Vatican News portal reports that the antipope Leo XIV, following a technical malfunction of the IBERIA aircraft originally designated for his return from Tenerife, was compelled to avail himself of a plane “graciously made available by His Majesty the King of Spain,” Felipe VI. This incident, described by the same source as an “unprecedented end to a papal journey,” marked the conclusion of Leo’s fourth international “apostolic journey” through Spain. The entire affair – from the reliance on the goodwill of a secular monarch for transport to the fawning coverage by the conciliar press office – lays bare the utter spiritual bankruptcy and worldly entanglements of the post-conciliar structure, a far cry from the majesty and independence of the true Vicar of Christ.
The Antipope and the King: A Modernist Embrace of Secular Power
The image is stark and dripping with symbolism: the usurper of Peter’s throne, unable to depart due to a mechanical failure, is escorted to a VIP lounge by the very secular ruler whose kingdom has long since rejected the public reign of Christ the King. King Felipe VI, a constitutional monarch presiding over a nation steeped in the errors of liberalism and religious indifferentism condemned by Pius IX in the Syllabus of Errors (propositions 15, 17, 77, 78), becomes the gracious provider for the head of the conciliar sect. This is not merely a logistical hiccup; it is a profound theological statement about the nature of the post-conciliar institution.
Pius XI, in his encyclical Quas Primas, unequivocally declared that Christ’s kingdom “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.” He further asserted that “rulers of states therefore [should] 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 spectacle of the “pope” relying on the charity of a king whose nation publicly disavows Christ’s kingship is a living refutation of this perennial Catholic teaching. It demonstrates the conciliar sect’s complete capitulation to the very secularism Pius XI identified as “the plague that poisons human society,” a plague that “began with the denial of Christ the Lord’s reign over all nations.”
The “Unprecedented” Normalcy of Conciliar Apostasy
The conciliar press office’s characterization of this event as “unprecedented” is itself a telling admission of the profound abnormality that has become the norm within the Vatican structures. For those adhering to the integral Catholic faith, such dependence on secular powers for the most basic functions of the “papacy” is not unprecedented; it is merely another manifestation of the systemic rot that has consumed the institution since the death of the last true Pope. The true Vicar of Christ, even in times of temporal weakness, derived his authority from God alone, not from the goodwill of princes. The very need for a “King’s plane” underscores the conciliar sect’s complete lack of supernatural character and its utter reliance on worldly means.
This incident also highlights the conciliar obsession with “international apostolic journeys” – a modern innovation utterly foreign to the pre-conciliar Magisterium. While true Popes certainly traveled, their journeys were primarily for the governance of the Church and the defense of the faith, not for photo opportunities with secular leaders or participation in interfaith gatherings designed to promote the “spirit of Vatican II.” Leo’s travels through Spain, a nation once fervently Catholic but now largely apostate, serve not to re-establish Christ’s reign but to legitimize the conciliar revolution’s embrace of the world.
The Silence on Christ’s Kingship: The Gravest Omission
Perhaps the most damning aspect of the Vatican News report, and indeed the entire event, is the deafening silence regarding the fundamental duty of both the “pope” and the King: the public acknowledgment and promotion of Christ’s royal authority. Not a single word is spoken about the necessity of Spain, or any nation, submitting to the social reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ. The “farewell ceremony,” the “honours paid to the flags,” the “Guard of Honor” – all are secular rituals, devoid of any supernatural significance. This silence is not accidental; it is the very essence of the modernist apostasy.
St. Pius X, in Lamentabili Sane Exitu, condemned the proposition 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). The conciliar sect, by its actions and omissions, has effectively adopted this condemned error. It operates as a supplicant to secular powers, seeking their favor and assistance, rather than asserting its divine mandate to teach, govern, and sanctify all nations.
The reliance on a secular monarch’s aircraft is a microcosm of the conciliar sect’s broader spiritual condition. It is an institution that has lost its divine compass, adrift in a sea of worldly concerns, seeking validation and support from the very powers that Christ came to conquer. The “unprecedented” nature of this event is not in its occurrence, but in the fact that it is now considered unremarkable by those within the conciliar structure. This normalization of the abnormal is perhaps the most tragic fruit of the modernist revolution – a revolution that has transformed the Barque of Peter into a vessel dependent on the shifting tides of secular favor, utterly incapable of fulfilling its divine mission to lead souls to eternal salvation under the sovereign reign of Christ the King.
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Pope Leo returns to Vatican on aircraft provided by Spanish King (vaticannews.va)
Date: 12.06.2026