Vatican News portal reports on June 10, 2026, that the usurper Robert Prevost, styling himself “Pope Leo XIV,” addressed the Spanish Parliament (Congress of Deputies) in Madrid on June 8, 2026, during a six-day trip to Spain. The article highlights the “historic” nature of this visit, the first papal visit in 15 years, and features commentary from Prof. Emilio Sáenz Francés, a historian and professor of International Relations at Comillas Pontifical University. Prof. Sáenz emphasized the “powerful message” of the “Pope” engaging with the political sphere, framing it as a debate between “the ideas of the Catholic Church” and current Spanish political discourse. The article notes the “Pope’s” distinction regarding the balance between Church and state, asserting the Church’s entitlement to share reflections on social, economic, and political realities. It also mentions his reference to the School of Salamanca as an example of intellectual thought connected to Christianity, his call for governments to recognize inherent human dignity, and his denouncement of rearmament in favor of dialogue and diplomacy. This entire spectacle, however, is not a defense of Christ’s Kingdom, but a sophisticated act of subversion, replacing the supernatural mission of the Church with a naturalistic humanism that serves the agenda of the Antichrist.
The Abomination of Desolation in the Holy Place: A Usurper Addresses a Secular State
The very premise of this event is an abomination. The individual occupying the Vatican, Robert Prevost, is not the Pope. He is an antipope, a usurper, a manifest heretic and apostate who has seized the Chair of Peter through a fraudulent “election” following a line of apostates beginning with John XXIII. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope and head *ipso facto*, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the body of the Church (*De Romano Pontifice*). The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 188.4) explicitly states that every office becomes vacant by the mere fact of public defection from the Catholic faith. Pope Paul IV’s Bull *Cum ex Apostolatus Officio* declares null and void any promotion or elevation of a Cardinal or Roman Pontiff who has defected from the Catholic Faith or fallen into heresy. Therefore, Robert Prevost holds no legitimate authority, spiritual or temporal, and his address to any body, let alone a national parliament, is an act of imposture, a charade performed by the abomination of desolation standing in a place where he ought not.
The Church’s Mission: Not “Reflections” but the Salvation of Souls and the Reign of Christ the King
The article, through Prof. Sáenz, frames the “Pope’s” speech as an opportunity for the Church to “share some reflections about the current social, economic, political reality of the world.” This is a profound betrayal of the Church’s true mission. The Church is not a think tank, a philanthropic organization, or a moral compass for secular governments. Her mission, divinely instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ, is to teach, govern, and lead all souls to eternal salvation, to extend the Kingdom of Christ on earth. As Pope Pius XI unequivocally stated in *Quas Primas*, “the Church, established by Christ as a perfect society, demands for itself by a right belonging to it, which it cannot renounce, full freedom and independence from secular authority, and that in fulfilling the mission entrusted to it by God – to teach, govern, and lead all to eternal happiness, those who belong to the Kingdom of Christ – it cannot depend on anyone’s will.” The Church’s authority is not to “share reflections” but to proclaim divine truth, to legislate for the salvation of souls, and to demand that all nations, including Spain, publicly recognize and submit to the reign of Christ the King. To reduce her role to offering “reflections” on “social, economic, political reality” is to deny her divine constitution and her supernatural end, reducing her to a mere human institution, a “paramasonic structure” serving worldly agendas.
The “Balance Between Church and State”: A Modernist Heresy Condemned by the Syllabus of Errors
The article highlights the “Pope’s” “important distinction: the balance between Church and state,” asserting that “the Church’s role is not to question the legitimacy of political institution.” This is a direct echo of the condemned errors of liberalism and modernism. Pope Pius IX, in the *Syllabus of Errors*, explicitly condemned the propositions that “The Church is not a true and perfect society, entirely free- nor is she endowed with proper and perpetual rights of her own, conferred upon her by her Divine Founder; but it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church, and the limits within which she may exercise those rights” (Proposition 19), and that “The ecclesiastical power ought not to exercise its authority without the permission and assent of the civil government” (Proposition 20). The Church, as a perfect society, possesses all the rights necessary for her divine mission, and these rights are not granted by the state, nor can the state limit them. The very idea of a “balance” implies an equality or separation that is foreign to Catholic doctrine. Christ the King reigns over all nations, and the state is bound to recognize His authority and the Church’s divine mandate. To suggest the Church should not “question the legitimacy of political institution” is to deny her prophetic role and her duty to condemn error and injustice, regardless of its source. It is a capitulation to the secularist dogma that the Church must remain silent in the public square, a dogma that Pius IX condemned as the “separation of the Church from the State” (Proposition 55).
