8.60. Isn’t Leo XIV continuing the legacy of great popes like Leo XIII by leading the Church into the future?
Many assume that a pope who chooses the name “Leo” is honoring the great legacy of Pope Leo XIII—a towering defender of the Faith who upheld the Church’s rights, opposed liberalism, and reaffirmed Christ’s Kingship over society. But Leo XIV (Robert Prevost), elected in 2025 by the Vatican II sect, contradicts everything Leo XIII stood for.
While Leo XIII defended the true Catholic religion against Modernism, socialism, Freemasonry, and false liberty, Leo XIV promotes the very errors his namesake condemned. He inherits not the throne of Peter, but the false papacy of Vatican II. Below is a comparison showing the vast and irreconcilable difference between a true Catholic pope and a false Modernist antipope.
| Category | Pope Leo XIII (1878–1903) | Antipope Leo XIV (2025– ) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magisterial Authority | Taught infallibly and authoritatively on faith, morals, society | Exercises no true papal authority; part of Vatican II counter-church | A true pope cannot promulgate or tolerate heresy |
| Religious Liberty | Condemned as a “false and absurd maxim” (*Libertas*, 1888) | Promotes religious liberty as a human right | Leo XIV contradicts infallible doctrine of Leo XIII and Pius IX |
| Social Kingship of Christ | Affirmed that Christ must reign over nations and civil governments | Promotes human fraternity and religious pluralism | This is apostasy from Christ’s Kingship (*Quas Primas*) |
| Freemasonry | Strongly condemned as a tool of Satan (*Humanum Genus*, 1884) | Participates in interfaith Masonic-style events; promotes secularist ideals | Contradiction so grave it proves Leo XIV cannot be a Catholic pope |
| Thomism | Restored Thomistic philosophy as bulwark against error (*Aeterni Patris*) | Favors “listening theology” and “dialogue” over Scholastic clarity | Modernist rejection of Thomism leads to doctrinal collapse |
| Unity of the Church | One true Church founded by Christ; unity only in the Catholic Faith | Promotes ecumenism with heretics, schismatics, and infidels | “Unity without truth” is a hallmark of Vatican II Modernism |
| Salvation | Outside the Church there is no salvation (*Satis Cognitum*, 1896) | Suggests all religions are willed by God and can lead to salvation | This is heresy and contradicts centuries of Catholic doctrine |
| Governance Style | Monarchical authority as Vicar of Christ on earth | Synodal, consultative model; listens more than teaches | A true pope governs; he does not democratize the Faith |
| Liturgical Stance | Defended reverent, traditional liturgy; upheld sacrificial nature of the Mass | Inherits Novus Ordo liturgy; tolerates abuses and irreverence | True pope guards worship; Leo XIV supports the post-Vatican II rupture |
| Fruits | Doctrinal clarity, revival of orthodoxy, missionary zeal | Doctrinal ambiguity, globalist agendas, spiritual collapse | “By their fruits you shall know them” (Matt. 7:16) |
Summary:
Pope Leo XIII was a true Catholic pope—defender of dogma, promoter of Thomism, and enemy of Freemasonry, liberalism, and religious indifferentism. He upheld the immutable teachings of the Church and affirmed Christ’s Kingship over all creation.
Leo XIV, like his conciliar predecessors, is an antipope: a man elected under the false religion of Vatican II, who promotes heresy, apostasy, and the errors condemned by Leo XIII himself. He is not a successor of St. Peter—but a spiritual heir of Modernism, condemned as “the synthesis of all heresies” by Pope St. Pius X.
As Leo XIII taught:
“The practice of the Church has always been the same… to regard as outside Catholic communion anyone who is separated from her in doctrine.”
Leo XIV is separated from the Catholic Faith—therefore he cannot sit on the Chair of Peter.