Assisi Pilgrimage Masks Apostasy: A False Pope’s Empty Gestures
The Catholic News Agency reports on the November 20, 2025 visit of “Pope” Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) to Assisi, where he prayed at the tomb of St. Francis and addressed the Italian Bishops’ Conference. The article emphasizes his adoption of the Franciscan name, references St. John Paul II’s 1979 declaration of Francis as “patron saint of ecology,” and describes emotional crowds greeting the antipope despite inclement weather. The report concludes with details of a Mass celebrated at an Augustinian monastery linked to St. Clare of Montefalco.









