Ecumenical Apostasy Masquerading as Christian Unity
The VaticanNews portal (January 18, 2026) reports that antipope Leo XIV used his Angelus address to call for intensified prayer during the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The theme—“There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling” (Eph 4:4)—was prepared by an ecumenical group from the Armenian Apostolic Church, a schismatic body. The antipope will conclude the week by presiding over Vespers at the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls. This appeal for visible unity with heretical and schismatic sects constitutes a brazen assault on the dogma of the Church’s exclusive authority.
Theological Subversion of Christ’s Kingship
The call for “full, visible unity” with non-Catholics directly contradicts the infallible teaching of Pope Pius XI in Mortalium Animos (1928): “The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it.” By treating schismatic bodies like the Armenian Apostolic Church as equals—even permitting them to draft liturgical materials—the conciliar sect perpetuates the heresy of religious indifferentism condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (1864): “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Error 18). This sacrilegious equanimity ignores the divine constitution of the Church as the sole ark of salvation (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus).
“I therefore invite all Catholic communities to intensify their prayer during these days for the full, visible unity of all Christians.”
Here, the term “Catholic communities” is a deliberate obfuscation. True Catholics are members of Christ’s Mystical Body through valid sacraments and submission to the extraordinary magisterium, not attendees of neo-modernist pseudo-parishes. The invocation of St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians is twisted to suggest a unity already existing among heretics—a notion anathematized by the Council of Trent (Session VII, Canon 4), which affirms that grace and truth reside exclusively within the Catholic Church.
Historical Revisionism and Masonic Roots
The article’s reference to Pope Leo XIII’s alleged support for ecumenical prayer is a gross distortion. Leo XIII’s encyclical Praeclara Gratulationis (1894) explicitly condemned attempts to reduce the Church to “the level of other Christian societies” and demanded that dissidents “submit to the power and authority of the bishops and of the Roman Pontiff.” The modern “Week of Prayer” initiative—far from being a continuation of orthodox tradition—emerged from Protestant circles in the 19th century and was later co-opted by modernists as a tool to normalize heresy. The involvement of the Armenian Apostolic Church, which rejects papal supremacy and dogmas like the Filioque, exposes this event as a syncretic farce.
Omissions That Condemn
The article omits the following non-negotiable truths:
- The Church’s divine mandate to “make disciples of all nations” (Mt 28:19) requires the conversion—not dialogue—of heretics.
- Pope Pius IX’s Syllabus condemns the idea that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself with progress, liberalism, and modern civilization” (Error 80).
- St. Robert Bellarmine’s teaching that manifest heretics automatically forfeit ecclesiastical authority (De Romano Pontifice), rendering antipope Leo XIV’s appeals spiritually void.
Conclusion: A Betrayal of the Great Commission
Antipope Leo XIV’s ecumenical theatrics epitomize the conciliar sect’s apostasy. By treating schismatics as “separated brethren” rather than souls in peril, the Vatican structure denies the Kingship of Christ over nations and individuals. Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925) dismantles this error: “The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men… His reign extends not only to Catholic nations but to all non-Christians.” True unity demands unconditional submission to the Roman Catholic Church—the only institution founded by God for salvation. To pray otherwise is to blaspheme the Holy Ghost.
Source:
Pope: Let us intensify prayer for the full unity of Christians (vaticannews.va)
Date: 18.01.2026