The National Catholic Register (NCRegister) reports that on April 29, 2026, the usurper occupying Peter’s throne, Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), condemned a surge of violence in Colombia during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square. The article details that since Friday, rebel groups have carried out more than two dozen attacks on civilians and military bases ahead of presidential elections scheduled for May 31. The deadliest incident involved a bomb explosion on the Pan-American Highway in the department of Cauca, killing civilians aboard an intercity bus — described as the bloodiest massacre of civilians in the country in over a decade. Leo XIV expressed “sorrow and concern,” urged rejection of “every form of violence,” and called for choosing “decisively the path of peace.” However, this theatrical display of humanitarian concern from the conciliar sect’s figurehead is a grotesque parody of the Church’s true mission, revealing the spiritual bankruptcy of an institution that has abandoned its divine mandate to preach the integral social reign of Christ the King while simultaneously promoting the very errors that produce such violence.
The Usurper Speaks: A Voice Without Authority
Let us begin with the fundamental question that the conciliar apparatus and its media servants systematically evade: Who is Leo XIV, and by what authority does he speak? The man calling himself “Pope” Leo XIV is Robert Prevost, installed through a process orchestrated by the conciliar sect — an institution that, since the death of Pope Pius XII in 1958, has systematically dismantled the Catholic faith, replacing it with modernist apostasy. As the theological objections outlined in the Defense of Sedevacantism demonstrate, a manifest heretic loses his office ipso facto — automatically, without any declaration required. St. Robert Bellarmine himself taught: “The fifth true opinion is that a Pope who is a manifest heretic, by that very fact ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church” (De Romano Pontifice). The entire line from John XXIII onward has promulgated heresies — from the false religious liberty of Dignitatis Humanae to the pantheism of Assisi — and therefore none of them possessed or possesses any jurisdiction whatsoever.
When Leo XIV addresses “Spanish-speakers” from St. Peter’s Square, he does so as an antipope — a usurper whose words carry no more spiritual authority than those of any other private individual. His condemnation of violence in Colombia is not a papal act; it is the utterance of a man presiding over what Pius XI called the “abomination of desolation” in the holy place. The faithful are not bound to heed him, nor should they be deceived by the trappings of Vatican ceremony into believing that this institution retains any connection to the Church founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Omission That Reveals Everything: Silence on Christ the King
The most damning aspect of this article is not what Leo XIV says, but what he systematically omits. His statement contains the standard vocabulary of naturalistic humanitarianism: “sorrow and concern,” “closeness in prayer,” “reject every form of violence,” “choose the path of peace.” These are the platitudes of any secular diplomat or United Nations functionary. Not once does the usurper mention Jesus Christ as King of Colombia, King of all nations, and the sole source of true peace.
Compare this with the teaching of Pope Pius XI in the encyclical Quas Primas (1925), which the provided file makes clear:
“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 further taught:
“What we wrote at the beginning of Our Pontificate about the diminishing authority of law and respect for power, the same can be applied to the present times: ‘When God and Jesus Christ — as we lamented — were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed, because the main reason why some have the right to command and others have the duty to obey was removed. For this reason, the entire human society had to be shaken, because it lacked a stable and strong foundation.'”
This is the diagnosis that Leo XIV and the entire concilar sect refuse to make. The violence in Colombia — the massacres, the bombings, the armed assaults — is not an isolated political phenomenon. It is the logical fruit of a society that has rejected the social reign of Christ the King. As Pius XI warned, when God and Jesus Christ are removed from laws and states, the foundations of authority are destroyed. The Colombian state, like virtually every state in the modern world, operates on the principle condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (Error 39): “The State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits.” This is the very definition of the secularism that Pius XI identified in Quas Primas as “the plague that poisons human society” — “so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors.”
The Conciliar Sect’s False Peace vs. the Peace of Christ
Leo XIV urges everyone to “choose decisively the path of peace.” But what peace? The peace of the conciliar sect is the peace of Nostra Aetate, the peace of interreligious dialogue with error, the peace that Pius IX condemned in Error 80 of the Syllabus: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself, and come to terms with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.” This is not the peace of Christ.
