Pope Leo XIV is expressing great concern over how society is becoming more secular and how God has been removed from the “public sphere” and popular culture. This reflects what many Protestants in the United States are actively resisting through their stand against aggressive secularism. Here we see the Pope advancing similar Christian nationalist ideas to the heads of Jesuit colleges and universities in North America. Pope Leo also reminds the Jesuits of their historic mission to strengthen the bonds of loyalty and obedience that should exist with the papacy. This is precisely the kind of development that prophecy warned about. We have been told that wherever the Jesuits established a presence, “there followed a revival of popery” (The Great Controversy, p. 234).
On June 25, 2026, Pope Leo met at the Vatican with the presidents of Jesuit colleges and universities in North America and gave the following remarks:
• “I am pleased to welcome all of you here this morning, Presidents and representatives from the Jesuit Colleges and Universities of North America, and I thank you for your presence. I trust that your visit to Rome and to the Vatican will serve to strengthen your bonds both with the Successor of Peter as well as with the leadership of the Society of Jesus, which has been involved in the field of education for centuries.” [1]
• “Indeed, our time has called an age of epochal change. Societies are becoming even more secularized, with many seeking to push any mention of God out of the public sphere and beyond popular culture.” [1]
• “Your institutions are called not only to teach your students about the injustices faced by those on the margins of society, but also to be powerful channels in promoting systemic change through proposing new models rooted in solidarity and the common good” [1]
• “The studies that take place on your campuses, the friendships that naturally blossom there and the opportunity for all in your academic communities to encounter the thought and research of great scholars, both past and present, can bring a sense of hope and the promise of what could change for the better.” [1]
• “My dear friends, with these thoughts I express gratitude for all that you do in your important educational endeavors. With the help of the prayers of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, may you continue the Jesuit tradition of forming those entrusted to your care to be men and women for others.” [1]
Through Jesuit education and influence, Rome is working to shape the minds of leaders, both religious and political, who will influence every level of society. When Pope Leo XIV calls upon Jesuit institutions to promote “systemic change” rooted in solidarity and the common good, this is a call to restore Rome’s influence in culture, politics, education, and public life. The same Jesuit order that history identifies as an instrument for reviving Papal power is once again being called to help reshape society at a time when the world is searching for world peace and global unity.
Bible prophecy reveals that the papal system will rise again to exercise an influence over the nations (Revelation 17:13). The Pope’s message to the Jesuits, calling for education rooted in the Catholic principles of solidarity and the common good, is helping prepare the way for the restoration of Rome’s authority over the consciences of all people. The world is being conditioned to welcome papal leadership, and the Jesuits are playing a central role in this transformation. These developments are a reminder that the warnings in the book, The Great Controversy, are being fulfilled before our eyes and that Popery will once again seek to rule just as prophecy has declared.
“It was their studied aim to secure wealth and power, to be devoted to the overthrow of Protestantism, and the re-establishment of the papal supremacy … Under various disguises the Jesuits worked their way into offices of State, climbing up to be the counselors of kings, and shaping the policy of nations. They became servants, to act as spies upon their masters. They established colleges for the sons of princes and nobles, and schools for the common people; and the children of Protestant parents were drawn into an observance of popish rites” (Great Controversy, p. 234).
“The Jesuits rapidly spread themselves over Europe, and wherever they went, there followed a revival of popery” (Great Controversy, p. 234).
Sources
[1] https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/bollettino/pubblico/2026/06/25/2606250.html
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