The VaticanNews portal (January 18, 2026) reports that antipope Leo XIV prayed for “dialogue” in the Democratic Republic of Congo and expressed “solidarity” with flood victims in southern Africa. The article describes “grave humanitarian crises” while omitting any reference to the necessity of conversion, the Social Reign of Christ the King, or the supernatural causes of societal collapse.
Naturalism Masquerading as Charity
The reported statement that “Let us pray that dialogue may always prevail between the parties to the conflict” constitutes a fundamental betrayal of Catholic doctrine on conflict resolution. Pius XI condemned this error in Quas Primas, teaching that “the peace of Christ can only be found in the Kingdom of Christ” (§1). The conciliar sect replaces the Lex Divina with human negotiation, ignoring that true peace flows from adherence to Christ’s immutable laws (Ps 2:10-12).
Nowhere does the article mention:
- The sacraments as remedy for suffering (Council of Trent Sess. XIV, c.1)
- God’s justice manifest through disasters (Wis 11:17; Luke 13:3-5)
- The missionary duty to convert warring factions (Mk 16:15)
Theological Vacuum in Crisis Reporting
By focusing exclusively on “humanitarian situations” and “essential infrastructure“, the conciliar sect perpetuates the modernist heresy condemned in Lamentabili Sane: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20). The article’s description of refugees “living in conditions of extreme precarity” deliberately omits their spiritual precarity – likely deprived of valid sacraments and orthodox catechesis in UN-run camps.
Pius XII’s Mystici Corporis (§22) reminds us that material aid without supernatural intent constitutes empty philanthropy: “For not every sin, however grave it may be, is such as of its own nature to sever a man from the Body of the Church, as does schism or heresy or apostasy.” The silence regarding the Orthodox and Protestant errors prevalent in these regions confirms the conciliar sect’s embrace of indifferentism – explicitly condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 77).
Ecumenical Betrayal in Disguised Language
The term “solidarity of the Church” when uttered by antipope Leo XIV constitutes doctrinal fraud. True Catholic solidarity requires:
“the subordination of all temporal things to the supernatural end of man” (Pius XI, Quas Primas §18)
Yet the article promotes a cross-religious humanitarianism indistinguishable from UN agendas. This aligns with the condemned proposition: “Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ” (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 17).
Omissions That Condemn
The conciliar sect’s silence on these truths exposes its apostasy:
- No call for Congo’s warlords to repent under pain of hellfire (Mt 3:2)
- No exhortation to missionaries to administer Extreme Unction amid disasters (James 5:14)
- No condemnation of Africa’s 320+ Protestant sects spreading heresy (Gal 5:20)
This fulfills Pius X’s warning in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (§39): “Modernists substitute for faith a kind of religious sentiment without any dogmatic substratum.” When antipope Leo XIV speaks of “the Church“, he means precisely this empty sentimentalism.
False Mercy Doctrine Manifest
The reported plea for “communities submerged” in floods deliberately avoids mentioning why God permits disasters. The Old Testament shows plagues following idolatry (Wis 12:8-11), while the New Testament warns: “Unless you repent, you will all likewise perish” (Lk 13:3).
True Catholic response would demand:
- Public consecration of DRC to Christ the King
- Excommunication of Catholic politicians funding militias
- Missionary expeditions with valid priests to administer sacraments
Instead, the conciliar sect offers only pagan-level humanism – the “cult of man” John XXIII initiated at Vatican II. As Pius IX decreed: “All the strength of the Church’s enemies is in the negligence of Catholics” (Qui Pluribus §29).
Source:
Pope prays for DR Congo and flood-stricken southern Africa (vaticannews.va)
Date: 18.01.2026