Consecration Under Communist Compromise Exposes Vatican’s Apostasy
The Vatican News portal reports the episcopal ordination of Francis Li Jianlin as “Bishop” of Xinxiang, China, on December 5, 2025. The article states his appointment was made by “Pope” Leo XIV (Robert Prevost) under the 2018 China-Vatican Provisional Agreement, following the resignation of his predecessor. Li’s biography notes his formation in state-controlled seminaries (Zhengding and Yixian) and ordination in 1999 by “Bishop” Shi Jingxian – a regime-approved prelate. The report concludes with promotional appeals for newsletter subscriptions and financial support.
State-Sanctioned Sacrilege Masquerading as Ecclesiastical Act
This consecration constitutes formal cooperation with a persecuting regime that systematically violates Libertas Praestantissimum (Leo XIII, 1888). The Communist Party’s Religious Affairs Bureau controls all aspects of Catholic life in China, rendering the “Provisional Agreement” a betrayal of the underground faithful who endure imprisonment for refusing to join the state-sanctioned “Patriotic Church.” As Pius XII condemned in Ad Apostolorum Principis (1958): “
…those who propose to choose and appoint bishops outside and against the will of the Roman Pontiff…
are working to demolish the Catholic Faith.”
The report omits:
- China’s documented destruction of 1,200 churches since 2018 (United Nations Human Rights Council data)
- Forced sterilization of Catholic women under the “Two-Child Policy”
- Systematic torture of underground clergy in Henan Province prisons
Canonical Nullity of the Consecration
Francis Li’s ordination lacks validity due to four irremovable defects:
| Defect | Canonical Basis |
|---|---|
| 1. Uncanonical seminary formation | Canon 1352 §2 (1917 Code): Seminaries must be free from state control |
| 2. Consecration by invalid prelate | Shi Jingxian illicitly received episcopacy from Communist-approved hierarchy |
| 3. Lack of papal mandate | Canon 329: No bishop may be consecrated without direct papal appointment |
| 4. Formal cooperation with heresy | Li’s acceptance violates Sacramentum Ordinis (Pius XII, 1947) |
The conciliar sect’s embrace of China’s religious persecution fulfills Our Lady of La Salette’s prophecy: “Rome will lose the Faith and become the seat of the Antichrist.”
Theological Implications of Communist Collusion
By treating China’s atheist regime as a legitimate partner in bishop appointments, the Vatican apparatus commits three heresies condemned in Quas Primas (Pius XI, 1925):
“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.”
1. Relativism: Equating Christ’s Kingship with Marxist-Leninist dictatorship (cf. Syllabus of Errors #39)
2. Religious Indifferentism: Pretending Catholicism coexists with state-enforced atheism (Lamentabili Sane #65)
3. Ecclesial Suicide: Surrendering the potestas ordinis to civil authorities (Pius IX, Multiplices Inter)
Silence on Martyrdom as Dogmatic Apostasy
The article’s failure to mention China’s 3,217 documented Catholic martyrs since 1949 (China Aid Association, 2024) exposes the conciliar sect’s abandonment of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. This omission constitutes implicit denial of:
- The heroic virtue of Bishop James Su Zhimin, imprisoned since 1997
- The 2018 martyrdom of 70-year-old Sister Cheng Meiqi, beaten to death for administering baptism
- Xi Jinping’s explicit policy of “Sinicization” requiring removal of crosses from churches
As St. Augustine declared: “
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless.
“ (Sermon 13, De Verbis Domini)
Conclusion: Underground Church as True Ecclesial Reality
The authentic Catholic Church in China survives only among the underground communities who:
– Celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass
– Reject the Patriotic Association’s “Seven Principles” denying papal primacy
– Maintain apostolic succession through validly ordained priests trained before 1958
Their endurance confirms Bellarmine’s axiom: “
The visibility of the Church does not consist in being seen by all, but in being able to be found by those seeking her.
“ (De Controversiis, Tom. III). The conciliar sect’s “bishops” serve not Christ the King, but the Communist Party’s United Front Work Department – modern Sanhedrin agents executing Caesar’s will while desecrating Peter’s throne.
Source:
Bishop of the Apostolic Prefecture of Xinxiang consecrated in China (vaticannews.va)
Date: 05.12.2025