The National Catholic Register reports that the organizing committee for the apostolic journey of the usurper Leo XIV to Spain has unveiled a promotional campaign featuring ten figures—nine “saints” and one “venerable”—generated through artificial intelligence. The selection, tied to the venues of the visit and the celebration of Corpus Christi, includes St. Isidore the Laborer, St. Mary of the Head, St. Soledad Torres Acosta, Venerable Antonio Gaudí, St. Eulalia, St. Peter of St. Joseph Betancourt, St. Joseph of Anchieta, St. Teresa of Ávila, St. Paschal Baylon, and St. Manuel González. The project presents these figures as examples of those who “searched for God in the world” and “found the extraordinary in the ordinary.” This initiative is not merely a technological novelty; it is a profound symptom of the post-conciliar Church’s descent into naturalism, where the supernatural reality of sanctity is reduced to a humanistic narrative, and the sacred is mediated through the profane machinery of artificial intelligence.
The Profanation of Sanctity through Artificial Intelligence
The use of artificial intelligence to depict the saints represents a fundamental inversion of the Catholic understanding of sacred art and the communion of saints. Sacred art, as defined by the Council of Trent and the tradition of the Church, is meant to be a window to the supernatural, crafted by human hands under the inspiration of grace to elevate the mind to God. By employing AI, the conciliar structures reduce the saints to digital constructs, stripping them of their historical reality and reducing their lives to algorithmic outputs. This is a manifestation of the modernist spirit condemned by St. Pius X in Pascendi Dominici Gregis, where the supernatural is emptied of its content and replaced by a naturalistic, man-centered interpretation. The saints are no longer intercessors in the court of heaven but “examples of Christian life” curated for a media event, their images generated by the same technology used for commercial advertising and entertainment.
The Hermeneutic of Continuity as a Smokescreen
The article’s selection of figures like St. Teresa of Ávila and St. Paschal Baylon is a classic example of the “hermeneutic of continuity,” a modernist tactic designed to create an illusion of fidelity to tradition while subverting it. By highlighting these authentic saints, the conciliar apparatus seeks to legitimize the entire spectacle, including the inclusion of the “Venerable” Antonio Gaudí. Gaudí, whose cause for beatification is advanced by the same structures that have dismantled the Faith, is presented as a model of “holiness in ordinary life.” This is a direct assault on the Catholic doctrine of sanctity, which requires heroic virtue and a life of grace, not merely professional dedication or cultural achievement. The inclusion of Gaudí, a figure whose personal spirituality is ambiguous at best, alongside canonized saints, is a deliberate act of leveling, where the extraordinary grace of sanctity is equated with the natural virtue of a skilled architect.
The Omission of the Supernatural and the Kingship of Christ
The most glaring omission in this campaign is the complete silence on the supernatural mission of the Church and the Kingship of Christ. The saints are presented as those who “searched for God in the world,” a phrase that reeks of the modernist immanentism condemned in the Syllabus of Errors (Proposition 20: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God”). There is no mention of the necessity of the Catholic Church for salvation, the reality of sin, the need for conversion, or the propitiatory sacrifice of the Mass. The Eucharistic devotion highlighted is reduced to a sentimental attachment to the “Body and Blood of Christ,” stripped of its dogmatic content as the true presence of Our Lord and the renewal of the sacrifice of Calvary. This is the Eucharist of the New Mass, a “memorial” stripped of its sacrificial nature, perfectly aligned with the modernist agenda.
The Usurper’s Journey: A Pilgrimage of Apostasy
The entire event is framed as an “apostolic journey” of Leo XIV, a title that is itself a blasphemy. As the Defense of Sedevacantism makes clear, a manifest heretic cannot be Pope, and the line of usurpers from John XXIII onward has no authority to teach, govern, or sanctify. This visit to Spain is not a pilgrimage of faith but a political and media spectacle designed to bolster the credibility of the conciliar sect. The choice of Spain, a nation that once championed the Faith through the Reconquista and the Council of Trent, is particularly ironic. The modernist structures now use its cultural heritage to promote a faith that is no longer Catholic but a syncretistic blend of naturalism, ecumenism, and the cult of man.
The Saints as Instruments of the Modernist Agenda
The saints selected are not presented as they are in the Roman Martyrology or the writings of the Fathers, but as instruments of the modernist agenda. St. Isidore the Laborer becomes a model of “holiness in work,” a nod to the Marxist-inspired “theology of work” that infects post-conciliar thought. St. Joseph of Anchieta, the “Apostle of Brazil,” is celebrated for his missionary work, but the article is silent on the fact that his evangelization was carried out under the banner of the true Faith, not the ecumenical dialogue that has replaced mission in the conciliar Church. The entire narrative is one of “finding the extraordinary in the ordinary,” a phrase that encapsulates the modernist rejection of the supernatural order and its replacement with a purely naturalistic humanism.
Conclusion: The Abomination of Desolation in the Digital Age
This AI-generated campaign is a microcosm of the conciliar revolution: the use of modern technology to promote a modernist faith, the reduction of sanctity to humanistic example, the silencing of the supernatural, and the legitimization of the usurper’s authority. It is the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place, a digital simulacrum of the Faith that obscures the reality of 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. The response of the faithful must be to reject this spectacle entirely, to cling to the unchanging Tradition of the Church, and to pray for the restoration of the true Faith and the end of the modernist usurpation. As Pope Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “The kingdom of Christ encompasses all men,” and no human institution, no matter how technologically advanced, can substitute for the divine constitution of the Church.
Source:
9 Saints and Gaudí Inspire Faithful as Pope’s Visit to Spain Gets Underway (ncregister.com)
Date: 06.06.2026