The National Catholic Register, citing ACI Prensa and EWTN News, reports on an interview given by Father Edgard Rimaycuna, personal secretary to the individual occupying the Vatican, Robert Prevost, who styles himself “Pope Leo XIV.” The article presents a portrait of a man allegedly centered on prayer, silence, and seeking God, with a spirituality influenced by St. Augustine. It details his daily routine of “holy Mass,” the Liturgy of the Hours, and the rosary, and describes his governance style as patient, bridge-building, and focused on dialogue and peace. The article concludes with a request for prayers for this “Holy Father.” This saccharine portrait, however, when viewed through the lens of unchanging Catholic truth, reveals not a shepherd of souls, but a figurehead of the conciliar sect, whose very claim to the papacy is null and void, and whose “prayer” and “governance” are but the fruits of the modernist apostasy that has laid waste to the Church. The entire narrative is a carefully constructed piece of propaganda designed to lend an aura of sanctity to an illegitimate occupant of Peter’s throne, thereby perpetuating the greatest deception in the history of Christianity.
The Vacant See and the Illegitimacy of the Usurper
The very foundation upon which this article rests – the legitimacy of “Pope Leo XIV” – is a monstrous edifice built upon the ruins of the true Church. The Catholic Church teaches, with the full weight of her infallible Magisterium, that a manifest heretic cannot be the Roman Pontiff. As St. Robert Bellarmine unequivocally states in *De Romano Pontifice*: “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: by which things he may be judged and punished by the Church.” This is not merely a theological opinion but a principle deeply rooted in canon law and the constant tradition of the Church. Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law explicitly states that “Every office becomes vacant by the mere fact and without any declaration by reason of tacit resignation, recognized by the law itself, if the cleric: … 4. Publicly defects from the Catholic faith;…”
The line of individuals who have occupied the Vatican since the death of Pope Pius XII, beginning with John XXIII, have consistently and publicly promulgated, endorsed, and lived according to doctrines that are directly contrary to the immutable Catholic faith. They have embraced and promoted the very errors condemned by Pope Pius IX in the *Syllabus of Errors* (1864), such as religious liberty (propositions 77-78), the separation of Church and State (proposition 55), and the idea that the Church should reconcile herself with “progress, liberalism and modern civilization” (proposition 80). They have fostered false ecumenism, condemned by Pope Pius XI in *Mortalium Animos*, treating heretics and schismatics as separated brethren rather than enemies of the faith. They have undermined the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, replacing it with a Protestantized “memorial meal” that denies the propitiatory nature of the sacrifice, a direct attack on the Council of Trent’s definitions.
Robert Prevost, as a prominent figure within this conciliar structure, a “cardinal” and now “pope” of the neo-church, is by his very position and public adherence to these modernist innovations, a manifest heretic. His “prayer,” therefore, is not the prayer of the Vicar of Christ, but the prayer of an apostate, or worse, a hypocrite. To ask the faithful to pray for him as “Holy Father” is to ask them to participate in a charade, to lend their spiritual support to an individual who, by his manifest heresy, has ipso facto forfeited any claim to the Chair of Peter. The See of Peter is vacant, and the “prayer” of its usurper is an affront to the true God.
The “Prayer” of the Modernist: A Charade of Silence and Syncretism
The article describes “Leo XIV’s” prayer life as centered on “silence,” “seeking God within himself,” and a spirituality “deeply influenced by the thought of St. Augustine.” While St. Augustine is indeed a Doctor of the Church, his teachings have been consistently misappropriated and distorted by modernists to justify their subjectivist and immanentist tendencies. The quote attributed to Augustine, “God is so intimately within man that man himself is within himself,” when taken out of its proper theological context, can easily be twisted to support a pantheistic or quasi-mystical interiority that bypasses the need for external revelation, the sacraments, and the authoritative teaching of the Church.
True Catholic prayer is not merely an internal monologue or a vague seeking of “contact with God through silence.” It is an act of the virtue of religion, directed to the Triune God, through the mediation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in communion with His Mystical Body, the Catholic Church. It involves the intellect and the will, adhering to God’s truths and seeking His grace through the sacraments, especially the Holy Mass and Confession. The “prayer” described in the article, with its emphasis on subjective experience and internal seeking, bears all the hallmarks of the modernist “prayer” condemned by St. Pius X in *Pascendi Dominici Gregis*, where he warns against a “religious sense” that is merely a product of human consciousness rather than a response to objective divine revelation.
