Jimmy Lai’s Trial Exposes Conciliar Sect’s Moral Bankruptcy
Jimmy Lai’s Trial Exposes Conciliar Sect’s Moral Bankruptcy
The Catholic News Agency portal reports on the deteriorating health of imprisoned Catholic publisher Jimmy Lai, emphasizing his harsh detention conditions under China’s communist regime and his family’s plea for international political intervention. While superficially sympathetic, the article exemplifies the conciliar sect’s systemic failure to uphold Catholic principles of justice, sacrifice, and the supernatural order.
Naturalism Masquerading as Concern
The article fixates on Lai’s physical suffering—solitary confinement, inadequate sunlight, and medical neglect—while treating his spiritual welfare as secondary. Claire Lai’s statement that “it is very much about saving his life” betrays a materialistic worldview diametrically opposed to the Church’s teaching that “the sufferings of this time are not worthy to be compared with the glory to come” (Romans 8:18). True Catholic journalism would prioritize Lai’s access to sacramental grace over bodily comfort, emphasizing his need for daily Mass and regular Confession, not merely humanitarian appeals.
“My father has been kept in solitary confinement since the summer of 2020… He does not have any access to sunlight.”
This description of Lai’s imprisonment omits the central scandal: The conciliar sect’s refusal to demand his right to spiritual sustenance as vehemently as it complains about physical deprivation. Where are the condemnations of Lai receiving Holy Communion only 11 times in 2.5 years? Pius XII’s Mediator Dei (1947) teaches that the Eucharist is “the source and center of Christian piety,” yet the article treats Lai’s sacramental starvation as a bureaucratic oversight rather than a diabolical assault on his soul.
Ecumenical Cowardice Toward Persecutors
The article promotes dialogue with China’s Godless regime—a stance condemned by pre-conciliar popes. Pius XI’s Divini Redemptoris (1937) forbade Catholics from collaborating with communists, whom it called “men without God” who “pervert the very idea and reality of true authority.” Claire Lai’s hope that UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer or Donald Trump will negotiate her father’s release ignores the Church’s uncompromising mandate: “There is no salvation in anyone else [but Christ], for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved” (Acts 4:12).
Nowhere does the article call for China’s conversion to Catholicism—the only solution to religious persecution. This omission flows from Vatican II’s heresy of religious liberty (Dignitatis Humanae), which falsely claims regimes may permit “the free exercise of religion” without submitting to Christ the King. Contrast this with Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors (1864), which condemned the idea that “the Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55).
Mutilation of Martyrdom
Jimmy Lai’s ordeal is framed as a human rights issue, not a supernatural witness. The article never suggests his suffering could constitute martyrdom—a possibility pre-conciliar theology would highlight. St. Thomas Aquinas defines martyrdom as “the endurance of death for Christ’s sake” (Summa Theologica II-II, q.124, a.4), yet the conciliar sect avoids this language to avoid offending Beijing. This cowardice mirrors John XXIII’s 1963 Pacem in Terris, which praised the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights while abandoning the Church’s claim to be humanity’s sole path to salvation.
Liturgical Betrayal
Lai’s imprisonment exposes the conciliar sect’s liturgical apostasy. His daughter notes he prays the Rosary and draws images of Christ’s Crucifixion—devotions preserved from Tradition—yet the article never contrasts this with the neo-church’s destruction of authentic worship. The Novus Ordo Missae, designed by Freemason Annibale Bugnini, lacks the Traditional Mass’s sacrificial emphasis, reducing the Eucharist to a communal meal. Small wonder Lai receives Communion sporadically: The post-conciliar church treats sacraments as optional rites, not necessities for salvation.
Conclusion: A Church That Forgot Its Mission
The conciliar sect’s response to Lai’s persecution proves its abandonment of Catholic identity. Where Pius XI declared “Christ Jesus is the King of nations” (Quas Primas, 1925), today’s Vatican bureaucrats beg secular politicians for favors. Where early Christians venerated martyrs who defied pagan emperors, the neo-church reduces faith to a private hobby. Until Catholics reject Vatican II and return to Tradition, such betrayals will continue—and souls like Jimmy Lai’s will suffer not just in communist cells, but for eternity.
Source:
Jimmy Lai’s daughter provides latest update on her father: ‘It is very much about saving his life’ (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 13.01.2026