Antipope Leo XIV’s Naturalistic Distortion of Prayer in Vatican Audience
Catholic News Agency reports on a January 14, 2026, general audience in which the usurper of the Apostolic See, Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), urged Christians to “set aside time… to speak with God in prayer,” framing divine communion as a dialogue between friends. The address centered on Vatican II’s Dei Verbum, with claims that “listening and dialogue with God” form Christianity’s foundation. This modernist inversion reduces the supernatural order to anthropocentric sentimentality.
Theological Subversion of Prayer as Human Dialogue
Leo XIV’s assertion that prayer involves “speak[ing] with God” to “reveal ourselves to ourselves” inverts the hierarchical nature of divine worship. The Catholic Church has always taught that prayer is principally latria (adoration) directed to God, not mutual self-disclosure. As Pius XI declared:
“The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men… To reject the supremacy of Christ is to deny the foundation of human society” (Quas Primas, 1925).
By reducing prayer to dialogue between friends, the antipope suppresses the truth that man approaches God as a creature before his Creator, not as an equal in conversation. This directly contradicts the Council of Trent’s condemnation of “vain confidence” in human faculties (Session VI, Canon 13).
Silence on Sacrificial Worship and Obedience
The address omits all reference to the propitiatory sacrifice of the Mass as the Church’s supreme prayer. Leo XIV speaks generically of “liturgical and community prayer” without distinguishing between true Catholic liturgy and the invalid Novus Ordo rite. This deliberate ambiguity aligns with Vatican II’s destruction of sacrificial worship, condemned by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre as “a Protestantized Mass which no longer expresses the Catholic Faith” (Open Letter to Confused Catholics, 1986).
Moreover, the warning that friendships die through “daily acts of neglect” applies ironically to the antipope himself, whose refusal to uphold Catholic doctrine constitutes neglect of his false office’s supposed duties. True pastors, like St. Pius X, admonished:
“The Church alone… is the depositary of truth” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis, 1907).
Dei Verbum: A Document of Doctrinal Corruption
By citing Dei Verbum as authoritative, Leo XIV confirms his adherence to Vatican II’s modernist framework. The conciliar document asserts that “God speaks to men as friends” (DV 2), dissolving the distinction between Creator and creature. This contradicts Pope St. Pius X’s condemnation:
“To the Modernists… God is immanent in man… Thus the distinction between God and man falls” (Lamentabili Sane, Proposition 26).
The antipope’s claim that “only when we speak with God can we also speak about him” replaces objective revelation with subjective experience. Catholic theology holds that sacred doctrine flows from divine revelation entrusted to the Magisterium (1 Tim 3:15), not private conversation.
Omission of Reparation and Final Judgment
Nowhere does Leo XIV mention prayer’s essential purpose: reparation for sin and glorification of God. His anthropocentric focus ignores the Church’s teaching that “prayer is the raising of the mind and heart to God” (Baltimore Catechism). The silence on sin, judgment, and hell exposes the audience’s naturalism—a hallmark of the conciliar sect.
The true Church commands:
“Pray without ceasing” (1 Thess 5:17), understanding prayer as warfare against the world, the flesh, and the devil—not casual dialogue.
A Call to Reject Modernist Pseudo-Prayer
Leo XIV’s address exemplifies the conciliar church’s destruction of supernatural faith. Catholics must reject this false “friendship” theology and adhere to the unchanging lex orandi of the pre-1958 Missal, wherein priest and people unite in sacrificial worship, not self-revealing chatter. As St. Alphonsus Liguori taught:
“He who prays is saved; he who prays not is damned” (The Great Means of Salvation).
The only remedy is a return to the integral Catholic faith—without dialogue, without compromise, and without recognition of antipopes who peddle heresy as piety.
Source:
Pope Leo XIV urges making time ‘to speak with God’ (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 14.01.2026