Furthermore, the article mentions “holy Mass” and the “rosary.” For those who profess the integral Catholic faith, the “Mass” celebrated in the conciliar structures is not the true Most Holy Sacrifice of Calvary, but a sacrilegious parody, a “memorial meal” that denies the propitiatory nature of the sacrifice and the Real Presence of Christ under the species of bread and wine. To participate in such a “Mass” is to commit sacrilege. The rosary, while a powerful prayer in itself, becomes an act of superstition if recited by one who denies the very truths it commemorates, or if it is used as a talisman rather than a means of deepening one’s faith in the mysteries of salvation. The “prayer” of the usurper, therefore, is not a path to God, but a descent into spiritual delusion, a charade that masks the profound apostasy of the conciliar sect.
Governance of Bridges and Dialogue: The Antichrist’s Program
The article further describes “Leo XIV’s” governance style as “patient and prudent,” a man who “listens before deciding,” seeks to “build bridges,” “promotes unity,” and “always avoids confrontation.” This is not the governance of a true Pope, who is the Vicar of Christ, the Supreme Judge, and the Teacher of all Christians. A true Pope, guided by the Holy Ghost, would not shy away from confrontation when the faith is at stake. He would not seek “dialogue” with those who seek to destroy the Church from within or without. He would not promote a false “unity” that is built upon the ruins of Catholic truth.
This “bridge-building” and “dialogue” is precisely the program of the modernists, condemned by St. Pius X as the “synthesis of all errors.” It is the program of the Second Vatican Council, which sought to reconcile the Church with the world, with liberalism, with religious indifferentism. It is the program that has led to the current crisis of faith, where heresy is tolerated, and the true faith is marginalized. Pope Pius XI, in his encyclical *Quas Primas*, established the Feast of Christ the King to remind the world that Christ’s reign extends over all nations and all aspects of life, and that the Church demands full freedom and independence from secular authority. The “governance” described in the article is a direct contradiction of this, seeking accommodation with the world rather than its conversion.
The “suffering” expressed by “Leo XIV” for wars and his calls for “peace” are also characteristic of the modernist mentality. While true peace is a fruit of justice and charity, and ultimately found only in the Kingdom of Christ, the modernists reduce peace to a mere absence of conflict, a secular concept divorced from the supernatural order. They call for “ceasefires” and “dialogue” without demanding the conversion of nations to the true faith, without insisting on the social reign of Christ the King. This is the “peace” of the world, which Christ Himself warned would be a source of division (Matthew 10:34). The true peace of Christ is only possible through the submission of all men and nations to His divine law, a law that the conciliar sect has systematically undermined.
The Call to Prayer: A Deception and a Trap
The article concludes with Father Rimaycuna’s request for the faithful to “pray constantly for the Holy Father, given the spiritual weight the pope bears in leading the universal Church.” This is a profound deception. To pray for a manifest heretic, for one who has publicly defected from the Catholic faith, is not only futile but potentially harmful. It lends legitimacy to an illegitimate authority and encourages the faithful to remain within the conciar structures, thereby endangering their own salvation.
The true “Holy Father,” the true Vicar of Christ, is not Robert Prevost. The See of Peter is vacant. The faithful are called not to pray for the usurper, but to pray for the restoration of the true Church, for the conversion of those who have fallen into heresy, and for the coming of a true Pope who will uphold the immutable Catholic faith. They are called to pray for the triumph of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, not through the false apparitions of Fatima, which are a Masonic operation, but through the traditional devotions of the Church, such as the Rosary, the First Saturdays, and the Consecration of the World to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as requested by Our Lord Himself to Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque, and as practiced by true Catholics before the modernist takeover.
The “prayer” of the usurper and his minions is a siren song, designed to lure the unsuspecting into the abyss of the conciliar sect. The faithful must be vigilant, discerning, and steadfast in their adherence to the unchanging Catholic faith. They must reject all novelty, all compromise, and all dialogue with error. They must cling to the true Mass, the true sacraments, and the true teaching of the Church, as preserved by the faithful remnant who have not bowed the knee to the modernist Baal. Only then can they truly pray for the peace of the Church, which is the peace of Christ, and for the triumph of truth over error.
Source:
How Does Pope Leo Pray? (ncregister.com)
Date: 20.05.2026