The National Catholic Register (NCRegister) portal reports on the release of the animated film *Toy Story 5*, assuring Catholic parents that this time they need not fear the promotion of “woke ideology,” while simultaneously praising the film’s message about the dangers of technology. The article cites the usurper in the Vatican, “Pope” Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), using his statements to children as a tool to promote the film’s message and even suggesting a real-world tablet for preschoolers as a “safe” alternative to Big Tech. The entire piece is a masterclass in naturalistic reductionism, where the formation of the child’s soul is replaced by a secular, therapeutic agenda, and the authority of the true Church is supplanted by the platitudes of an antipope.
The Emptiness of “Woke-Free” Catholicism: A Film Analysis
The NCRegister article begins by setting a false dichotomy that is characteristic of the post-conciliar mentality: the enemy is not the systematic corruption of the child’s imagination and the introduction of digital abominations into the sanctuary of the home, but specifically “LGBT” content. The article explicitly reassures parents:
> “On the LGBT front, parents can rest assured that this newest edition doesn’t promote any woke ideologies like the last, but it does tackle the tough subject of technology head-on.”
This is the language of the conciliar church – reducing the fight for the faith to a culture war against specific political slogans. While the previous installment’s on-screen kiss between two male characters was a direct affront to the natural law and a glorification of perversion, the absence of such content does not sanctify the film. The NCRegister celebrates that the film is “accessible” and “works,” but accessible to what? To a secular worldview that sees the primary danger of technology as “isolation from real-world relationships” rather than a profound spiritual crisis. The article completely omits the supernatural dimension of human existence. There is no mention of the state of grace, the reality of sin, or the necessity of the True Mass and the sacraments for the salvation of souls. Instead, we are offered a naturalistic humanism where the greatest tragedy is a child staring at a screen instead of playing with “real” toys.
The Technological Ab the “Caring” Deception
The film’s plot centers on Bonnie, a child who receives a smart tablet and abandons her toys, and the tablet character, “Lilypad,” who eventually decides to leave because she “understands the harm she is causing.” The NCRegister author, Alyssa Murphy, even notes this concerning anthropomorphism:
> “The movie portrays tech as ‘caring’ — which is a bit concerning. At one point, the tablet character, Lilypad, decides to pack up because she understands the harm she is causing her young owner.”
This is a profound spiritual error presented as a “plot point.” Technology is not a moral agent capable of “caring” or “understanding harm.” It is a tool, and when it becomes an idol, it is an instrument of demonic influence, designed to destroy the child’s attention span, imagination, and capacity for silence – the very dispositions necessary to hear the voice of God. The film, and the NCRegister’s analysis, completely ignore the fact that these devices are gateways to pornography, cyberbullying, and the complete dissolution of parental authority. The article mentions cyberbullying as a “realistic plot development” but treats it as a psychological issue to be managed, not a moral evil to be eradicated.
The Usurper in the Vatican as Moral Guide
The most egregious element of the article is its invocation of the current occupant of the Apostolic See, “Pope” Leo XIV, as a reliable guide for Catholic families. The article quotes his message to children:
> “Even in the family: the family that is together, it is not enough that we are all there. Each, they look at his phone… it is much more important to develop our human being with friendship, with conversation …”
This statement, while superficially true, is a hallmark of modernist rhetoric. It reduces the spiritual life to “developing our human being” and “friendship,” completely omitting the necessity of prayer, mortification, and the worship of God. The usurper Leo XIV speaks of God wanting to “look at our hearts,” but fails to mention that the heart is purified only through the grace of the sacraments, which his conciliar church has systematically emptied of their Catholic meaning. To use the words of an antipope to endorse a Disney film is to place the authority of a manifest heretic above the immutable teaching of the true Church. As St. Robert Bellarmine teaches, a manifest heretic ceases to be Pope and head, just as he ceases to be a Christian and member of the. The NCRegister, by treating Leo XIV as “the Holy Father,” reveals its allegiance not to the Chair of Peter, but to the occupation of the Vatican by the conciliar sect.
The Real-World Marketing Trap: Smuggling Secularism into the Home
The article concludes with a discussion of the “real-world marketing trap,” noting that a physical “Lilypad” device is being sold by LeapFrog for children aged 3-5. The NCRegister author warns parents:
> “With a real toy-tablet hybrid marketed to such young minds, it is clear that Big Tech may not care much about the real toys collecting dust on shelves.”
This is a stunning admission of defeat. The article acknowledges that Big Tech is pushing screen addiction on toddlers, yet the solution offered is not a complete rejection of these demonic devices, but a cautious discussion. The article cites “recent studies pointing to an abundance of ‘white matter’ issues in young brains caused by excessive screen time (which Pope Leo references in his first encyclical).” This is the language of secular psychology, not Catholic theology. The true danger is not “white matter issues,” but the spiritual death of the child’s soul. The NCRegister’s advice to “use it as an opportunity to discuss some of these extremely important topics” is a pathetic substitute for the traditional Catholic practice of guarding the senses and cultivating a life of prayer and imagination rooted in the lives of the saints.
The entire article is a symptom of the post-conciliar apostasy, where the “tough subject” is technology, not sin; the “core message” is human connection, not the Kingship of Christ; and the ultimate authority is a heretical antipope, not the Magisterium of the true Church. Catholic parents must reject this film and the conciliar apparatus that promotes it, and instead return to the immutable tradition of forming their children in the fear of God, not the fear of “white matter” damage.
Source:
To the Screen and Beyond? 5 Things Catholic Parents Should Know About ‘Toy Story 5’ (ncregister.com)
Date: 26.06.2026