EWTN News portal reports that the usurper Robert Prevost, styling himself “Pope Leo XIV,” has appointed a third Chinese “bishop” in three months, Paolo Liu Honggang, to the Diocese of Datong, marking the seventh such consecration during his false pontificate under the infamous Vatican-Beijing agreement. The article details the suppression of dioceses erected by Pius XII, the “civil recognition” of prelates previously loyal to the underground Church by the communist regime, and the unilateral imposition of candidates during the *sede vacante* — all hailed as “dialogue.” This sordid spectacle confirms the conciliar sect’s definitive capitulation to the dragon of atheistic communism, sacrificing the *libertas Ecclesiae* and the souls of the Chinese faithful on the altar of diplomatic expediency.
The Illegitimacy of the Usurper’s “Appointments”
The very premise of the report rests on a fiction: that Robert Prevost possesses the authority to appoint bishops. As a manifest heretic adhering to the conciliar errors of religious liberty, false ecumenism, and collegiality, he ceased to be a member of the Church *ipso facto* and therefore cannot hold the papacy. St. Robert Bellarmine teaches: “A manifest heretic cannot be Pope… he who is not a Christian is not a member of the Church, and a manifest heretic is not a Christian… therefore, a manifest heretic cannot be Pope” (*De Romano Pontifice*, II, 30). Every “appointment” flowing from this usurper is null, void, and of no effect by divine law, as confirmed by Pope Paul IV’s Bull *Cum ex Apostolatus Officio*: “his promotion or elevation… shall be null, void, and of no effect”. The EWTN report, in its breathless chronicling of these acts, functions as the propaganda arm of a paramasonic structure masquerading as the Church.
The Vatican-Beijing Agreement: A Pact with the Synagogue of Satan
The article celebrates the “Provisional Agreement” renewed through 2028, noting “the pope retains the final authority over episcopal appointments… The Holy See, meanwhile, has agreed not to make episcopal appointments without prior consultation with the Chinese government.” This is the language of capitulation, not shepherding. The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA) is a creature of the communist state, designed to sever the faithful from the Vicar of Christ. By submitting episcopal candidates to Beijing’s *nihil obstat*, the conciliar sect acknowledges the civil power’s *jus exsequatur* over the Church — a proposition condemned by Pius IX in the *Syllabus of Errors* (Prop. 41, 42, 44). The agreement’s secrecy — “The full text of the agreement has never been made public” — is the hallmark of Masonic dissimulation, hiding terms that doubtless concede the regime’s right to veto candidates deemed insufficiently patriotic, i.e., insufficiently subservient to the Party.
Suppression of Pius XII’s Dioceses: Erasing the Church’s Hierarchical Constitution
The report casually notes: “On July 8, 2025, Leo suppressed the Dioceses of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi, which had been established by Pope Pius XII in 1946, and erected the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou as a suffragan see of Beijing.” This is an unprecedented assault on the divine constitution of the Church. Pius XII erected those dioceses to provide pastoral care for the faithful in a vast territory; their suppression to create a single diocese aligned with communist administrative boundaries (Zhangjiakou is a prefecture-level city) reveals the true architect: the atheist state. The true Church’s hierarchy is de iure divino; it cannot be redrawn by a “pope” acting as a functionary of the *Great Red Dragon* (Apoc. 12:3). The faithful of Xuanhua and Xiwanzi, shepherded for decades by confessors like Bishop Cui Tai (imprisoned for decades), are now juridically dissolved into a structure designed for state control.
