Catholic News Agency portal reports on antipope Leo XIV’s celebration of Epiphany Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, highlighting his homily emphasizing God’s presence “in humble places” rather than “prestigious locations” and his call to protect “small, vulnerable, fragile” things against a “distorted economy.” The liturgy included the closing of the Holy Door ending the Jubilee of Hope, with the antipope decrying churches becoming museums while urging communities to become “homes” standing against “flattery of power.” The report notes 33 million pilgrims attended jubilee events.
Naturalism Displacing Supernatural Faith
The spectacle orchestrated by the Vatican occupiers culminates in blasphemous inversion of Catholic worship. While claiming to honor Christ’s manifestation to Gentiles, the ceremony reduces Epiphania Domini (Epiphany of the Lord) to sociological commentary. The antipope’s assertion that “God’s saving presence is revealed not ‘in a prestigious location’ but ‘in a humble place’” deliberately ignores the lex orandi (law of prayer) established by centuries of Catholic tradition. St. Peter’s Basilica – consecrated as Christ’s throne on earth – becomes mere theatrical backdrop for modernist platitudes.
“The child whom the Magi adore is a priceless and immeasurable good. It does not occur in a prestigious location but in a humble place.”
This calculated demotion of sacred spaces directly contradicts Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas establishing Christ’s social kingship: “When once men recognize… that Christ has authority… to make laws… it will follow that the Church must likewise be sovereign in her own sphere” (Quas Primas §18). The true Epiphany reveals Christ as Rex Regum (King of Kings), not ideological prop for anti-hierarchical sentiment.
Herod’s Modern Heirs in Ecclesiastical Vestments
The antipope’s juxtaposition of Magi and Herod contains unintended self-indictment. His warning against “those who try to take advantage… by manipulating their quest” describes the conciliar sect’s own operations. The so-called “Jubilee of Hope” exemplifies this manipulation, with 33 million pilgrims deceived into seeking grace from invalid sacraments administered by apostate clergy.
“What did they find?… The spiritual searching of our contemporaries… invites us to earnest reflection.”
This admission proves the bankruptcy of the Vatican II project. The Syllabus of Errors condemned precisely this naturalistic approach: “The Roman pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Syllabus §80). The true Church offers veritatem in caritate (truth in charity), not psycho-social “reflection” on spiritual bankruptcy.
Desacralization as Ecclesial Program
The directive against “reducing churches to museums” masks the sect’s systematic destruction of Catholic worship. When the antipope demands churches become “homes” fostering “creativity” and resistance to “flattery of power,” he inverts the Church’s divine constitution. Pius IX’s Syllabus anathematized those claiming “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Syllabus §55), yet this ceremony embodies that heresy by divorcing Christ’s kingship from His sanctuary.
War Against the Economy of Salvation
The antipope’s denunciation of “distorted economy [trying] to profit from everything” constitutes supreme hypocrisy. The conciliar sect has institutionalized spiritual usury, trading sacramental validity for ecumenical applause. His call to “replace the industry of war with the craft of peace” employs Marxist dialectic alien to Catholic teaching. As Pius XI taught: “Peace is not… the mere absence of war… It flows from… the right ordering of man’s conscience” (Ubi Arcano §23). The true “craft of peace” requires pax Christi in regno Christi (peace of Christ in the kingdom of Christ), not naturalistic utopianism.
The Epiphany’s authentic message lies trampled beneath this sacrilegious pantomise. As the Magi offered gold for Christ’s kingship, frankincense for His divinity, and myrrh for His sacrifice, modern churchmen offer ideological platitudes while denying His social reign. Let true Catholics heed Pius XI’s warning: “When once men recognize… that Christ has been… cast out of public life, society will totter to its fall” (Quas Primas §1).
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Pope Leo XIV says God is found in humble places, not in prestige (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 06.01.2026