Jubilee Closure Masquerade: Modernist Subversion in Epiphany Liturgy
Vatican News portal (January 6, 2026) reports antipope Leo XIV concluded his “Jubilee Year of Hope” by closing St. Peter’s Holy Door before 5,800 attendees. His homily contrasted Magian joy with Herod’s fear, declaring: “In His presence nothing stays the same” and urging the “conciliar sect” to become a “home” rather than monument. This spectacle culminates a year where countless pilgrims crossed thresholds seeking what he called “the new Jerusalem” – a brazen substitution of eschatological hope with naturalistic humanism.