VaticanNews portal reports on the 12th Plenary Assembly of the Federation of Asian Bishops’ Conferences (FABC) in Jakarta, where over 120 conciliar “cardinals” and “bishops” gathered under the theme “The Call to Synodal Conversion and the Mission to Be Bridges and Bridge-Builders in Asia.” The assembly, presided over by the usurper “Pope” Leo XIV’s envoy, culminates in a procession through a “Friendship Tunnel” linking the cathedral to the Istiqlal Mosque — a ritualistic seal on the conciliar sect’s apostasy from the Social Kingship of Christ. This spectacle is not evangelization; it is the liturgy of the Antichurch, substituting *dialogue* for *conversion*, *bridges* for *the Cross*, and *synodality* for the divine constitution of the Church.
The Conciliar Sect’s Structural Apostasy: FABC as Fruit of the False Paul VI
The article boasts that FABC was “Founded in 1970 after the meeting of Asian bishops during the visit of Pope St. Paul VI to Manila.” This single sentence condemns the entire enterprise. Giovanni Battista Montini (“Paul VI”) was a manifest heretic who, by the very fact of his public adhesion to the errors of Vatican II — *Dignitatis Humanae*, *Nostra Aetate*, *Lumen Gentium* — lost the papacy *ipso facto* according to the immutable principle articulated by St. Robert Bellarmine: *manifestus haereticus ipso facto cessat esse Papa* (a manifest heretic by that very fact ceases to be Pope). As the *Defense of Sedevacantism* file demonstrates, Bellarmine teaches that a manifest heretic “cannot be the head of something of which he is not a member; now, 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.” The FABC is thus a structure born from a non-Pope, a *paramasonic* assembly lacking any canonical mission from Christ.
Canon 188.4 of the 1917 Code — binding until a true Pope abrogates it — declares that every office becomes vacant *ex ipso facto* “if the cleric… publicly defects from the Catholic faith.” The “bishops” of FABC, ordained in the invalid *Novus Ordo* rite of 1968 and professing the heresies of religious liberty and false ecumenism, hold no jurisdiction. They are, in the words of Pope Celestine I regarding Nestorius, men who “had already brought the divine judgment upon himself” — *poterat* (could) refers to the past tense: they *could* not exercise jurisdiction from the moment they began preaching heresy.
Synodality: The Democratic Heresy Replacing Divine Constitution
The assembly’s theme — “Synodal Conversion” — exposes the *coup d’état* against the monarchical constitution of the Church. The article describes the gathering as “a synodal experience rather than simply a conference,” with “Conversations in the Spirit, regional meetings, and group discussions.” This is the *ecclesiology of the people of God* condemned by *Lamentabili sane exitu* (1907), where St. Pius X anathematized the Modernist proposition: “The organic structure of the Church is subject to change, and the Christian community, like the human community, is subject to continuous evolution” (Prop. 53).
Pius XI in *Quas Primas* teaches that Christ’s Kingdom is *not* a democracy: “Christ the Lord, taking advantage of the opportunity, called Himself King… and solemnly declared that all power in heaven and on earth has been given to Him.” The Church is a *perfect society* with a *threefold authority* — legislative, judicial, executive — received from Christ, not “discerned” by “Conversations in the Spirit.” The *Syllabus of Errors* condemns the proposition: “The Church is not a true and perfect society, entirely free… but it appertains to the civil power to define what are the rights of the Church” (Error 19). Today, the conciliar sect replaces *civil power* with *synodal assembly* — the same rebellion against *potestas iurisdictionis* (power of jurisdiction) divinely conferred.
Bridge-Building as Indifferentism: The “Friendship Tunnel” as Anti-Syllabus Ritual
The article’s climax reveals the depth of the apostasy: “Participants will then walk through the Friendship Tunnel linking the cathedral with the neighbouring Istiqlal Mosque, a symbol of Indonesia’s commitment to interreligious harmony.” This is the *lived* condemnation of the *Syllabus*. Pius IX anathematized: “Every man is free to embrace and profess that religion which, guided by the light of reason, he shall consider true” (Error 15); “Man may, in the observance of any religion whatever, find the way of eternal salvation” (Error 16); “Protestantism is nothing more than another form of the same true Christian religion” (Error 18).
A cathedral — consecrated to the *Unbloody Sacrifice of Calvary* — physically joined to a mosque — where the Trinity is denied and Christ is reduced to a prophet — is the *abomination of desolation* in the holy place. It realizes the Masonic goal denounced in the *False Fatima Apparitions* file: “The name ‘Fatima’: a symbol of Christian-Islamic syncretism.” Here, the syncretism is not symbolic; it is architectural and liturgical. The “Friendship Tunnel” is a *via dolorosa* for the true Church, a *via triumphalis* for the *synagogue of Satan* (Pius IX, *Allocution to Bishops of Prussia*).
