Pope Leo XIV Prays with Schismatic Aram I – The Ecumenical Apostasy in Full Display
Pope Leo XIV received His Holiness Aram I, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church – See of Cilicia, in the Vatican on May 18, 2026, marking what the conciliar apparatus trumpeted as the “first official visit” of this schismatic hierarch to the self-styled successor of Peter. The meeting included a moment of common prayer in the Urban VIII Chapel of the Apostolic Palace, and Leo XIV lavished upon the Armenian prelate expressions of gratitude for his “efforts to foster relations with the Catholic Church,” his “personal commitment to promoting theological dialogue,” and assured him of his “daily prayers” for the people of Lebanon. The Pope further stated that he “sincerely hopes” theological dialogue will continue “with renewed vigour,” noting that “there can be no restoration of communion between our Churches without unity in faith.” The Catholicos and the Pope praying together, as the accompanying photograph makes unmistakably clear, is a spectacle that encapsulates in a single image the totality of the post-conciliar revolution’s betrayal of Our Lord Jesus Christ and His one true Church.


