The University of Notre Dame and the Vatican’s Laudato Si’ Center launched the “Global Alliance” initiative at Castel Gandolfo’s Borgo Laudato Si’ ecological village on March 9–10, 2026, under the auspices of antipope Leo XIV. The event promoted “integral ecology” and “ecological conversion,” framing environmental collaboration as the primary mission of Catholic higher education. This initiative, presented as a fruit of more than 400 universities studying the encyclical *Laudato Si’*, reveals a complete abandonment of the supernatural ends of the Church and a descent into naturalistic humanism. The article’s tone of bureaucratic optimism and its focus on “sharing ideas and good practices” expose a modernist mentality that replaces the reign of Christ the King with the worship of creation.
Theological Contradiction: Christ’s Kingship vs. Pagan Ecology
The initiative’s foundation in *Laudato Si’* represents a direct repudiation of the immutable Catholic doctrine on the Kingship of Christ. Pope Pius XI, in the encyclical *Quas Primas* (1925), defined Christ’s reign as encompassing “all men—as our predecessor of immortal memory, Leo XIII, whose words we gladly quote here, says: ‘His reign, namely, extends not only to Catholic nations… but His reign encompasses also all non-Christians, so that most truly the entire human race is subject to the authority of Jesus Christ.’” Pius XI further declared that this reign requires all human societies to be ordered according to God’s commandments: “the Church… cannot depend on anyone’s will… Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ.”
The Global Alliance, by promoting “integral ecology” as a primary goal, **fundamentally reverses this order**. It subordinates the social reign of Christ to a naturalistic concern for the environment, thereby committing the error condemned by Pope Pius IX in the *Syllabus of Errors*: “The Church is not a true and perfect society… but it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church” (Error 19). Here, the “civil power” is replaced by an ecological ideology that dictates the Church’s mission. The initiative’s language of “ecological conversion” mimics the language of the Gospel but empties it of its supernatural content—conversion is redirected from sin to carbon footprints, from the salvation of souls to the salvation of ecosystems.
Omission of Supernatural Ends: The Grave Accusation
The article’s most damning feature is its **complete silence on the supernatural**. There is no mention of:
– The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass as the central act of worship.
– The necessity of grace and the sacraments for salvation.
– The final judgment and the eternal destiny of souls.
– The duty of states to recognize the Catholic Faith as the sole true religion (condemned in *Syllabus* Error 21).
– The Social Kingship of Christ as the only remedy for societal disorder (taught in *Quas Primas*).
Instead, the focus is on “research,” “awareness,” and “good practices”—the vocabulary of secular academia and NGOs. This is the precise “natural religion” and “natural inner impulse” condemned by Pius IX: “The divine religion should be replaced by a natural religion” (*Syllabus*, Error 5). The Borgo Laudato Si’ complex, with its “circular greenhouse” and “agricultural land,” becomes a temple to a new paganism where the Creator is ignored while the creature is venerated. Sister Alessandra Smerilli’s statement that they want to “live according to *Laudato Si’* principles” reduces Catholicism to an ecological lifestyle, a **demotion of the Faith to mere ethics**.
Modernist Hermeneutics: The “Development” of Dogma
The initiative rests on the heretical premise that Catholic doctrine must “develop” to address modern concerns. This is the synthesis of all heresies condemned by St. Pius X in *Pascendi Dominici gregis* and *Lamentabili sane exitu*. Proposition 54 of *Lamentabili* states: “Dogmas, sacraments, and hierarchy… are merely modes of explanation and stages in the evolution of Christian consciousness.” The Global Alliance applies this evolution to the entire mission of the Church: the supernatural dogma of Christ’s Kingship is “developed” into a naturalistic ecological program.