Cardinal “Ferrão” declares: “Rather than responding with fear, the Church is called to build relationships, foster dialogue, and promote reconciliation… become bridge-builders among peoples, cultures, and religions.” This is the *hermeneutic of the bridge* — but the only bridge between God and man is Christ Crucified. *Extra Ecclesiam nulla salus*. The *Syllabus* condemns: “The Church ought to be separated from the State, and the State from the Church” (Error 55). Here, the “Church” separates itself from Christ the King to embrace the *civitas terrena* of religious indifferentism.
Naturalistic Reduction of the Mission: “Poverty, Migration, Conflict, Care for Creation”
The article lists the assembly’s “pastoral challenges”: “poverty, migration, conflict, and care for creation.” Not a word of *salus animarum* (salvation of souls), *gratia sanctificans* (sanctifying grace), the *Most Holy Sacrifice*, the *Four Last Things*, or the *Social Kingship of Christ*. This is the *secularism* — *laicism* — Pius XI condemns in *Quas Primas*: “It began with the denial of Christ the Lord’s reign over all nations; the Church’s authority to teach men, to issue laws, to govern nations… was denied. And then, slowly, the Christian religion began to be equated with other false religions and shamelessly placed in the same category.”
Cardinal “Kikuchi” reduces synodality to “a way of living the Gospel together” in an “organic farming community,” declaring: “Hope is not something that we can simply buy or give to others… Hope is born when we encounter people who genuinely care for one another.” This is *pelagian naturalism* — hope as human solidarity, not *spes theologalis* (theological hope) anchored in the *Resurrection*. *Lamentabili* condemns: “Faith, as assent of the mind, is ultimately based on a sum of probabilities” (Prop. 25); “The dogmas of faith should be understood according to their practical function, i.e., as binding in action, rather than as principles of belief” (Prop. 26). The Jakarta assembly enacts this: *praxis* replaces *dogma*, *dialogue* replaces *kerygma*.
The Antipope’s Seal: Leo XIV and the “Jubilee Year of Hope”
The article references “the beginning of the pontificate of Pope Leo XIV” and “the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope” as “important milestones.” Robert Prevost (“Leo XIV”) is a usurper elected by a college of “cardinals” who themselves hold office *ex ipso facto* vacant by Canon 188.4 and *Cum ex Apostolatus Officio*. Pope Paul IV’s Bull declares: “if at any time it shall appear that any… Cardinal… or even the Roman Pontiff… has defected from the Catholic Faith or fallen into some heresy: (i) his promotion or elevation… shall be **null, void, and of no effect**.” The “Jubilee Year of Hope” is a *circus* of the Antichurch, indulgenced by a non-Pope, granting *remissio peccatorum* to those who pilgrim to the *abomination of desolation*.
The presence of “Cardinal” Tagle, “Cardinal” Grech, “Cardinal” Gracias as “Special Envoy of Pope Leo XIV” — all quoted with reverence — demonstrates the *monolithic* apostasy of the conciliar hierarchy. They are the *ministri diabolici* (ministers of the devil) foretold by St. Paul: “For such false apostles are deceitful workmen, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ” (2 Cor 11:13).
Conclusion: The Jakarta Assembly as Type of the Final Apostasy
The 12th FABC Plenary is not a “Church gathering.” It is a *synod of the Antichurch*, ratifying the *hermeneutic of rupture* with 2000 years of Catholic doctrine. The “Friendship Tunnel” is the *signum contradictorium*: a cathedral built for the *Unbloody Sacrifice* yoked to a mosque built for the denial of that Sacrifice. *Quas Primas* warns: “When God and Jesus Christ… were removed from laws and states and when authority was derived not from God but from men, the foundations of that authority were destroyed.” The Jakarta assembly derives its “authority” from *synodal conversations*, “bridge-building,” and the *novus ordo* hierarchy — all of human, indeed Masonic, origin.
True Catholics, adhering to the *quod semper, quod ubique, quod ab omnibus* (what has been believed always, everywhere, by all), recognize this assembly as *conventiculum haereticorum* (a conventicle of heretics). The only “bridge” we build is the *Cross*; the only “synodality” we know is *sentire cum Ecclesia* (thinking with the Church) — the Church of Pius IX, St. Pius X, Pius XI, Pius XII. *Non praevalebunt* (they shall not prevail).
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FABC Plenary Assembly opens in Jakarta, calling the Church in Asia to be "bridge-builders" (vaticannews.va)
Date: 22.07.2026