Pius XI was unequivocal:
“Then at last, to use the words which our predecessor Leo XIII addressed to all bishops 25 years ago, ‘so many wounds can be healed, then there will be hope that the law will regain its former authority, sweet peace will return again, swords and weapons will fall from hands, when all willingly accept the reign of Christ and obey Him, and every tongue will confess that our Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father.'”
True peace is only possible in the Kingdom of Christ. There is no other path. The conciliar sect, by promoting religious liberty (condemned by Pius IX in Errors 15, 77, and 78), by engaging in false ecumenism with schismatics and heretics, and by reducing the Church’s mission to naturalistic humanitarianism, has destroyed the very foundations of peace. Leo XIV’s plea for “peace” in Colombia, stripped of any reference to the Kingship of Christ, to the necessity of conversion to the Catholic faith, to the obligation of the state to recognize God’s authority, is spiritually empty — a hollow gesture that deceives no one who understands the Church’s true teaching.
The Colombian Context: A Nation Without Christ the King
The article mentions that Colombia is experiencing “some of the darkest episodes of its armed conflict,” with 48 massacres recorded since January and at least 229 people killed — the most violent start to a year since the signing of the 2016 Peace Agreement. The conciliar media presents this as a political and security crisis. It is, in reality, a spiritual crisis — the inevitable consequence of a nation that has not subjected itself to the social reign of Christ the King.
Pius XI taught in Quas Primas:
“Let rulers of states therefore not refuse public veneration and obedience to the reigning Christ, but let them fulfill this duty themselves and with their people, if they wish to maintain their authority inviolate and contribute to the increase of their homeland’s happiness.”
The Colombian state has failed catastrophically in this duty. The 2016 Peace Agreement — like all such secular agreements — was negotiated without reference to God, without recognition of the Church’s authority, without any acknowledgment that justice and peace flow from the Kingship of Christ. It was, in the language of Pius IX’s Syllabus (Error 43), a “solemn convention” made by a secular power acting as if it possessed authority over matters that belong to God alone. The predictable result has been escalating violence, massacres, and social disintegration.
The conciliar sect bears direct responsibility for this outcome. By abandoning the Church’s teaching on the social reign of Christ the King, by promoting the separation of Church and State (condemned by Pius IX in Error 55: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church”), and by reducing the faith to a private matter with no public obligations, the post-conciliar “popes” and “bishops” have left nations like Colombia spiritually defenseless. They have told rulers that they need not recognize Christ’s authority, that the Church has no right to intervene in political matters, that religious liberty means all religions are equal before the state. And now they express “sorrow and concern” when the predictable fruits of apostasy manifest in bloodshed.
The Language of Modernist Apostasy: A Linguistic Analysis
The vocabulary employed by Leo XIV and reported by NCRegister is revealing. Consider the key terms:
– “Sorrow and concern” — the language of secular humanitarianism, not of a sovereign pontiff exercising the magisterium. A true pope would speak with the authority of Christ’s Vicar, commanding rulers to recognize the Kingship of Christ and warning of divine judgment.
– “Closeness in prayer” — a sentimental gesture that substitutes for the Church’s true spiritual weapons: the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the sacraments, and the authoritative preaching of truth. The conciliar sect has reduced “prayer” to a vague sentiment, stripped of its supernatural efficacy.
– “Reject every form of violence” — a platitude that could come from any secular leader. It fails to distinguish between unjust aggression and legitimate defense, between the violence of oppressors and the just resistance of the oppressed. More critically, it says nothing about the greatest violence of all: the persecution of the faith, the corruption of doctrine, the sacrilegious “Masses” celebrated daily in conciliar structures.
– “Choose decisively the path of peace” — but which peace? The peace of Christ, which requires submission to His Kingship? Or the peace of the world, which is merely the absence of conflict built on compromise with error? The conciliar sect has consistently chosen the latter.
This is the language of indifferentism — the heresy condemned by Pius IX in Error 15: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true.” It is the language of laicism — the “plague” identified by Pius XI. It is the language of an institution that has abandoned its supernatural mission and reduced itself to a charitable NGO.
The Electoral Context: Democracy Without God
The article notes that the violence occurs “in a context marked by an increasingly tense electoral climate” ahead of presidential elections on May 31. The concilar media presents this as a political problem requiring political solutions. But the Church’s teaching is clear: no political system that does not recognize the supreme authority of God and His Church can produce lasting justice or peace.
