Pope Leo XIV’s “True Shepherd” and the Ecumenist Heresy of Openness
The article from the National Catholic Register (March 11, 2026) reports that the antipope calling himself “Leo XIV” praised a deceased Maronite priest, Father Pierre El Raii, killed in an Israeli bombing in Lebanon, calling him “a true shepherd” who remained with his people. The antipope further stated, “I am close to all the Lebanese people,” and in his catechesis, he emphasized that the Church “can never turn inwards on herself” but must be “open to everyone and … for everyone,” quoting the Vatican II document *Lumen gentium* and the modernist theologian Henri de Lubac to argue that the Church is a sign of unity for all humanity. This presentation constitutes a brazen repudiation of Catholic dogma and a fresh exposition of the modernist heresies condemned by the pre-conciliar Magisterium.