Cardinal Fabio Baggio’s reference to “more than 400 universities” studying *Laudato Si’* demonstrates the **democratization of doctrine**—a scandalous submission of revealed truth to the consensus of academic institutions. This is the “listening Church” error condemned in *Lamentabili*: “The Church listening cooperates… that the Church teaching should only approve the common opinions of the Church listening” (Proposition 6). The “Global Alliance” is the institutionalization of this error: doctrine is no longer defined by the Magisterium but negotiated in ecological workshops.
Ecclesiological Subversion: The Conciliar Sect’s New Mission
The event takes place within the “Pontifical Villa Gardens” of the antipope’s summer residence, using the structures of the post-conciliar sect. The participation of Notre Dame—a modernized “Catholic” university that has long abandoned integral doctrine—confirms the **ecumenical and syncretistic nature** of the initiative. The *Laudato Si’* Center, as a dicastery of the “Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,” embodies the conciliar obsession with “human development” over the salvation of souls.
This mirrors the diversion from apostasy described in the False Fatima file: “The message focuses on external threats… omitting the main danger: modernist apostasy within the Church.” Here, the external threat is “climate change,” while the internal apostasy—the loss of faith, the corruption of the liturgy, the denial of Christ’s Kingship—is ignored. The initiative is a **psychological operation** to convince Catholics that their primary duty is to “the earth,” not to the conversion of souls and the restoration of Christ’s reign in society.
Condemnation by Pre-Conciliar Magisterium
1. **Quas Primas**: The feast of Christ the King was instituted to combat secularism. The Global Alliance promotes secularism under a Catholic veneer. Pius XI warned: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states… the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” By removing Christ from the center of human activity and replacing Him with “ecology,” the initiative participates in this destruction.
2. **Syllabus of Errors**:
– Error 39: “The State… is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits.” The ecological ideology now claims unlimited authority over all human activity, including the Church’s mission.
– Error 57: “The science of philosophical things and morals… may and ought to keep aloof from divine and ecclesiastical authority.” The Global Alliance explicitly subordinates divine authority to “scientific” ecological findings.
– Error 58: “All the rectitude and excellence of morality ought to be placed in the accumulation and increase of riches… and the gratification of pleasure.” Modern ecology replaces “riches” with “sustainability” and “gratification” with “planetary health,” but the naturalism remains.
3. **Lamentabili**: Proposition 63: “The Church is incapable of effectively defending evangelical ethics, because it steadfastly adheres to its views.” The initiative abandons evangelical ethics (the Ten Commandments, the Sermon on the Mount) for a new “ecological ethics,” thus proving the Modernists’ claim that the Church must “reform” its doctrine.
Conclusion: An Act of Apostasy
The Global Alliance is not a Catholic initiative but an **apostate project** of the conciliar sect. It transforms the Church’s mission from the salvation of souls to the “care of creation,” thereby worshiping the creature rather than the Creator (Romans 1:25). The use of Catholic terminology—integral ecology, conversion, alliance—is a **diabolical disinformation** strategy, making paganism palatable to the unwary.
True Catholic action demands the public recognition of Christ the King as the sole lawgiver of individuals, families, and states. It requires the condemnation of secular ideologies, not their incorporation. The silence of the article on the papal bull *Cum ex Apostolatus Officio*—which declares that a heretic cannot be Pope—is telling. The antipope Leo XIV, who inaugurated the Borgo Laudato Si’, is a manifest heretic who has lost his office (*sedevacantist* position based on Bellarmine and Canon 188.4). His promotion of this initiative is further proof of his apostasy.
The faithful must reject this ecological paganism and return to the unchanging Faith. As Pius XI taught in *Quas Primas*: “Oh, what happiness we would enjoy if individuals, families, and states allowed themselves to be governed by Christ.” Instead, the conciliar sect governance by the spirit of the world, and its new alliance with Notre Dame seals its fate as an **abomination of desolation** standing in the holy place.
Source:
Notre Dame and the Vatican Launch New Initiative at Papal Gardens (ncregister.com)
Date: 13.03.2026