Syncretism Masquerading as Dialogue: The Vatican’s Betrayal of Catholic Mission in China
Vatican News portal (December 17, 2025) reports on the book launch of Chinese author Chiaretto Yan’s “My Chinese Dream: Dialogues and Encounters with Christianity” at the Vatican Media headquarters. The article promotes Yan’s vision of blending Christianity with Taoist and Confucian philosophies under the guise of “dialogue,” with endorsements from post-conciliar figures including “Fr.” Federico Lombardi and “Fr.” Antonio Spadaro. This event epitomizes the conciliar sect’s systematic apostasy from Catholic missionary principles.
Theological Indifferentism as Official Policy
Yan’s assertion that “Christianity is not a foreign element but a possible dialogue partner” for Chinese culture constitutes formal heresy against the Church’s missionary mandate. Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928) condemned such syncretism: “The union of Christians can only be promoted by promoting the return to the one true Church of Christ of those who are separated from it” (§10). The article’s promotion of Taoist concepts like yin-yang harmony as compatible with Christian revelation directly violates the First Vatican Council’s definition that God revealed “those things which are not of themselves beyond the grasp of human reason” (Dei Filius, Ch. 2) – eliminating any “need” for pagan philosophies to supplement Divine Truth.
Erasure of Evangelization Mandate
Nowhere does the text mention the necessity of conversion for salvation – the sine qua non of authentic Catholic missionary work. Contrast this with Pius XII’s Evangelii Praecones (1951): “The Church has received from Christ the solemn command to bring His truth and His law to individuals and nations, no matter what the difficulties” (§25). The article substitutes this divine command with Yan’s blasphemous reduction of Christianity to a mere cultural “dialogue partner.” This aligns with the conciliar sect’s abandonment of extra Ecclesiam nulla salus in favor of universalist heresies.
Paganization of Christian Theology
The article’s celebration of Yan’s syncretism reaches its theological nadir when equating Christ’s sacrifice with Taoist metaphysics: “In Chinese philosophical language… the relationship between being and non-being is not destructive, but generative… it is here that dialogue becomes deeper.” Such statements constitute idolatrous blasphemy, reducing the propitiatory sacrifice of Calvary to pagan natural philosophy. St. Pius X’s Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907) foresaw this Modernist tactic: “They proceed to confuse… God with the world… the divine person of Christ with His human nature” (§39).
Conciliar Collaborators Exposed
The participation of “Fr.” Lombardi and “Fr.” Spadaro – notorious architects of the Bergoglian revolution – confirms this event’s theological sabotage. Their presence constitutes formal cooperation with the Chinese communist regime’s religious persecution, which has destroyed countless Catholic communities since the 1950s. As Pius XI declared in Divini Redemptoris (1937): “Communism is intrinsically wrong, and no one who would save Christian civilization may collaborate with it in any undertaking whatsoever” (§58). The conciliar sect’s betrayal contrasts starkly with authentic martyrs like St. Augustine Zhao Rong and 120 companions canonized in 2000 for defying such regimes.
Naturalism Displacing Supernatural Faith
Yan’s focus on ecology, politics, and economics as “shared challenges” reveals the operation’s true purpose: reducing Christianity to social activism. This follows “Pope” Francis’ heretical conflation of evangelization with environmentalism in Laudato Si’. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) established Christ’s social kingship precisely against such naturalism: “When once men recognize… that Christ has authority… it will follow that the whole of public life will be permeated with the spirit of Christianity” (§31). The article’s silence about grace, redemption, and judgment exposes its purely worldly agenda.
The Masonic Harmony Deception
Yan’s praise for Taoist “harmony” over “Hegelian conflict” echoes Masonic religious relativism condemned by Leo XIII in Humanum Genus (1884): “The fundamental doctrine of the naturalists… is that human nature is the supreme law-giver… Hence they deny obedience to God’s laws” (§26). This “dialogue” framework constitutes spiritual treason against the Church’s martyrs in China, who died rather than compromise with state-sanctioned syncretism through the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.
Source:
China and the Church: Building a bridge (vaticannews.va)
Date: 17.12.2025