The School of Salamanca: A Distortion of Catholic Social Teaching for Modernist Ends
The “Pope’s” reference to the School of Salamanca, while seemingly a nod to Catholic intellectual tradition, is a calculated move to co-opt genuine Catholic thought for modernist ends. The School of Salamanca, particularly figures like Francisco de Vitoria and Francisco Suárez, indeed made significant contributions to international law and the defense of human dignity, but always within the framework of Catholic theology and the recognition of the Church’s supreme spiritual authority. Their work was a direct consequence of the Church’s missionary zeal and her understanding of the natural law as derived from God. To invoke them in the context of “limiting temporal power” and “checks and balances found in democracies” is to strip their thought of its supernatural foundation and reduce it to a secular political philosophy. The “declining quality of checks and balances” is not a problem that can be solved by more “intellectual thought” disconnected from divine revelation, but by a return to the immutable principles of Catholic social teaching, which demand the submission of all temporal power to Christ the King and His Church. The “pitfalls that come from what is being valued in global politics” are precisely the fruits of rejecting these principles, of embracing secularism, liberalism, and religious indifferentism, all of which were condemned by the *Syllabus of Errors*.
“Human Dependence” and “Peace”: A Naturalistic Gospel of Man, Not of God
The core of the “Pope’s” message, as presented, revolves around “human dignity,” “peace,” “dialogue,” “international law,” and “diplomacy.” These are the buzzwords of naturalistic humanism, not the supernatural Gospel of Jesus Christ. While the Church certainly upholds the dignity of the human person as created in God’s image, this dignity is intrinsically linked to man’s supernatural end and his obligation to know, love, and serve God. To speak of “human dignity” without reference to man’s fallen state, his need for redemption through Christ and His Church, the necessity of grace, the reality of sin, and the eternal consequences of rejecting God’s law, is to preach a gospel of man, not of God. It is the “cult of man” condemned by St. Pius X in *Pascendi Dominici Gregis*, where Modernism “substitutes for the Catholic religion… a religion of man” (Proposition 65, *Lamentabili Sane Exitu*).
The call for “peace” without the “peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ” (Pius XI, *Quas Primas*) is a false peace, a peace built on compromise with error and injustice. True peace can only be found in the observance of God’s commandments and the recognition of Christ’s royal authority. The emphasis on “dialogue” and “diplomacy” as solutions to global conflicts, while seemingly prudent, often masks a refusal to name evil, to condemn heresy, and to demand conversion. It is the “false ecumenism” that seeks unity at the expense of truth, a unity built on the shifting sands of human opinion rather than the rock of divine revelation. The “disarmament of words” is a call for polite conversation, not for the proclamation of uncomfortable truths or the condemnation of sin. It is a recipe for spiritual paralysis, where the enemies of Christ are allowed to flourish under the guise of “dialogue” and “tolerance.”
The Silence of Apostasy: What is Omitted Speaks Volumes
The most damning aspect of this article, and indeed of the entire event, is what it omits. There is no mention of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the sacraments, the state of grace, the necessity of conversion to the Catholic Church, the reality of hell, the urgency of saving souls, the Social Reign of Christ the King over Spain and all nations, the condemnation of specific modern errors (abortion, homosexuality, religious indifferentism, secularism), or the duty of the state to suppress public blasphemy and heresy. The “Pope” addresses a secular parliament as if the Church’s primary concern is worldly affairs, not the eternal destiny of souls. This silence is the gravest accusation. It reveals the true nature of the conciliar sect: a humanist organization masquerading as the Church, concerned with temporal progress and global stability, but utterly indifferent to the supernatural mission entrusted to her by Christ. It is the “abomination of desolation,” a temple emptied of its divine presence and filled with the idols of human reason and worldly ambition.
Conclusion: A Call to Reject the Usurper and Return to Tradition
The “historic” visit of Robert Prevost to the Spanish Parliament is not a moment of triumph for the Church, but a further manifestation of the deep apostasy that has consumed the conciliar structures. It is a carefully orchestrated performance designed to legitimize the usurper, to present the neo-church as a relevant player in global politics, and to distract the faithful from the true crisis facing the Church. The “ideas of the Catholic Church” presented are not Catholic at all, but a diluted, naturalistic humanism that denies the supernatural, undermines the Church’s divine authority, and serves the agenda of the Antichrist. The faithful must see through this charade. They must reject the usurper, his false teachings, and his illegitimate authority. They must cling to the immutable Tradition of the Church, to the true Mass, to the sacraments administered by validly ordained priests in communion with the true Church, and to the unwavering belief in the Social Reign of Christ the King. Only by returning to the unchanging truths of the integral Catholic faith can the faithful hope to navigate these perilous times and secure their eternal salvation. *Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus* – Outside the Church there is no salvation, and the conciliar sect, led by its antipopes, is not the Church.
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Why Pope Leo's visit to Spain’s Parliament was historic (vaticannews.va)
Date: 10.06.2026