Leo XIV’s New Year Homily: Naturalizing Divine Authority in the Name of Peace
VaticanNews portal (January 1, 2026) reports on Leo XIV’s homily during his first public Mass of 2026, marking the counterfeit “Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God” and the neo-church’s “World Day of Peace.” The antipope framed the new year as “an open journey to be discovered” through an “unarmed and disarming” God revealed through Mary. He cited Bergoglio’s predecessor John Paul II in closing the 2025 Jubilee, emphasizing “forgiveness received and given” as the culmination of this modernist spectacle.
Reduction of Divine Majesty to Naturalistic Sentiment
The homily’s core heresy lies in its characterization of the Incarnation as God arriving “naked and defenceless” to teach that “the world is not saved by violence but by tirelessly striving to understand, forgive, liberate and welcome everyone.” This contradicts Quas Primas (Pius XI, 1925), which declares: “He [Christ] is said to reign in the wills of men… because He inclines our free will and conquers it with His inspiration, so that we are inflamed for the noblest deeds” (n.14).
By emphasizing an “unarmed God,” Leo XIV denies the Regnum Christi established through Christ’s sacrificial death and resurrection. Pius XI condemned such naturalism: “The faith of Christ is in opposition to human reason and divine revelation not only is not useful, but is even hurtful to the perfection of man” (Syllabus of Errors, n.6). The true God arms His faithful with “the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God” (Eph 6:17), not with sentimental pacifism.
Mariological Distortions Undermining Christ’s Kingship
The blasphemous pairing of “Mary’s divine motherhood” with an “unarmed God” constitutes Nestorian heresy. The Council of Ephesus (431 AD) defined Mary as Theotokos precisely to safeguard Christ’s divine nature against such separations. Leo XIV’s claim that “two unarmed realities come together” in Mary reduces the Incarnate Word to a passive infant, denying His eternal dominion as “King of kings and Lord of lords” (Rev 19:16).
This modernist Mariology inverts true devotion. Pius XII warned in Ad Caeli Reginam (1954): “Let all Christians… glory in being subjects of the Virgin Mother of God, who… enjoys royal power” (n.39). The true Queen Mother exercises authority as Mediatrix of Graces, not as a pacifist symbol.
Jubilee 2025: Sacramental Bankruptcy Disguised as Mercy
The appeal to “forgiveness received and given” as the Jubilee’s culmination reveals the neo-church’s sacramental desert. Contrast this with Boniface VIII’s Antiquorum habet (1300), establishing the authentic Jubilee requiring:
- Confession of faith in the Roman Catholic Church
- Sacramental confession
- Eucharistic communion
- Prayers for the Pope’s intentions
Leo XIV’s ritual lacks all reference to sacramental confession, satisfaction, or the Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus dogma. This aligns with Bergoglio’s Misericordia et Misera (2016), which reduced mercy to emotional acceptance rather than ex opere operato grace.
Bergoglian Continuity Through Heretical Citation
The homily’s citation of John Paul II’s 2000 Jubilee closure speech confirms the apostate lineage: “We too have glimpsed the saving presence of God in history… his love which renews the face of the earth.” This pantheistic vision was condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus: “There exists no Supreme, all-wise, all-provident Divine Being, distinct from the universe” (n.1).
True Catholic eschatology awaits Christ’s return in glory, not an immanentist “renewal” through human effort. As Lamentabili Sane (1907) declared: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (n.20 – condemned proposition). Leo XIV’s message embodies this exact modernist error.
The abomination culminates in the blasphemous veneration of a statue of the Virgin during Mass – prohibited by Trent’s anathema against “the worshipping and adoration of images” (Session 25). This spectacle confirms the neo-church’s descent into idolatry, abandoning the lex orandi of the Roman Missal for paganized ritual innovation.
Source:
Pope: The new year is ‘a journey to be discovered’ (vaticannews.va)
Date: 01.01.2026