion accolades proves they serve not Christ the King but what St. Augustine called “civitas diaboli (city of the devil).”
In this sartorial abomination, we see the fulfillment of Pius X’s warning in Pascendi Dominici Gregis: “Modernists substitute for the divine reality mere symbols and appearances.” Let true Catholics recall St. Athanasius’ defiance: “Et si contra mundum solus starem (Even if I must stand alone against the world).” No Vogue photoshoot can disguise the conciliar sect’s spiritual bankruptcy.
Source:
Vogue magazine includes Pope Leo XIV on its list of best dressed of 2025 (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 17.12.2025