Antipope Leo XIV Baptizes Modernist Progress in Gaudium et Spes Catechesis
Vatican News portal (23 September 2026) reports that the usurper Leo XIV, continuing his catechetical cycle on the pastoral constitution *Gaudium et spes*, presented human progress as a collaboration with the divine plan, affirming that technical and scientific advancement must be “inspired by charity” to serve human dignity. The antipope explicitly rejected the “prejudice” that progress weakens the relationship with God, claiming the Second Vatican Council teaches that humanity is not “absorbed or nullified” by the encounter with God but remains “free and active.” This discourse constitutes a quintessential manifesto of conciliar humanism, substituting the Social Kingship of Christ with a naturalistic religion of progress.