The EWTN News Vatican Bureau reports that on March 9–10, 2026, the University of Notre Dame and the Laudato Si’ Centre of Higher Education launched the “Global Alliance” initiative at Borgo Laudato Si’ within the papal gardens of Castel Gandolfo. The event, inaugurated by the antipope known as “Pope Leo XIV” (Robert Prevost) in September 2025, focused on promoting “integral ecology,” climate change, and ecological leadership. Cardinal Fabio Baggio, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, stated that over 400 universities are now studying the encyclical *Laudato Si’*, and the alliance aims to produce research and “disseminate awareness about ecological conversion.” Sister Alessandra Smerilli described the gathering as a unified effort to share ideas and live according to *Laudato Si’* principles. The complex features a circular greenhouse and agricultural land, dedicated to the teachings of “Pope Francis” on creation.
This collaboration between a modernist university and the conciliar sect’s ecological center represents a definitive and public rejection of the Kingship of Jesus Christ, substituting it with a pantheistic, naturalistic cult of the earth. The initiative’s focus on “ecological conversion” is a diabolical inversion of the supernatural conversion demanded by the true Faith, and its promotion by the usurper antipope “Leo XIV” confirms the complete apostasy of the post-Conciliar structure.
The Naturalistic Heresy of “Integral Ecology”
The foundational text for this project, the encyclical *Laudato Si’* of “Pope Francis,” is a document steeped in the errors condemned by Pope Pius IX in the *Syllabus of Errors*. It promotes a false “integral ecology” that collapses the supernatural order into the natural, making the care of the physical environment the primary moral imperative while remaining silent on the absolute primacy of the salvation of souls. This is a direct repudiation of the teaching of Pope Pius XI in *Quas Primas*: the Kingdom of Christ is “primarily spiritual and relates mainly to spiritual matters,” and its purpose is to lead souls to eternal happiness, not to orchestrate terrestrial ecological management. The *Syllabus* condemned the error that “the civil power may interfere in matters relating to religion, morality and spiritual government” (Error 44). Here, the conciliar sect does the opposite: it subordinates religion and morality to the civil (or rather, pagan) power of environmental ideology.
The very term “integral ecology,” as developed by the conciliar sect, is a synthesis of pantheism and naturalism. It treats the earth as a living organism to be balanced, a concept rooted in pagan Gaia worship, not Catholic theology. The *Syllabus* explicitly condemned the proposition that “God is identical with the nature of things” (Error 1). Yet *Laudato Si’* and its offspring initiatives speak of “Mother Earth” and an “ecological conversion” that mirrors sacramental language, thereby committing idolatry. This is the “cult of man” and the “worship of nature” that St. Pius X identified as the core of Modernism in *Pascendi Dominici Gregis* and which was condemned in *Lamentabili Sane Exitu* (Propositions 57-65 on the evolution of doctrine and the subordination of truth to human progress).
The Apostasy of “Ecological Conversion”
The alliance’s stated goal of “ecological conversion” is a blasphemous parody of the Catholic concept of conversion. True conversion is a supernatural act of the soul, turning from sin to God through the grace of the sacraments, particularly Penance and the Holy Eucharist. It requires faith in the Divinity of Jesus Christ, contrition for sins against God, and a firm purpose of amendment. The conciliar phrase deliberately omits all reference to sin, grace, the Passion of Christ, the necessity of the Church, or the final judgment. It is a purely immanent, naturalistic “conversion” to a new set of behavioral norms dictated by climate science and eco-politics.
This silence on the supernatural is the gravest accusation. As Pope Pius XI taught in *Quas Primas*, the Kingdom of Christ demands that “Christ reign in the mind of man, whose duty it is to accept revealed truths with complete submission to the divine will,” and “reign in the will, which should obey God’s laws and commandments.” The Global Alliance speaks only of “sharing ideas and good practices” for the environment. It is a project of the “earthly city” of which St. Augustine speaks, built on the love of self even to the contempt of God, not the City of God built on the love of God even to the contempt of self. The initiative is therefore not a Catholic work but an instrument of the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place, replacing the worship of the true God with the service of the creature.
The Usurper’s Blessing and the False “Pope”
The event took place at a complex established by the antipope “Leo XIV” (Robert Prevost). His participation, including feeding fish, is a staged spectacle designed to lend the authority of the Papacy to this pagan project. According to Catholic doctrine, a manifest heretic cannot be Pope. The theological arguments from the *Defense of Sedevacantism* file, based on St. Robert Bellarmine and Canon 188.4, are unequivocal: a public defection from the Catholic faith (*public defectio a fide*) causes automatic loss of office (*ipso facto*). The actions of “Leo XIV” in promoting *Laudato Si’*—an encyclical that undermines Catholic exclusivity (see *Syllabus* Error 18 on Protestantism), promotes religious indifferentism (Error 15), and subordinates the Church to worldly concerns—constitute a manifest heresy. Therefore, he is an antipope, and his blessings and initiatives are null and void. The very structure he occupies, the “Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,” is a conciliar invention that replaces the hierarchical, missionary, and doctrinal authority of the Church with a secular NGO model focused on social engineering.
