EWTN News portal reports that Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich has confirmed the itinerary for the apostolic journey of the usurper Robert Prevost, who styles himself “Pope Leo XIV,” to France, scheduled for September 25–28, 2026. The journey will include stops in Paris, Lourdes, and Metz, with events ranging from vespers at Notre-Dame Cathedral to an open-air “Mass” in Paris and a “Eucharistic celebration” at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. Ulrich described the visit as “a source of comfort and encouragement for many” and called for the faithful to prepare through prayer, volunteering, and financial support, emphasizing unity “behind the bishops in full communion with the successor of Peter.”
This so-called apostolic journey is not a mission of evangelization or the conversion of France to the Catholic faith, but a theatrical spectacle designed to legitimize the conciliar sect, promote the ecumenical and modernist agenda, and perpetuate the veneration of false apparitions — all while the neo-church continues its relentless march toward the abomination of desolation.
The Usurper’s Claim to Peter’s Throne
The very foundation of this journey rests upon a monstrous usurpation. Robert Prevost, the man who dares to call himself “Pope Leo XIV,” occupies the Vatican not as the legitimate successor of St. Peter but as the latest in a line of antipopes beginning with the convener of the Second Vatican Council, John XXIII. The true Church of Christ, founded upon the Rock of Peter and governed by the immutable deposit of faith, does not recognize the authority of any man who professes the errors of Modernism — errors condemned in the strongest possible terms by every legitimate pontiff up to and including Pius XII.
As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches in De Romano Pontifice, “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.” The conciliar sect, from John XXIII onward, has professed heresy after heresy: religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), false ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio), the democratization of the Church (Lumen Gentium), and the replacement of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass with the Protestantized Novus Ordo Missae. These are not matters of disciplinary preference but of dogmatic substance. A manifest heretic cannot be Pope. He cannot be the head of that of which he is not a member. As Bellarmine further clarifies, “a non-Christian in no way can be Pope… The reason for this is that he cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member; now, he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian… therefore, a manifest heretic cannot be Pope.”
Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code of Canon Law confirms this principle: every ecclesiastical office becomes vacant “by the mere fact and without any declaration” if the cleric “publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The conciliar antipopes have done precisely this, publicly and notoriously. Their claim to jurisdiction is null and void — ipso facto and ab initio.
The Journey to Lourdes: Pilgrimage to a False Apparition
Perhaps the most spiritually dangerous aspect of this journey is the planned visit to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Lourdes apparitions, like those of Fatima, are deeply suspect and bear the hallmarks of a psychological operation against the Church. The message of Lourdes — with its emphasis on private revelation, its ambiguous formulations, and its utility in promoting the ecumenical and modernist agenda — serves not to strengthen the faith of the faithful but to divert attention from the true dangers facing the Church: the modernist apostasy within her own ranks.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas (1925), warned that “the plague which poisons human society” is “the secularism of our times, so-called laicism, its errors and wicked endeavors.” The remedy he prescribed was not pilgrimages to dubious shrines but the public recognition of Christ the King’s authority over all nations, all families, and all individuals. The conciliar sect has done the opposite: it has removed Christ from His throne, replaced the social reign of Christ with the cult of man, and substituted the supernatural order with naturalistic humanism. A journey to Lourdes under the auspices of a manifest heretic is not a pilgrimage — it is a parody of piety, a counterfeit devotion designed to lead souls further from the true faith.
The Language of the Neo-Church: A Linguistic Analysis of Apostasy
The language employed by Archbishop Ulrich and the EWTN News report reveals the theological bankruptcy of the conciliar sect. Ulrich speaks of the usurper’s “pastoral and fatherly care,” of “encounters with young people,” and of creating “the conditions for a true encounter that transcends our own boundaries.” This is the language of the New Advent — the language of dialogue, of horizontal relationships, of immanentist humanism. It is the language of a church that has abandoned the supernatural mission of leading souls to eternal salvation in favor of a naturalistic program of social cohesion and emotional experience.
