EWTN News portal reports that on June 12, 2026, the usurper Robert Prevost, styling himself “Pope Leo XIV,” issued a message for the World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests, in which he urged priests that “holiness cannot be lived in isolation,” emphasizing “priestly fraternity,” “closeness and tenderness,” and “being all things to all people.” The message, centered on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, speaks of holiness as “humble and courageous nearness,” “compassion,” and “listening,” while warning that “the priest who isolates himself slowly fades away.” The pontiff further stated: “Our humanity is not compartmentalized. Prayer, ministry, relationships, weariness, joys, and failures — even time or love that apparently seems wasted — all become privileged places where God reveals himself and his infinite love.” He concluded by invoking St. John Vianney’s phrase that “the priesthood is the love of the heart of Jesus.” This message, stripped of any mention of the propitiatory sacrifice, the reality of sin, the necessity of penance, the danger of mortal sin, the devil, hell, or the supernatural virtue of charity ordered toward eternal salvation, is a textbook specimen of the conciliar reduction of holiness to naturalistic humanism and emotional sentimentality.