EWTN News reports that the claimant to the Chair of Peter, Leo XIV, speaking aboard the papal flight to Algeria on April 13, 2026, declared he has “no fear” of the Trump administration and will continue to preach the Gospel’s call for peace and multilateral dialogue. The usurper emphasized that he is “not a politician” and that the Church’s role is not to make foreign policy but to promote peace, reconciliation, and respect for all peoples, invoking St. Augustine as a bridge for interreligious dialogue. This statement, wrapped in the language of false humility and diplomatic neutrality, reveals the profound spiritual bankruptcy of the conciliar sect and its systematic betrayal of the Church’s divine mission to preach the integral Gospel without compromise with the world.
The Usurper’s Claim to Authority: A Presumption Built on Sand
Before dissecting the content of Leo XIV’s remarks, one must address the fundamental illegitimacy of his very claim to speak for the Church. The man calling himself “Pope Leo XIV” occupies the Vatican as part of a line of usurpers beginning with John XXIII, who convened the Second Vatican Council—a assembly condemned by the very tradition it claimed to renew. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili sane exitu (1907), the pursuit of novelty leads to “deplorable consequences” and “the most grievous errors” (Prologue). The conciliar sect, with its “popes,” “bishops,” and “cardinals,” constitutes what the faithful recognize as the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15). That this usurper presumes to address the world from the papal plane, invoking the name of St. Augustine, is itself an act of sacrilege—a wolf in shepherd’s clothing.
The 1917 Code of Canon Law, Canon 188.4, states that “every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration by reason of tacit resignation… if the cleric publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The conciliar sect’s embrace of religious freedom, ecumenism, and the evolution of dogma constitutes public defection from the faith. As Pope Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors, “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” is condemned as error (DS 3080). Leo XIV’s very existence as a “pope” within this structure is null and void, as Pope Paul IV’s bull Cum ex Apostolatus Officio (1559) declares that any pontiff who has defected from the faith possesses no authority whatsoever.
“I Am Not a Politician”: The Cowardice of False Neutrality
Leo XIV’s declaration—”I am not a politician, and I have no intention of entering into a debate with him [Trump]”—is a masterclass in the conciliar art of evasion. This is not humility; it is abdication. The Church, founded by Christ as a perfect society with full authority to teach, govern, and sanctify, has never been “political” in the worldly sense, but she has always and everywhere exercised her divine mandate to proclaim the kingship of Christ over all nations, including the condemnation of error and the defense of the faith.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas (1925), established the Feast of Christ the King precisely to combat the “secularism of our times, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors.” He declared: “The state must leave the same freedom to the members of Orders and Congregations… who are indeed the most valiant helpers of the Pastors of the Church and contribute most to the expansion and establishment of Christ’s Kingdom.” The usurper’s refusal to engage with political questions is not neutrality—it is complicity with the enemies of Christ the King. As the Syllabus of Errors condemns: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55, DS 3075). Leo XIV’s posture is the living embodiment of this condemned error.
Moreover, his claim that “we’re not looking to make foreign policy” directly contradicts the Church’s perennial teaching. Leo XIII, in Immortale Dei (1885), taught that “the Almighty, therefore, has given the charge of the human race to two powers, the ecclesiastical and the civil, the one being set over divine, and the other over human, each supreme in its own order.” The Church has always spoken to the moral dimensions of political life, and her silence in the face of injustice is not prudence but treason against her divine constitution.
“Blessed Are the Peacemakers”: The Gospel Weaponized Against Itself
The usurper’s invocation of “blessed are the peacemakers” (Matt. 5:9) is a textbook example of the modernist method condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907): taking the words of Scripture and emptying them of their supernatural content, reducing them to a naturalistic humanism. The peace of Christ is not the peace of the world. Our Lord Himself declared: “Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword” (Matt. 10:34). The peace that Leo XIV preaches is the false peace of accommodation with error, the peace of the United Nations and the World Council of Churches, not the peace that comes from submission to the integral Gospel.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, taught: “The Kingdom of our Redeemer encompasses all men… 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.” The peace of Christ the King is not negotiated through “multilateral dialogue” with the enemies of God—it is imposed by the preaching of the Gospel and the conversion of nations to the Catholic faith.
The usurper’s language of “peace and reconciliation” without mention of conversion, repentance, or the necessity of the Catholic faith for salvation is the very essence of the modernist heresy. As the Syllabus of Errors condemns: “Good hope at least is to be entertained of the eternal salvation of all those who are not at all in the true Church of Christ” (Error 17, DS 2917). This is the “ecumenism” that has destroyed the Church’s missionary zeal and reduced her message to a bland humanitarianism indistinguishable from the world’s own.
