Apostolic Journey or Apostasy? Leo XIV’s Turkish Ecumenism Denies Catholic Exclusive Salvation
The Catholic News Agency portal reports on November 30, 2025, that antipope Leo XIV visited the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, praising the “courageous Christian witness” of Armenian schismatics and participating in ecumenical activities with the Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I. The article highlights his call for “full communion” between Rome and Oriental Orthodox Churches while ignoring doctrinal differences, and emphasizes naturalistic peacebuilding over Catholic eschatology. This constitutes a radical departure from the Church’s perennial condemnation of schism and heresy.









