Cameroon Bishops’ Neutrality: A Betrayal of Christ’s Kingship
VaticanNews portal (January 7, 2026) reports on Cameroonian bishops gathering in Kumba Diocese under the theme “Communion and Collegiality,” claiming to guide citizens without political partisanship. Bishop Agapitus Nfon declares: “We are not politicians… We cannot afford to be partisan” while providing mere “criteria” for electoral choices. This seminar occurs amid Cameroon’s socio-political turmoil, with attendees expecting “healing of wounds” from bishops who instead offer spiritualized inaction.
Reduction of the Church’s Mission to Naturalistic Humanism
The article’s central claim – that bishops must avoid “partisanship” – constitutes doctrinal treason against the Church’s divine mandate. Pius XI’s Quas Primas (1925) explicitly commands civil rulers to “publicly honor and obey” Christ the King, with bishops as heralds of this social reign. The Syllabus of Errors (1864) condemns as heresy the notion that “the Church ought to be separated from the State” (Error 55). By reducing their role to passive “guidance,” these conciliar sect officials betray their duty to denounce ungodly laws and rulers.
Bishop Nfon’s assertion that “we have faithful who belong to different political parties” ignores St. Pius X’s condemnation of religious indifferentism in Pascendi Dominici Gregis (1907): “The Church is essentially an unequal society… comprising two categories of persons, the Pastors and the flock.” True shepherds don’t accommodate error but condemn political systems opposing Catholic social order.
The “Collegiality” Heresy Undermining Episcopal Authority
The seminar’s theme of “Communion and Collegiality” exposes its post-conciliar corruption. Vatican II’s collegiality doctrine – condemned by traditional theologians like Cardinal Ottaviani – destroys hierarchical authority by substituting papal supremacy with democratic consensus. The 1917 Code of Canon Law (Canon 329 §2) affirms bishops receive jurisdiction directly from the Roman Pontiff, not through collective deliberation.
This Kumba meeting follows the conciliar sect’s pattern of replacing doctrine with organizational management. As Pius IX warned in Multiplices Inter (1865), modernist bishops become “mere functionaries of a human institution” rather than successors of the Apostles. Their silence on Cameroon’s Anglophone persecution reveals cowardice; true martyrs like St. Thomas More confronted tyrannical regimes regardless of consequences.
Abandonment of Supernatural Finality
Nowhere does the article mention the salvation of souls – the Church’s primary mission. The bishops’ focus on socio-economic issues while ignoring eternal damnation constitutes apostasy by omission. Lamentabili Sane (1907) condemns modernist reduction of religion to “man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Error 20).
The faithful’s expectation that bishops would “heal wounds” and “promote unity” demonstrates how the conciliar sect substitutes sacramental grace with therapeutic humanism. True Catholic shepherds preach “Jesus Christ, and him crucified” (1 Cor 2:2), not earthly prosperity. Pius XI’s Mortalium Animos (1928) forbids ecumenical gatherings that prioritize temporal peace over doctrinal truth.
Kumba Diocese: Illegitimate Fruit of Conciliar Revolution
The report notes Kumba Diocese was erected in 2016 by Bergoglio (“Francis”), the antipope. Since the See of Peter remains vacant since Pius XII’s death (1958), all subsequent “diocesan” creations lack validity. St. Robert Bellarmine teaches in De Romano Pontifice that heretical claimants cannot exercise jurisdiction.
Cameroon’s crisis stems directly from abandoning the Catholic social reign. As Pope Leo XIII wrote in Immortale Dei (1885): “When a society is perishing… the cure is to recall it to the principles from which it sprang.” Instead of demanding Cameroon’s leaders submit to Christ the King, these modernist “bishops” offer empty dialogue – accelerating societal collapse through their silence.
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We are not politicians and cannot afford to be partisan, say Cameroon’s Bishops (vaticannews.va)
Date: 07.01.2026