The “Recognition” of Underground Bishops: The Judas Kiss
The article describes the “civil recognition” of Bishop José Ma Yanen and Bishop Agostino Cui Tai — “bishops loyal to Rome and appointed by the pope” — as a positive development. In reality, this is the consummation of betrayal. These prelates, who suffered imprisonment and persecution rather than join the schismatic CCPA, are now “recognized” by the very regime that tortured them, *at the behest of the Vatican*. This “recognition” integrates them into the state-controlled apparatus, obliging them to register with the Religious Affairs Bureau, submit to “sinicization” campaigns, and effectively legitimize the CCPA. As Pius XI thundered in *Quas Primas*: “The Church… demands for itself by a right belonging to it, which it cannot renounce, full freedom and independence from secular authority.” The conciliar sect has renounced this right. The “underground” Church, the *Ecclesia silenciosa* that preserved the faith *sine macula*, is being lured into the open — not for freedom, but for assimilation.
Unilateral Communist Appointments During *Sede Vacante*: The Agreement’s True Face
The report admits: “Chinese authorities unilaterally selected two bishops during the sede vacante following Pope Francis’ death, including one for a diocese already headed by a bishop recognized by the Holy See.” Father Ignatius Wu Jianlin was “elected by an assembly of priests and laypeople on April 28, during the *sede vacante*.” This exposes the agreement as a sham. The communist regime does not wait for “dialogue”; it imposes its creatures. The subsequent “regularization” by the usurper Prevost (approving the nomination *post facto* on Aug. 11) proves that Rome’s “final authority” is a fiction. The regime appoints; the Vatican ratifies. This is the modus operandi of the *Ostpolitik* of the 1970s, now perfected: the Church is reduced to a chaplaincy for the state.
The Theological Bankruptcy of “Seventeen Bishops Ordained”
The article concludes triumphantly: “With Liu’s ordination, 17 Catholic bishops have now been ordained in China under the Provisional Agreement.” Quantity replaces quality; jurisdiction replaces mission. But what faith do these men teach? The CCPA’s “sinicized” Catholicism, which excises the Social Kingship of Christ, the necessity of the Church for salvation (*extra Ecclesiam nulla salus*), and the condemnation of communism as “intrinsically perverse” (Pius XI, *Divini Redemptoris*). A bishop ordained under the regime’s *imprimatur* is a functionary of the state, not a successor of the Apostles. Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code declares vacant the office of one who “publicly defects from the Catholic faith”; collaboration with an atheist regime in the governance of the Church is public defection. These “bishops” receive a character, perhaps, but no jurisdiction, no mission, no authority to bind or loose. They are episcopi vagantes in service of the Antichrist’s kingdom.
EWTN: The Propaganda Organ of the Neo-Church
The source, EWTN News (ACI Prensa), is the media arm of the conciliar establishment. Its “correction” — “updated to better distinguish between the number of Chinese bishops appointed by Leo XIV and those who were merely consecrated during his pontificate” — reveals its servile precision in chronicling the usurper’s acts while ignoring the theological nullity of the entire enterprise. It reports the “ordination” of Liu Honggang, a man formed in the National Seminary of Beijing (the CCPA’s flagship institution), as a triumph of the Gospel. It is, in truth, the bulletin of the abomination of desolation standing in the holy place (Matt. 24:15).
Conclusion: The Faithful Must Separate
The Chinese faithful, heirs to the martyrs of Boxer Rebellion and the *Laogai*, are being delivered into the hands of wolves by hirelings who flee at the sight of the beast (John 10:12). The true Church in China survives not in the “recognized” structures, but in the catacombs — in the homes where the Traditional Mass is offered by priests ordained in the true rite, where the Rosary is prayed for the conversion of the persecutors, where the Social Kingship of Christ is proclaimed against the totalitarian claim of the Party. No agreement with error can bind the conscience. “We must obey God rather than men” (Acts 5:29). The usurper’s “bishops” are thieves and robbers; the sheep hear not their voice (John 10:8). The restoration of all things in Christ (*Instaurare omnia in Christo*) begins with the rejection of this counterfeit hierarchy and the adherence to the immutable Faith of the Fathers.
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Pope Leo XIV names third Chinese bishop in 3 months (ewtnnews.com)
Date: 31.08.2026