St. Augustine as a “Bridge in Interreligious Dialogue”: The Corruption of the Fathers
Perhaps most offensive is the usurper’s invocation of St. Augustine as “a very important bridge in interreligious dialogue.” This is a calculated desecration of the memory of one of the greatest Doctors of the Church. St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, was a fierce defender of Catholic orthodoxy against the Donatists, Pelagians, and Manicheans. He did not build “bridges” to false religions—he demolished them with the sword of truth.
In his City of God, Augustine wrote: “The true sacrifice is offered in every act which is designed to unite us to God in a holy fellowship… every mercy shown to our neighbor is done for the sake of God and for the sake of our neighbor.” Augustine’s entire life was a testimony to the necessity of the Catholic faith for salvation and the absolute falsity of all other religions. To invoke him as a patron of “interreligious dialogue”—the very heresy condemned by Pius XI in Mortalium Animos (1928)—is to make him a witness against himself.
The conciliar sect’s habit of corrupting the Church’s own saints and Fathers to justify its apostasy is a hallmark of the modernist method. As St. Pius X warned in Lamentabili: “The interpretation of Holy Scripture given by the Church, while not to be scorned, is nevertheless subject to more exact judgments and corrections by exegetes” (Error 2, DS 3402). The same method is applied to the Fathers: their words are reinterpreted, their authority is relativized, and their witness is turned against the very faith they died to defend.
The Silence About What Matters Most: The State of the Church
What is most revealing about the usurper’s remarks is not what he says, but what he omits. There is no mention of the crisis of faith within the conciliar structures, no acknowledgment that the “Church” he leads is a paramasonic structure that has abandoned the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for a Protestantized “memorial meal,” no recognition that the “sacraments” he administers are likely invalid due to the new rite of ordination introduced in 1968.
There is no mention of the necessity of baptism for salvation, no call to conversion, no warning about the reality of hell, no exhortation to prayer, penance, and the devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the only remedy for the world’s evils. The usurper’s “Gospel” is a gospel without Christ, without the Cross, without the supernatural—a purely naturalistic message of “peace and reconciliation” that any secular humanist could endorse.
This silence is the gravest accusation against the conciliar sect. As Our Lord warned: “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36). The usurper and his ilk have gained the world’s approval—speaking from papal planes, meeting with heads of state, preaching “peace” to journalists—but they have lost the souls of millions by leading them away from the true faith.
The Trip to Africa: Missionary Zeal or Ecumenical Tourism?
The usurper’s trip to Algeria, described as “a most precious opportunity” to promote “peace, reconciliation, and respect and consideration for all peoples,” is a perfect illustration of the conciliar corruption of the missionary spirit. The Church’s mission has always been the conversion of nations to Christ and His Catholic Church, not the promotion of “respect” for false religions.
Pius XI, in Quas Primas, recalled the missionary exhibition of the Holy Year 1925, which “made known the great number of regions which brave and invincible Missionaries, with their sweat and blood, gained for the Catholic faith.” The contrast with Leo XIV’s “visit” to Algeria could not be starker. Where the old missionaries sought the conversion of souls and the establishment of Christ’s Kingdom, the usurper seeks “bridges” and “dialogue” with those who reject Christ.
The conciliar sect’s missions are no longer about saving souls but about building relationships with the enemies of the faith. This is the “new evangelization” that has produced nothing but the further emptying of churches and the spread of indifferentism. As the Syllabus of Errors condemns: “Catholics may approve of the system of educating youth unconnected with Catholic faith and the power of the Church” (Error 48, DS 2980). The usurper’s trip is the living embodiment of this condemned error.
Conclusion: The Loud Silence of Apostasy
Leo XIV’s declaration that he has “no fear” of the Trump administration and will continue to “speak out loudly” against war is the loud silence of apostasy. It is loud in its self-assurance, in its diplomatic polish, in its media-savvy presentation. But it is silent about the only things that matter: the kingship of Christ, the necessity of the Catholic faith, the reality of sin and judgment, the urgency of conversion, and the absolute primacy of the supernatural order.
The usurper is right about one thing: he is not a politician. He is something far worse—an apostate who has abandoned the faith of Peter and Paul, of Augustine and Athanasius, of Pius X and Pius XI, and who leads millions into the abyss with his false peace and false dialogue. The true Church, enduring in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments, does not fear the Trump administration or any worldly power. She fears only God, and she preaches only Christ and Him crucified (1 Cor. 2:2).
Let the faithful reject this usurper and his conciliar sect, and return to the immutable Tradition of the Catholic Church—the only ark of salvation in a world hurtling toward damnation. As St. Pius X wrote in Pascendi: “We admonish, therefore, all Catholics who are anxious for their salvation to separate themselves from all connection with Modernism in any form” (DS 3498). The time for neutrality is past. The time for decision is now.
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Pope Leo XIV: 'I have no fear' of the Trump administration (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 13.04.2026