Vatican “Normality” Under Antipope Leo XIV: A Facade of Apostasy
The EWTN News portal (January 23, 2026) cites Archbishop Georg Gänswein’s praise for antipope Leo XIV’s alleged restoration of “normality” to the Vatican, claiming a “change for the better in the atmosphere.” Gänswein—formerly secretary to the modernist Benedict XVI and now nuncio to the Baltic states—claims Leo XIV’s governance reflects the Holy Spirit’s work, applauding his “Augustinian spirit” and “clear line” in proclaiming the faith. Concurrently, Gänswein weakly critiques the German Synodal Way’s deviations while stopping short of condemning its heretical demands.
The Myth of Vatican “Normality”
Gänswein’s celebration of “normality” under antipope Leo XIV is a theological absurdity. Quas primas (Pius XI, 1925) defines true Catholic normality: “The empire of our Redeemer embraces all men. […] The right of the Church to perfect independence in the exercise of her mission must be recognized”. Yet Leo XIV governs a Vatican steeped in religious indifferentism, interfaith syncretism, and the cult of man—hallmarks of the conciliar revolution condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici gregis (1907) as the “synthesis of all heresies.”
The claim that antipope Leo XIV “proclaims the faith joyfully” ignores his silence on the Social Kingship of Christ, his refusal to condemn contraception or homosexual unions, and his perpetuation of the Novus Ordo—a rite stripped of sacrificial language and deemed “a banal on-the-spot product” by Cardinal Ratzinger himself (1993). True Catholic normality demands adherence to Quo Primum (St. Pius V, 1570), which declares the Tridentine Mass immutable.
Gänswein’s Complicity in Apostasy
As prefect of the Papal Household under Benedict XVI, Gänswein facilitated the blasphemous interfaith “prayer for peace” in Assisi (2011)—a gathering Pius XI condemned in Mortalium Animos (1928) as “false opinions which turn men away from the true faith”. His current praise for Leo XIV’s “Augustinian spirit” is bitterly ironic: St. Augustine relentlessly opposed heresies like Pelagianism, while Leo XIV promotes environmentalism and immigration as core “gospel values”—a betrayal of Quas primas’s mandate to “restore all things in Christ”.
Gänswein’s assertion that “faith and the Holy Spirit are at work” under Leo XIV directly contradicts the Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX, 1864). Error 80 condemns those who claim “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization”—precisely the agenda Leo XIV advances through his climate idolatry and “synodal” decentralization.
The German Synodal Way: Heresy Unleashed
Gänswein’s tepid critique of the German Synodal Way as a “watering down of the faith” is cowardly understatement. The Synodal Way’s demands—women’s “ordination,” same-sex “blessings,” and lay governance—violate canons anathematized by the Council of Trent and Vatican I. Lamentabili Sane (1907) condemned Modernist claims that “dogmas evolve through human consciousness” (Proposition 22) and that “the Church’s judgments are not binding” (Proposition 7).
The Synodal Way’s rejection of sacerdotal ordination mocks Sacramentum Ordinis (Pius XII, 1947), which dogmatically defines male-only Holy Orders. Its push for LGBTQ “inclusion” defies Casti Connubii (Pius XI, 1930), which declares homosexual acts “intrinsically disordered and contrary to natural law”. Gänswein’s plea for the Synodal Way to “come to an end” ignores his duty to publicly denounce its architects as formal heretics under Canon 188.4 (1917 Code), which voids the offices of clerics who defect from the Faith.
Conclusion: No Peace With Modernism
The EWTN article whitewashes the Vatican’s descent into apostasy. True Catholics recognize Leo XIV as an antipope and the conciliar church as a secta diaboli (sect of the devil). As Pius XI taught: “There can be no true peace unless the law of Christ reigns” (Ubi Arcano, 1922). Those who collaborate with the Modernist occupation—like Gänswein—participate in what St. Pius X called “the suicide of altering the Faith” (Editae Saepe, 1910). Only unconditional return to Tradition can restore Christ’s reign.
Source:
Archbishop Gänswein: With Pope Leo, ‘normality’ is returning to the Vatican (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 23.01.2026