Vatican’s China Accord: Ecclesial Suicide in the Name of Dialogue
Vatican News portal (December 6, 2025) reports satisfaction with Chinese communist authorities’ “civil recognition” of Bishop Emeritus Joseph Zhang Weizhu, framing this as “a new and important step in the communal journey of ecclesiastical circumscription” following the ordination of Bishop Francis Li Jianlin. This celebration of state interference in episcopal governance exposes the conciliar sect’s wholesale capitulation to Marxist persecution.
Canonical Nullity Under Communist Yoke
The claim that Francis Li Jianlin’s ordination occurred “within the framework of the Provisional Agreement” constitutes formal cooperation with heresy. As Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors condemns: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55). The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association’s requirement for bishops to reject papal primacy makes any “episcopal ordination” under its oversight canonically invalid.
“This measure is the result of dialogue between the Holy See and the Chinese authorities”
This admission proves the Vatican apparatus actively participates in schismatic acts. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 2370) mandates excommunication latae sententiae for all who “appeal from the ordinances of the Roman Pontiff to an ecumenical council.” By treating communist officials as equal partners in ecclesiastical governance, the conciliar sect violates Christ’s royal dominion over His Church (Pius XI, Quas Primas).
Theological Bankruptcy of “Civil Recognition”
The celebration of state “recognition” inverts the proper relationship between Church and civil authority. As Pope Pius X warned in Vehementer Nos (1906): “The State is not above the Church… The State must not thrust itself into her government.” The Chinese regime’s “recognition” requires bishops to:
- Swear allegiance to atheistic materialism
- Operate within state-controlled “patriotic” structures
- Disregard canon law in favor of communist party dictates
This constitutes formal adherence to heresy condemned by Pius XII’s Ad Apostolorum Principis (1958): “To pass over the rights of the Divine Founder… and to hand over the appointment of Bishops to the civil power would be to violate the constitution given the Church by Christ.”
Symptomatic Apostasy of the Conciliar Sect
The article’s silence on three crucial elements reveals its modernist foundations:
| Omission | Catholic Doctrine |
|---|---|
| No mention of underground faithful | Pius XII: “The true Church is where the Faith is whole and uncorrupted” (Mystici Corporis, 13) |
| No reference to sacramental validity | Council of Trent Session VII: Bishops require papal mandate for jurisdiction |
| No warning about martyrdom | Over 20 bishops and 5,000 faithful martyred under Chinese communism since 1949 |
The bureaucratic language (“communal journey,” “dialogue”) masks what Pope St. Pius X identified as theological modernism – reducing divine truths to sociological processes. The conciliar sect’s “Provisional Agreement” constitutes institutionalized apostasy by:
- Subordinating the Petrine ministry to atheist officials
- Pretending communist persecution ended through diplomatic accords
- Abandoning underground Catholics to state reprisals
Eschatological Implications
This betrayal fulfills Our Lady of La Salette’s prophecy of “Rome becoming the seat of the Antichrist.” By treating Christ’s mystical body as a diplomatic bargaining chip, the Vatican apparatus confirms its status as the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not (Mark 13:14). As St. Robert Bellarmine warned in De Romano Pontifice: “A manifest heretic automatically loses all jurisdiction.” The conciliar sect’s China policy provides notarized evidence of its formal defection from Catholic faith.
True Catholics must follow St. Paul’s injunction: “Go out from among them and be separate” (2 Cor 6:17). The underground Chinese Church’s uncompromising fidelity – not Vatican-sanctioned collaboration – remains the only authentic witness to Christ the King’s eternal reign.
Source:
Holy See satisfied with civil recognition of Chinese Bishop Zhang Weizhu (vaticannews.va)
Date: 06.12.2025