Nowhere in the announcement is there any mention of the necessity of conversion, of the obligation to profess the Catholic faith as the only true religion, of the reality of sin and the need for sacramental confession, or of the eternal consequences of rejecting Christ and His Church. The silence is deafening and damning. As Pius IX declared in the Syllabus of Errors (1864), Proposition 15 — “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” — is condemned. Proposition 16 — “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” — is likewise condemned. The conciliar sect has embraced these condemned propositions as its operative theology, and the language of its ministers reflects this apostasy with perfect clarity.
The Call for Unity Behind Heretics
Ulrich concludes his announcement by asking for prayers that the Church in France may remain “united behind the bishops in full communion with the successor of Peter.” This is a call to unity not with the true Church of Christ but with the conciliar sect — a unity built not on the foundation of the apostolic faith but on the shifting sands of modernist innovation. It is a call to rally behind men who have publicly defected from the Catholic faith, who have embraced religious liberty, false ecumenism, and the democratization of the Church — all of which have been condemned by the authentic Magisterium.
The true Church of Christ demands unity in the truth — in vinculo pacis (in the bond of peace) and in unitate fidei (in the unity of faith). Unity with heretics is not unity but complicity in apostasy. As St. Cyprian taught, “he who is not in the Church cannot have power in the Church,” and those who depart from the faith cannot depose or remove anyone — they have already deposed themselves.
The Financial Exploitation of the Faithful
The announcement also includes a call for financial support to “help welcome the many pilgrims expected to attend the events.” This is the perennial method of the concilar sect: the spiritual ruin of the faithful accompanied by their financial exploitation. The faithful are asked to fund a journey that will lead them further from the true faith, to support a usurper who claims an authority he does not possess, and to participate in ceremonies that are either invalid or sacrilegious.
The true Church has always taught that the faithful have a duty to support the Church — but the true Church, not the conciliar sect. The faithful who wish to support the work of the Church must direct their resources toward priests and bishops who profess the integral Catholic faith, who offer the true Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass according to the immemorial Roman Rite, and who reject the errors of the Second Vatican Council and its aftermath.
The Silence on the Supernatural: The Gravest Accusation
The most damning aspect of this announcement is what it does not say. There is no mention of the state of grace, no warning about the danger of sacrilegious Communion, no call to repentance, no reference to the Four Last Things — death, judgment, heaven, and hell. The entire announcement is framed in naturalistic terms: logistics, organization, emotional comfort, and communal experience. This is the religion of man without God — the religion of the Antichrist.
Pius X, in Lamentabili Sane Exitu (1907), condemned the modernist proposition that “the Church is an enemy of the progress of natural and theological sciences” (Proposition 57) and that “contemporary Catholicism cannot be reconciled with true knowledge without transforming it into a certain dogmaless Christianity, that is, into a broad and liberal Protestantism” (Proposition 65). The conciliar sect has fulfilled this prophecy with terrifying precision. It has transformed Catholicism into a broad, liberal, dogmaless religion — a religion of “encounters” and “dialogue,” of “comfort” and “encouragement,” stripped of all supernatural content and reduced to a program of horizontal human relations.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Abomination
The journey of the usurper Leo XIV to France is not an occasion for joy but for mourning. It is a manifestation of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place — a counterfeit church led by counterfeit ministers performing counterfeit rites and leading souls to counterfeit devotions. The faithful who desire to serve God and save their souls must reject this abomination utterly and completely.
They must return to the true Church of Christ — the Church that has always existed and will always exist, the Church of the apostles, the Church of the martyrs, the Church of the Fathers and Doctors, the Church that teaches with authority, governs with justice, and sanctifies with true sacraments. They must seek out priests and bishops who profess the integral Catholic faith, who offer the true Mass, and who reject the errors of Modernism in all its forms.
As Pius XI declared in Quas Primas, “the state is happy not by one means, and man by another; for the state is nothing else than a harmonious association of men.” The happiness of France — and of every nation — lies not in the false comfort of a heretical antipope but in the sweet yoke of Christ the King. Adveniat regnum tuum — Thy kingdom come. Not the kingdom of the conciliar sect, but the Kingdom of Christ, which alone has the power to bring true peace, true order, and true salvation to the souls of men.
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Itinerary confirmed for Pope Leo XIV’s trip to France: Paris, Lourdes, and Metz (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 09.06.2026