African Bishops’ Plenary Exposes Modernist Deviation in Post-Conciliar Sect
Vatican News portal (January 29, 2026) reports on the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACERAC) plenary assembly in N’Djamena, Chad. The article centers on Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu’s praise for John Paul II’s 1995 document Ecclesia in Africa, calling it a “pastoral roadmap” that remains relevant for promoting “communion rooted in love, reconciliation, justice, and peace.” Three priorities are emphasized: forming peacemakers, implementing “synodal pastoral governance,” and engaging in “prophetic social engagement.” The gathering commemorates the 30th anniversary of this post-synodal exhortation.
Subversion of the Church’s Divine Mission
The article’s uncritical promotion of Ecclesia in Africa constitutes a fundamental betrayal of the Church’s true mission as defined by Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas: “When once men recognize, both in private and in public life, that Christ is King, society will at last receive the great blessings of real liberty, well-ordered discipline, peace and harmony” (1925). Instead of proclaiming Christ’s social kingship, the conciliar sect reduces the Church’s role to a humanitarian NGO focused on temporal concerns. Cardinal Ambongo’s call for “social cohesion” and “civic education” echoes the condemned proposition from Pius IX’s Syllabus of Errors: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55).
Heretical Foundations of “Ecclesia in Africa”
John Paul II’s document—produced by a man holding no legitimate papal office—promotes the heretical ecclesiology of the Church as “Family of God,” a concept nowhere found in pre-conciliar magisterium. This undermines the dogmatic definition of the Church as the Mystical Body of Christ (Pius XII, Mystici Corporis, 1943) and perfect society (Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum, 1896). The emphasis on “synodal pastoral governance” directly contradicts Christ’s establishment of a hierarchical Church: “I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 16:19), not to committees or conferences.
Omission of Supernatural Realities
Nowhere does the article mention:
- The necessity of the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for societal transformation
- The Four Last Things (Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell)
- The Church’s duty to convert nations to the One True Faith
This silence exposes the naturalist heresy condemned in St. Pius X’s Lamentabili Sane: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20). The focus on “practical skills in dialogue” substitutes the Church’s divine mandate: “Going therefore, teach ye all nations; baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost” (Matthew 28:19).
Continuation of Modernist Subversion
Cardinal Ambongo’s three “pastoral priorities” embody the evolutionary dogma condemned in Pascendi Dominici Gregis:
“Formation of Peacemakers” replaces sacerdotal training with social work, ignoring that true peace comes only through submission to Christ the King.
“Synodal Governance” promotes the democratization condemned by Pius VI in Auctorem Fidei: “The power has been given by God to the Church… to be exercised not by the individual brothers but by the hierarchy” (1794).
“Prophetic Social Engagement” inverts the Church’s mission, making her serve the world rather than convert it—precisely the error Pius XI condemned when warning against “those who pervert the Gospel message into a message of human glory” (Miserentissimus Redemptor, 1928).
Conclusion: A Church in Apostasy
The ACERAC assembly demonstrates the conciliar sect’s complete abandonment of Catholic integralism. By celebrating a document from an antipope (John Paul II) that reduces the Church to a tool for worldly “social cohesion,” these “false apostles… transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ” (2 Corinthians 11:13) confirm the warning of Pope St. Pius X: “The Modernist sustains and encompasses within himself all heresies” (Pascendi, 40). True Catholics must reject this pseudo-church and cling to the unchanging Faith preserved by those bishops and priests maintaining valid orders outside the Vatican II structure.
Source:
Cardinal Ambongo highlights the enduring relevance of Ecclesia in Africa after three decades (vaticannews.va)
Date: 29.01.2026