Vatican Usurper’s Empty Gestures Conceal Spiritual Bankruptcy in Nigeria Crisis
The EWTN News portal reports that antipope Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”) expressed “sorrow and prayerful closeness” for victims of violent attacks in Nigeria during his February 8, 2026 Angelus address. The article details armed group assaults on churches, kidnappings of clergy including Fr. Nathaniel Asuwaye, and destruction of Catholic infrastructure. Prevost vaguely called for authorities to “ensure protection of every citizen,” praised beatified Spanish modernist priest Salvatore Valera Parra, and referenced St. Josephine Bakhita while promoting the World Day Against Human Trafficking. The counterfeit pope concluded with naturalistic appeals for “respect and fraternity among peoples,” omitting any call for Nigeria’s conversion to the Catholic Faith or recognition of Christ’s Social Kingship.
Naturalism Replaces Supernatural Faith in False Shepherd’s Response
The counterfeit “pope’s” statement exposes the conciliar sect’s systematic evacuation of Catholic doctrine from pastoral governance. Where St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) condemned Modernists who “make conscience consist in a certain blind sentiment by which, they say, religion is reduced to a mere indeterminable impulse of the heart,” Prevost reduces Christianity to social activism. His emphasis on “concrete acts of charity” and “dignity” without mention of sacramental grace or the Four Last Things constitutes the naturalism condemned in Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864): “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error #55).
“History teaches us that strategies of economic and military power do not give humanity a future. The future lies in respect and fraternity among peoples.”
This statement embodies the heresy of Americanism condemned by Leo XIII in Testem Benevolentiae (1899), elevating human solidarity above the divine mandate to “make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19). Pius XI’s encyclical Quas Primas (1925) definitively established that true peace flows only from Christ’s Social Reign: “Nations will be reminded by the annual celebration of this feast that not only private individuals but also rulers and princes are bound to give public honor and obedience to Christ.” Prevost’s silence on Nigeria’s need for Catholic monarchy and evangelization reveals his sect’s apostasy from this immutable doctrine.
Illegitimate Beatification Cult Undermines True Sanctity
The article’s reference to Prevost praising modernist priest Salvatore Valera Parra as “humble and generous in pastoral charity” demonstrates the conciliar sect’s corruption of sanctity. True beatification requires heroic virtue judged against the integral Catholic tradition, not post-conciliar innovations. St. Pius X’s Lamentabili Sane (1907) condemned the error that “the dogmas which the Church proposes as revealed are not truths fallen from heaven, but an interpretation of religious facts which the human mind has laboriously evolved” (Error #22). By promoting Valera Parra—a product of Vatican II’s rupture—as blessed, Prevost mocks the martyrs who died for the Mass of Ages.
False Ecumenism Enables Islamic Persecution
While the article documents Islamist attacks on churches and clergy, Prevost’s refusal to name Islam or call for conversion betrays the Faith. Contrast this with Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928): “The Catholic Church alone is keeping the true worship. This is the font of truth, this the house of faith, this the temple of God… It is therefore against the will of Christ that anyone should have membership in the Church who does not profess the true faith.” By treating Nigeria’s persecution as mere “violence” requiring secular solutions rather than spiritual warfare through missionary activity, the counterfeit hierarchy enables further martyrdom of faithful Catholics.
Sacrilegious “Prayers” From Occupied Rome
The article’s claim that Prevost “assured prayers” for victims rings hollow when considering the conciliar sect’s invalid sacraments and liturgy. As the Holy Office decreed under Pius XII in Sacramentum Ordinis (1947), valid priesthood requires proper form and intention. Modernist clergy—ordained with the invalid Paul VI rites—lack sacerdotal power to offer the Sacrifice of the Mass or administer true sacraments. Thus, Prevost’s “prayers” carry no spiritual efficacy, being offered by one outside the Church’s communion. True Catholics must heed St. Paul’s warning: “Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?” (2 Corinthians 6:14).
Conclusion: Return to Catholic Kingship as Nigeria’s Only Hope
Nigeria’s suffering stems directly from the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Catholic integralism. Where Christ commanded “preach the Gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15), Prevost offers secularist platitudes. The solution lies not in modernist “dialogue” but in applying Pius XI’s program from Quas Primas: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony.” Until Nigeria’s consecration to Christ the King under traditional Catholic governance, no earthly “protection” will suffice against the forces of apostasy and jihad.
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Pope Leo XIV prays for victims of attacks in Nigeria (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 09.02.2026