Pius IX condemned the proposition (Error 39) that “the State, as being the origin and source of all rights, is endowed with a certain right not circumscribed by any limits.” This is precisely the foundation of modern democratic theory — the idea that sovereignty resides in the people, not in God. The Colombian elections, like all elections in secular democracies, operate on this heretical premise. The conciliar sect, by endorsing religious liberty and the autonomy of the temporal order, has legitimized this apostasy. Leo XIV’s call for “peace” during an electoral period, without demanding that the Colombian state recognize Christ the King, is not merely inadequate — it is complicit in the ongoing apostasy.
Pius XI taught:
“The annual celebration of this solemnity will also remind states that not only private individuals, but also rulers and governments have the duty to publicly honor Christ and obey Him: for it will remind them of the final judgment, in which Christ, whom not only was cast out of the state, but was also forgotten and ignored through contempt, will very severely avenge these insults, because His royal dignity demands that all relations in the state be ordered on the basis of God’s commandments and Christian principles, both in the issuing of laws and in the administration of justice, as well as in the education and formation of youth in sound doctrine and purity of morals.”
Where is this teaching in Leo XIV’s address? It is entirely absent. And its absence is not accidental — it is the defining characteristic of the conciliar revolution.
The Conciliar Sect’s Complicity in Global Violence
Let us state the truth plainly: the conciliar sect is not a solution to global violence; it is one of its primary causes. By dismantling the Church’s teaching on the social reign of Christ the King, by promoting religious indifferentism, by engaging in false ecumenism with heretics and schismatics, by reducing the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass to a “memorial meal,” by abandoning the missionary imperative to convert all nations to the Catholic faith — the post-conciliar institution has removed the only true foundation for peace among nations.
Pius XI warned in Quas Primas:
“This plague is the secularism of our times, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors; you know, Venerable Brethren, that this crime did not mature all at once, but has long been hidden in the soul of society. It began with the denial of Christ the Lord’s reign over all nations; the Church’s authority to teach men, to issue laws, to govern nations, which authority she received from Christ the Lord to lead men to eternal happiness, was denied.”
The violence in Colombia — the massacres, the bombings, the armed conflict — is a symptom of this global apostasy. And the conciliar sect, far from combating this apostasy, has embraced it. Leo XIV’s empty words of “peace” are the verbal equivalent of the conciliar “Mass” — a simulation of the real thing, devoid of supernatural power, incapable of effecting the conversion that alone can bring true peace.
The Duty of the Faithful: Reject the Usurper, Embrace Christ the King
The faithful who still profess the integral Catholic faith must see through this charade. Leo XIV is not the Pope. His words carry no authority. His “condemnation” of violence is as spiritually efficacious as a press release from the Red Cross. The true response to the violence in Colombia — and to all the violence afflicting the world — is not the humanitarian platitudes of a modernist antipope, but the restoration of the social reign of Christ the King.
This requires:
1. Rejection of the conciliar sect in all its manifestations — its “popes,” its “bishops,” its “Masses,” its “sacraments,” and its false teachings on religious liberty, ecumenism, and the separation of Church and State.
2. Professio fidei — the uncompromising confession of the integral Catholic faith, including the teaching on the social reign of Christ the King as proclaimed by Pius XI in Quas Primas.
3. Adherence to the true Church — which endures in the faithful who profess the integral Catholic faith and are led by bishops with valid sacraments and validly ordained priests, outside the structures of the conciliar sect.
4. Prayer and penance — not the vague “closeness in prayer” of Leo XIV, but the true prayer of the Most Holy Rosary, the true sacrifice of the Traditional Latin Mass, and the true sacraments of the Catholic Church.
5. Recognition that true peace is only possible under the Kingship of Christ — as Pius XI taught: “The hope of lasting peace will not yet shine upon nations as long as individuals and states renounce and do not wish to recognize the reign of our Savior.”
The violence in Colombia will not be stopped by the empty words of an antipope. It will only be stopped when Colombia — and all nations — recognize what Leo XIV refuses to proclaim: Jesus Christ is King, and His Kingdom shall have no end.
Source:
Pope Leo XIV Condemns Surge of Violence in Colombia Following Attacks On Civilians (ncregister.com)
Date: 29.04.2026