A recent video shared online features “Laura,” a young woman who converted from Buddhism to Catholicism in 2018, delivering an emotional appeal to Pope Leo XIV over what she describes as confusion and scandal within the Church. Her message, captured in a LifeSiteNews report, urges the Holy Father to “stop being ‘confusing and abstract,’” according to the outlet.
Speaking directly to the Pope, Laura said she had been “very curious” and “very hopeful” when Pope Leo was elected, but felt compelled to speak “out of love” as she raised concerns about doctrinal fidelity, clerical leadership, and the promotion of individuals whose views or work she believes contradict Catholic teaching.
According to LifeSiteNews, Laura expressed alarm over discussions surrounding women’s ordination, stating, “It is not within God’s law that we ordain women to be deacons or priests,” and warning the Pope against “false shepherds – wolves in sheep’s clothing – who lead souls to hell.” She implored him, “You cannot overlook this. You cannot be passive when it comes to sin.”
Her remarks also targeted recent Vatican appointments and meetings. She criticized Pope Leo’s appointment of Italian curator Cristiana Perrella to lead the Pontifical Academy for Fine Arts, referencing Perrella’s previous exhibitions. Laura asked the Pope, “Have you seen her artwork?” and described it as containing “very perverse, inappropriate things … a man urinating on another man. It’s an abomination,” according to the LifeSiteNews account. Laura insisted Perrella “should not have been appointed to exhibit sacred art.”
LifeSiteNews also reported Laura’s objections to the Pope’s meeting with Sr. Lucia Caram, known for positions supportive of same-sex relationships, abortion, and contraception. Laura said the nun “questioned our Holy Mother’s virginity” and the “virgin birth,” and added, “she says she does not believe in hell.” Addressing the Pope, she said, “I hope you told her to repent for her sins, otherwise you would have been complicit in all this.”
Commenting on clergy and Catholic figures involved in LGBT outreach, Laura cited examples including the San Diego “Pride Mass” and the confirmation of an openly homosexual ABC correspondent whose partner served as sponsor. “You cannot receive the Eucharist in a state of mortal sin,” she said. “They step on our Lord. They desecrate him.” She warned Pope Leo that “if you do not excommunicate Fr. James Martin,” he would have failed to protect souls, according to LifeSiteNews.
While the Pope has frequently expressed pastoral concern for migrants and refugees, Laura argued in her video that immigration issues are more complex and that “families who have (had) people close to them murdered, raped, tortured, kidnapped, drugged” also deserve attention. She challenged the idea of compassion being selectively applied, saying, “If we’re going to weaponize empathy, I’d rather we redirect it in a place where there’s true tragedy.”
Her message also addressed ecological concerns raised by the Holy Father. “Climate change will not be ‘the detriment of humanity,’” she said. “Sin will be,” according to the LifeSiteNews reporting.
Laura further criticized what she believes to be ambiguous language within Church processes. “You talk about synodality, but you don’t do anything to actually unite us,” she said, urging Pope Leo to “Stop being confusing. Stop being abstract. This is false compassion.”
Toward the end of her remarks, Laura referenced the Vatican’s recent statement calling the Marian title “Co-Redemptrix” theologically “unhelpful.” She insisted the Blessed Mother “is forever ‘advocating us to be saved,’” and told the Pope, “Even now, she protects you, Holy Father, from the wrath of God,” according to LifeSiteNews.
Her final words to Pope Leo XIV expressed both warning and hope: “Do not dumb down our faith for people who have no interest in it,” she said. “Whoever is backing this, be careful. Do not trust man, trust God.” She reminded the Holy Father of his own call to holiness, adding, “You can do great things if you trust in God. Do greater things. Do holy things, in the name of God.”
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