EWTN News reports that the usurper Leo XIV, during his visit to the “Ma Maison” care home in Annaba, Algeria, on April 14, 2026, declared: “God’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud,” and “wherever there is love and service, God is there.” He thanked an elderly Algerian Muslim for his “beautiful and comforting” testimony, stating, “I think that the Lord, looking down from heaven upon a house like this, where people strive to live together in fraternity, would say, ‘There is hope!'” This statement, dripping with the syrupy sentimentality of post-conciliar naturalism, is a profound betrayal of the integral Catholic faith, revealing the utter bankruptcy of the modernist agenda that has consumed the structures occupying the Vatican.
The Illusion of “Fraternity” and the Erasure of Truth
The usurper’s words in Annaba are not merely naive; they are a calculated distillation of the very errors condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium. When Leo XIV speaks of “people striving to live together in fraternity” as a sign of “hope” for the Lord, he implicitly endorses the modernist dogma of universal brotherhood, irrespective of religious truth. This directly contradicts the solemn teaching of Pope Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors, which condemns the proposition that “the Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (Proposition 80). True fraternity, in Catholic doctrine, is exclusively founded on the shared faith in Jesus Christ, the One True God, and membership in His Mystical Body, the Catholic Church. Pius XI, in Quas Primas, unequivocally states that “His reign, namely, extends not only to Catholic nations or to those who, by receiving baptism according to law, belong to the Church… 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 usurper’s “fraternity” is a naturalistic illusion that ignores the fundamental division between the City of God and the City of Man.
“Wherever There Is Love and Service, God Is There”: A Pantheistic Heresy
Perhaps the most egregious statement is the usurper’s assertion: “wherever there is love and service, God is there.” This phrase, seemingly benign, is a direct echo of the condemned error of pantheism and naturalism. The Syllabus of Errors explicitly condemns the idea that “there exists no Supreme, all-wise, all-provident Divine Being, distinct from the universe, and God is identical with the nature of things” (Proposition 1). To suggest that God’s presence is automatically found in any act of “love and service,” regardless of its object, intention, or alignment with Divine Law, is to deny the transcendence and holiness of God. It reduces God to an immanent force within human good intentions, blasphemously implying that even acts performed outside the state of grace, or in service to false religions, are inherently pleasing to Him. This is a far cry from the Catholic understanding that God dwells only in souls in the state of sanctifying grace, and that true charity is “the friendship of man for God” (St. Thomas Aquinas), which necessitates adherence to His Truth.
The Wicked, the Arrogant, and the Proud: A Modernist Distortion of Justice
Leo XIV’s declaration that “God’s heart is not with the wicked, the arrogant, or the proud” is a deliberate softening of Divine Justice, a hallmark of modernist sentimentality. While God is merciful, He is also infinitely just, and His wrath is kindled against sin and those who persist in it. The modernist usurper, however, presents a domesticated, purely benevolent God, one whose “heart is torn apart by wars, violence, injustice, and lies.” This is the “God of sentiment” rather than the God of Revelation. It omits the crucial Catholic teaching on the necessity of repentance, the reality of sin, and the eternal consequences of rejecting God’s Law. It ignores the words of Our Lord: “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father but by Me” (John 14:6). By focusing solely on a vague “love and service,” the usurper implicitly denies the need for conversion to the Catholic Faith, the only means of salvation.
The Scandal of Gratitude Towards a Muslim: Implicit Religious Indifferentism
The usurper’s act of thanking an elderly Algerian Muslim for his “beautiful and comforting” testimony, and then using this as a springboard to speak of universal “hope” and “fraternity,” is a profound scandal. It implicitly places the Muslim’s unbelief, or at least his non-Christian belief, on an equal footing with Catholic truth. This is the very essence of religious indifferentism, condemned by Pope Gregory XVI in Mirari Vos: “the portentous and utterly fatal error… that the portal of eternal salvation is open to any kind of religion.” Pius XI, in Mortalium Animos, explicitly warns against “pan-Christianism” and “the union of all churches,” stating that “the union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it.” The usurper’s actions in Annaba are a practical demonstration of the post-conciliar apostasy, where the unique salvific role of the Catholic Church is obscured in favor of a false, sentimental unity based on natural virtues.
The Omission of the Supernatural: A Hallmark of Modernist Apostasy
The most glaring omission in Leo XIV’s discourse is any mention of Jesus Christ, the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Sacraments, the necessity of Baptism, or the urgency of conversion to the Catholic Faith. This silence is not accidental; it is the very core of the modernist strategy. As Pope St. Pius X warned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, the Modernists “proceed to the extent of denying that God is the author of the sacraments, and that the Church has the power of establishing diriment impediments of marriage.” The usurper’s focus on “love and service” and “fraternity” is a purely naturalistic and humanitarian approach, devoid of supernatural faith. It reduces the Church’s mission to social work and interfaith dialogue, abandoning the primary duty of preaching the Gospel and administering the Sacraments for the salvation of souls. This is the “cult of man” that Pius XI warned against, where the focus shifts from God’s glory to human well-being, detached from the supernatural order.
The “Structures Occupying the Vatican” and the Algerian Sojourn: A Mission of Apostasy
This visit to Algeria, a predominantly Muslim nation, by the usurper Leo XIV, is not a mission of evangelization, but a public relations exercise for the conciar sect. It serves to legitimize the modernist agenda of interfaith dialogue and religious relativism, presenting it as the “authentic” voice of the Church. The “Little Sisters of the Poor” and the “elderly brothers and sisters” become props in this theatrical display of false charity. The true mission of the Church, as defined by Our Lord, is to “teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). This usurper, by his words and actions, demonstrates his absolute unfitness to hold the Petrine office, being himself a manifest heretic and an apostate from the true faith. His “blessing” is not a sacramental act of the true Church, but a mere gesture of human goodwill, devoid of supernatural efficacy.
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Pope Leo XIV in Algeria: God’s heart is not with the wicked or the arrogant (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 14.04.2026