[Vatican News] reports that antipope Leo XIV, in a meeting with Italian journalists from the state-run TG2 news program, warned against media becoming propaganda in times of war, emphasized showing human suffering, and praised secularism and pluralism. He reflected on technological innovation, stating that no technology can replace critical discernment and that communication must be regulated according to a “human paradigm.” This address completely omits the Catholic doctrine of Christ’s social kingship and the Church’s mandate to guide all human institutions, replacing it with a naturalistic, modernist framework condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors and Pope Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu. Thus, Leo XIV’s discourse represents a fundamental rejection of integral Catholic faith in favor of the secular humanism of the conciliar apostasy.
The Omission of the Social Kingship of Christ
“His reign, namely, extends not only to Catholic nations or to those who, by receiving baptism according to law, belong to the Church, even though their erroneous opinions have led them astray or discord has separated them from love, 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, Quas Primas, 1925)
This doctrine, defined before the conciliar revolution, establishes that every human institution, including the media, must recognize and serve Christ the King. Leo XIV’s address, however, never mentions this absolute duty. Instead, he reduces journalism to a humanistic recounting of suffering, devoid of any reference to the supernatural order, the salvation of souls, or the obligation of states and societies to submit to the law of Christ. This omission is not accidental but symptomatic of the modernist denial of the Regnum Christi as the sole foundation of all legitimate authority. The true Catholic journalist, guided by the unchanging Magisterium, must proclaim that all truth, goodness, and beauty find their source in Christ, and that any media operation ignoring this truth is, in fact, a tool of the “synagogue of Satan” (cf. Pius IX, Syllabus).
The Heresy of Secularism and Religious Indifferentism
Leo XIV applauds the “secularism and the pluralism of news sources” of TG2, defining secularism as “a rejection of ideological preconceptions and as an open-minded view of reality.” This is a direct endorsement of the errors condemned by Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors:
Error 77: “In the present day it is no longer expedient that the Catholic religion should be held as the only religion of the State, to the exclusion of all other forms of worship.”
Error 15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true.”
By praising secularism—the separation of the natural from the supernatural, and pluralism—the equal legitimacy of contradictory religious opinions—Leo XIV openly promotes the indifferentism that Pius IX declared “damnable.” Catholic journalism, in the pre-conciliar understanding, was a tool of the Church to propagate the one true faith and combat error. The “open-minded view of reality” praised by Leo XIV is precisely the “openness” to false religions that the Church has always forbidden, as it leads to the damnation of souls. This is the “liberty of perdition” (libertas perditionis) against which Pope Pius IX warned.
Naturalism in Technological Discourse
The antipope states: “no technological innovation can replace creativity, critical discernment, and freedom of thought” and calls for regulating communication “according to the human paradigm and not the technological one.” While superficially reasonable, this “human paradigm” is rooted in Pelagian naturalism, ignoring the necessity of grace and the supernatural orientation of all human activity. Catholic doctrine, as taught by the Church Fathers and Magisterium, holds that all human endeavors must be subordinated to the ultimate end of glorifying God and saving souls. Pius X in Lamentabili sane exitu condemned the modernist error that “truth changes with man” (Proposition 58) and that “Christian doctrine was initially Jewish, but through gradual development, it became first Pauline, then Johannine, and finally Greek and universal” (Proposition 60). Leo XIV’s emphasis on adapting to technological change without reference to immutable divine law exemplifies this evolutionary, relativistic mindset. His “human paradigm” is but a mask for the Masonic principle of building a world without God, where technology serves not the Kingdom of Christ but the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place.
The Silence on the Supernatural Goal of Journalism
Leo XIV urges journalists to “show the suffering that war always brings to populations, to show the face of war, and to tell it through the eyes of the victims.” But he says nothing of the eternal consequences of war, the sinfulness of unjust conflicts, the need for nations to be in a state of grace, or the final judgment. This silence on the supernatural is the gravest accusation. Catholic journalism, as part of the Church’s mission, must always point beyond the temporal to the eternal. Pius XI in Quas Primas insisted that the Kingdom of Christ encompasses all aspects of life, including the media, and that true peace is found only in obedience to Christ’s law. By reducing journalism to a mere recounting of human misery, Leo XIV reduces it to a tool of naturalistic humanitarianism, utterly devoid of its true purpose: the salvation of souls. This is the essence of modernism, condemned by St. Pius X as “the synthesis of all heresies.” A truly Catholic media would expose war as a consequence of sin, call for penance and conversion, and proclaim that only in the Sacred Heart of Jesus can lasting peace be found.
Symptomatic of the Conciliar Apostasy
Leo XIV’s discourse is not an isolated error but a consistent fruit of the conciliar revolution. The Second Vatican Council’s Dignitatis Humanae on religious freedom directly contradicts the Syllabus of Errors and the perennial teaching of the Church. The “secularism” and “pluralism” praised by Leo XIV are the very principles enshrined in conciliar documents and implemented in the post-conciliar “church.” This is the “abomination of desolation” standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15), where the true Catholic faith has been replaced by a naturalistic, human-centered religion. The true Catholic, adhering to the faith before 1958, must reject such teachings as heretical and recognize that the one speaking them, antipope Leo XIV, is a manifest heretic who has lost all claim to the Petrine office, as proven by the arguments of St. Robert Bellarmine and Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code (cf. the file on sedevacantism). The “openness” he praises is the diabolical disorientation that leads souls to hell, while the true Church teaches that “no one can serve two masters” (Matt. 6:24)—either Christ or the world.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Naturalistic Gospel
This address is a stark revelation of the apostasy that has infected the Vatican hierarchy. It offers a “gospel” of secular humanism, stripping journalism of its supernatural purpose and reducing it to a tool of naturalistic propaganda. All Catholics must reject this modernist drivel and return to the immutable doctrine of Christ the King, whose reign must extend to every corner of human society, including the media. The only legitimate journalism is that which proclaims the exclusive rights of Christ the King, denounces sin, calls for conversion, and submits all human activity to the law of God as taught by the pre-conciliar Magisterium. Anything else is a participation in the apostasy of the conciliar sect.
Source:
Pope: Information must not turn into propaganda, especially amid war (vaticannews.va)
Date: 16.03.2026