The article from EWTN News reports that the antipope known as “Pope Leo XIV” sent congratulations to Father Bruno Kant, a 110-year-old priest from the Diocese of Fulda, Germany, for his “long, faithful, and devoted priestly service.” The piece celebrates his longevity, his survival through Nazi persecution and Soviet captivity, and his continued prayer life, framing it as a testament to the vitality of the post-conciliar “Church.” The bishop of Fulda, Michael Gerber, confirms the priest’s status as the world’s oldest and notes the papal greeting. The tone is one of sentimental humanism, utterly devoid of supernatural context or doctrinal fidelity.
This narrative is not a celebration of Catholic priesthood but a propaganda piece for the conciliar sect, reducing the sacred office to a mere human achievement and legitimizing the structures of apostasy.
The Naturalistic Reduction of the Priesthood to Longevity
The article fixates on Father Kant’s age—110 years—and his 76 years of ordination. This focus reveals the naturalistic humanism at the heart of the post-conciliar religion. The true Catholic priesthood is not measured in years but in fidelity to the unchangeable Faith and the proper discharge of the sacrificial office. Pius XI, in Quas Primas, teaches that Christ’s reign is primarily spiritual and that His kingship demands obedience to His law in all aspects of life. The article mentions prayer but omits any reference to the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the sacraments, or the defense of doctrine—the very essence of the priestly vocation. To praise a priest for living a long life while silently accepting his participation in the abomination of the post-Vatican II liturgical revolution is to mock the Cross. The “priesthood” celebrated here is one of longevity and personal piety, not of combatting error and offering true worship to God.
The Silence on Superrealities: Faith, Grace, and the State of the Soul
The gravest omission is the complete silence on the supernatural. There is no mention of:
* Father Kant’s state of grace and whether he holds the Catholic Faith integral and entire.
* The validity of his ordination (ordained in 1950, before the apostasy of the hierarchy became manifest, but his subsequent adherence to the conciliar errors is unknown).
* The theology of the Mass he celebrates (likely the invalid Novus Ordo).
* The necessity of conversion and final perseverance.
This silence is not benign; it is doctrinal suicide. The Syllabus of Errors (Pius IX) condemned the proposition that “the faith of Christ is in opposition to human reason” (Error 6) and that “moral laws do not stand in need of the divine sanction” (Error 56). The article operates entirely within the latter framework, presenting a “Catholic” life as a long, prayerful existence divorced from the absolute necessity of doctrinal purity and sacramental integrity. It promotes the cult of man—the longevity of a individual—over the worship of God.
Legitimization of Usurpers and the Counterfeit Hierarchy
By addressing the antipope “Leo XIV” (Robert Prevost) as “Pope” and reporting the greeting as a legitimate act, the article performs the most damning function of all: it legitimizes the apostate hierarchy. The “bishop of Fulda,” Michael Gerber, is a Modernist prelate who celebrates the invalid Novus Ordo and promotes the errors of Vatican II. His participation and the Vatican’s confirmation of Kant’s status are presented as normal, thereby whitewashing the entire conciliar structure.
This directly contradicts the Definitive Conclusions of the Defense of Sedevacantism file, which demonstrates from St. Robert Bellarmine and Canon 188.4 that a manifest heretic (which the conciliar popes are) ipso facto loses all ecclesiastical office. The article treats the “papal” greeting as a matter of simple courtesy, ignoring that it is an act of a usurper attempting to exercise an authority he does not possess. The true Catholic, following Pius IX’s condemnation in the Syllabus (Error 20: “The ecclesiastical power ought not to exercise its authority without the permission and assent of the civil government”), must reject all such gestures from a “pope” who denies the Catholic Church’s exclusive right to teach and govern.
The Omission of Christ the King and the Reign of Error
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, instituted the feast of Christ the King to combat the “secularism of our times, so-called laicism.” He declared that the state must recognize Christ’s royal dignity and that all authority derives from God. The article contains not a single word about Christ the King, the social reign of Our Lord, or the obligation of rulers to obey Him. Instead, it features a “government representative” at the birthday party, blending civil and religious honors in a syncretic manner that Pius XI would condemn. The focus on a German priest’s birthday, in a nation that has been a hotbed of Modernism since the Second Vatican Council, is a stark contrast to the Pope’s 1925 warning: “When God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The article embodies this removal—God is absent, replaced by the celebration of a long life within the structures that have systematically dismantled the Social Reign of Christ.
Conclusion: A Snapshot of the Apostate Church
This article is a microcosm of the post-conciliar apostasy. It:
1. Reduces the priesthood to a naturalistic achievement (longevity).
2. Is devoid of supernatural content (no mention of grace, sacraments, doctrine).
3. Legitimizes the counterfeit hierarchy by treating the antipope’s greeting as normal.
4. Omits any reference to Christ the King and the absolute necessity of His reign in society.
5. Presents a sentimental, human-centered narrative that Pius XI explicitly condemned as the fruit of removing Christ from public life.
Father Kant’s survival is a biological fact, not a Catholic triumph. The true Catholic mourns that a man ordained in 1950 likely never knew the Faith as it was before the Council, and that his “service” was rendered to the neo-church of the Antichrist. The article’s silence on the dogmatic and liturgical demolitions of the last 60 years is its loudest statement: it is a propaganda piece for the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place. The only “blessing” that can be sent is the prayer for the conversion of Russia as requested by Our Lady of Fatima—a request this article’s authors and the “Pope” they serve have consistently undermined and relativized.
Source:
Pope Leo XIV congratulates world’s oldest priest on his 110th birthday (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 05.03.2026