The article from EWTN News Vatican Bureau (June 25, 2026) reports on the upcoming English release of a book titled *Freedom Under Grace*, a collection of early writings by the occupant of the Apostolic See, Robert Francis Prevost, now known as “Pope” Leo XIV. The volume, originally published in Italian by the Vatican Publishing House, contains his homilies, speeches, and letters from his time as an Augustinian friar and prior general. The article presents this publication as a positive opportunity to understand the “foundation” of his spirituality, heavily emphasizing themes like “unity,” “servant leadership,” “social justice,” and “spiritual renewal.” **This publication is not a neutral event but a deliberate act of propaganda by the conciliar sect, designed to solidify the legitimacy of its usurper leader and indoctrinate the faithful with modernist social doctrine under the guise of Augustinian spirituality.**
The Canonization of a Modernist Through Print
The very act of publishing and globally distributing the writings of the current Vatican usurper by a major secular publishing arm (Penguin Random House) is a stark revelation of the symbiotic relationship between the post-conciliar sect and the world it claims to evangelize. This is not the publication of the works of a Doctor of the Church, but the promotional material for an antipope. The title itself, *Freedom Under Grace*, is a modernist slogan, echoing the relativistic and personalist theologies that have eroded Catholic dogma. It stands in direct opposition to the constant teaching of the Church, which proclaims that true freedom is found only in the submission to the objective truth of the Gospel and the Magisterium, not in a subjective “spiritual tradition” focused on vague social concepts.
The article’s source, Father Joseph Farrell, O.S.A., is quoted expressing hope that the writings reveal “the foundation he has in the teachings of St. Augustine.” This is a profound betrayal of the Augustinian order’s true legacy. St. Augustine is a Father of the Church renowned for his rigorous defense of grace against Pelagius, his profound original sin theology, and his uncompromising stance against heresy. To suggest that the man who authored documents like *Fratelli Tutti* and who promotes the “synodal path” is a true heir to St. Augustine is a blasphemy against the saint’s memory. It is a classic modernist tactic: to appropriate the language and figures of tradition while hollowing them of their dogmatic content.
The Linguistic and Theological Vacuum of “Social Justice”
The article meticulously lists the central themes of the book: “unity, servant leadership, social justice, and constant spiritual renewal.” This lexicon is the quintessential jargon of the post-conciliar neo-church. It is a language deliberately chosen to supplant the supernatural vocabulary of sanctity, sacrifice, and salvation.
* **”Social justice”** is a term co-opted by Modernism to shift the Church’s mission from the salvation of souls to a naturalistic, horizontal project of socio-economic engineering. It is a concept condemned when detached from the supernatural order and the primary mission of the Church, which is to lead souls to Heaven through the sacraments and the preaching of the Gospel. The true Catholic concept is *commutative* and *distributive* justice, governed by charity, not a secularized “social justice” that aligns with globalist agendas.
* **”Unity”** and **”spiritual renewal,”** in the context of this antipope and his conciliar predecessors, are code words for the dissolution of dogmatic clarity and the implementation of the *aggiornamento* that has resulted in the current ecclesiastical crisis. This “unity” is not the unity of the one true Faith, but a false ecumenism that places heresy and truth on the same level. This “renewal” is the very process of modernizing the Church that has led to the abandonment of the Holy Mass, the sacraments, and the conversion of nations—the very duties commanded by Christ the King.
The article remains completely silent on the most critical omission in this hagiography: the complete absence of any mention of the primary duties of a true successor of St. Peter. There is no mention of the necessity of converting Russia to the Catholic Faith, as requested at Fatima (a false operation in itself, but a touchstone for orthodoxy). There is no call for the consecration of nations to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a command given by Christ Himself to St. Margaret Mary and reiterated by the true Popes in encyclicals like *Quas Primas*. There is no warning against the modernist heresies that have eaten away at the Church like a cancer since the Second Vatican Council. **This silence is the most damning indictment of the book and its author.** It reveals a naturalistic, man-centered spirituality that has no supernatural foundation.
The Symptom of the Conciliar Revolution
This publication is a perfect fruit of the conciliar revolution. It is a tool of the “hermeneutic of continuity,” a failed and heretical attempt to prove that the radical break with tradition since 1958 is merely a development. By repackaging the modernist writings of Robert Prevost with a traditional-sounding title and linking him to St. Augustine, the sect aims to create a pedigree for its current leader. It is an attempt to build a tradition where none exists, to create a lineage of “social justice” Augustinians that leads directly to the throne of Peter.
The involvement of a global secular publisher like Penguin Random House is not an accident. It demonstrates that the post-conciliar sect is not the Mystical Body of Christ but a human organization, a NGO among NGOs, seeking validation and influence in the court of worldly public opinion. The true Church does not need the approval of the secular publishing world to sanctify souls. Her books are the Roman Missal, the Catechism of the Council of Trent, and the encyclicals of the true Popes, not the speeches of a “prior general” whose “spirituality” is indistinguishable from secular humanism.
In conclusion, the release of *Freedom Under Grace* is a calculated move by the structures occupying the Vatican to further entrench the legitimacy of their antipope. It is a text designed for the indoctrination of the faithful, replacing the supernatural faith with a naturalistic, social-gospel-lite. The response of any Catholic adhering to the integral faith is not to read this book, but to reject it and its author completely. The true “freedom under grace” is found only in the unchanging Catholic Faith, outside the poisoned structures of the conciliar sect, awaiting the restoration of the true Papacy and the public reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ over all nations.
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English edition of Pope Leo XIV's early writings set for release (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 25.06.2026