Pope Leo XIV has urged Catholics not to "retreat into our own convictions and religious certainties," but instead to remain open to an authentic relationship with Christ. Frank Wright argues the Pope's formulation creates a false opposition between Catholic doctrinal certainty and a relationship with Christ—reflecting what he sees as the modernist tendency to replace objective supernatural truth with subjective religious experience.

Wright places the remarks within his broader criticism of Pope Leo's pontificate, pointing to Vatican appointments, synodality, ecological themes, and other controversies as evidence of a departure from traditional Catholic certainty. He contrasts Leo's remarks with St. Paul's warning against accepting a different Gospel, arguing that Catholics now face a choice between received Catholic doctrine and a new, person-centered understanding of religion.

The conflict, Wright warns, risks deepening confusion and provoking a crisis of faith among Catholics. If doctrinal certainty is discarded, what remains of the Catholic faith? The answer, Wright suggests, is a religion of feeling—and a Church that can no longer speak with authority. The faithful are left to decide: hold to the deposit of faith or embrace the spirit of the age.

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