Apostasy in Istanbul: Vatican Usurper and Schismatic Patriarch Forge New Alliance
The Catholic News Agency portal reports on November 29, 2025, that antipope Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople signed a joint declaration in Istanbul expressing “deep alarm” over global tensions. The text promotes ecumenical dialogue between the Vatican occupiers and Orthodox schismatics, calls for shared celebration of Easter, and references the 1965 mutual lifting of excommunications between antipope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras. The declaration advocates interfaith cooperation while omitting any call for conversion to the Catholic faith, instead emphasizing environmental concerns and social justice. This event occurred during Prevost’s first international trip, which included liturgical participation at the schismatic Saint George’s Church and a closed-door meeting with various non-Catholic leaders at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Mor Ephrem.