The Modernist University and the Corruption of Catholic Education
The partner in this alliance is the University of Notre Dame. Since its post-Conciliar capitulation to the spirit of the age, Notre Dame has been a hotbed of heresy, apostasy, and liturgical abuse. It has hosted pro-abortion politicians, celebrated LGBTQ+ pride, and systematically dismantled its Catholic identity. Its participation here is not a sign of “interest” in *Laudato Si’* but a confirmation of its full embrace of the modernist synthesis. The *Syllabus* condemned the error that “the best theory of civil society requires that popular schools… should be freed from all ecclesiastical authority, control and interference” (Error 47). The Global Alliance is precisely such a “popular school” freed from ecclesiastical authority—but worse, it is a school that actively teaches a substitute religion. It fulfills the prophecy of *Lamentabili Sane Exitu*, which condemned the proposition that “the Church is incapable of effectively defending evangelical ethics, because it steadfastly adheres to its views, which cannot be reconciled with modern progress” (Proposition 63). The conciliar sect has now fully embraced “modern progress,” defining Catholic ethics by the parameters of ecological politics.
The Omission of Christ the King and the Triumph of the World
The most damning aspect of the entire initiative is its total omission of the reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ. As Pope Pius XI proclaimed in *Quas Primas*, the feast of Christ the King was instituted to combat the “secularism of our times, so-called laicism.” The encyclical states that when “God and Jesus Christ were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The Global Alliance operates precisely within this removed framework. It discusses “integral ecology,” “climate leadership,” and “ecological conversion” without a single reference to the Social Kingship of Christ, the necessity of the Church for salvation, the sovereignty of God over all creation, or the ultimate destiny of the world: the final judgment and the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven.
This silence is a positive denial. In the language of theology, it is a *negatio* of the primary duty of every human society: to publicly recognize and obey Jesus Christ as King. The *Syllabus* condemned the idea that “it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State” (Error 77). The Global Alliance, by promoting a pluralistic “ecology” that can be embraced by all religions and none, implicitly rejects the exclusive rights of Christ the King. It is a project for the “one world religion” of the Antichrist, where the worship of the Creator is replaced by the stewardship of the creation, and the salvation of souls is secondary to the salvation of the planet.
The Masonic Trappings of the “Laudato Si’” Project
The symbolism and methodology of the initiative reek of the same spirit that the *Syllabus* identified as the driving force behind the attack on the Church: “the frauds and machinations of these sects… the masonic associations.” The circular greenhouse, the focus on “synodal” listening and “sharing,” the emphasis on “dialogue” with all universities—these are the hallmarks of the Masonic project to build a world based on natural reason and fraternal association, devoid of supernatural revelation and hierarchical authority. The name “Borgo Laudato Si’” itself is a desecration, applying the name of a heretical encyclical to a physical place, creating a kind of sacralized space for the new eco-religion. This aligns with the analysis in the *False Fatima Apparitions* file regarding Masonic operations: the use of symbols, dates, and projects to subtly shift Catholic devotion into new, syncretistic channels. *Laudato Si’* and its Global Alliance are the logical, fully-realized fruit of that operation—a complete diversion from the “modernist apostasy within the Church” to an external, naturalistic concern.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject and Separate
The Global Alliance is not a Catholic initiative. It is a joint venture between the apostate conciliar sect and a thoroughly secularized university to promote a pantheistic, naturalistic worldview under the guise of “integral ecology.” It denies the Kingship of Christ, the supernatural end of man, the unique role of the Catholic Church, and the necessity of grace. It is a concrete manifestation of the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place, using the trappings of the Vatican and the name of a saint to lead souls into the worship of the creature rather than the Creator.
From the perspective of integral Catholic faith, which holds the doctrine of the pre-1958 Church as the sole and immutable rule, this initiative must be utterly rejected and exposed as a work of Satan. The true Catholic is called to fight under the banner of Christ the King, as defined by Pope Pius XI in *Quas Primas*, not to collaborate with the ministers of the Antichrist in building a terrestrial paradise that excludes Heaven. The silence on sin, the absence of the sacraments, the denial of the Church’s exclusive rights, and the promotion of a naturalistic “conversion” are the unmistakable marks of the “neo-church” and its “paramasonic structure.” All Catholics who wish to remain in the true Faith must have no part in this alliance, its centers, or its teachings. They must instead pray and work for the restoration of the reign of Christ the King over all aspects of individual, family, and national life, as was the constant teaching of the Roman Pontiffs before the灾难 of the Conciliar Revolution.
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Notre Dame and the Vatican launch new initiative at papal gardens (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 13.03.2026