Who Needs a Papal Mandate? Mandate From Communist Bishops’ Conference Read at Consecration of Latest Chinese Bishop; Leo Approves It Anyway! Leo XIV’s Church accommodates Communist control, forbidden homilies, experimental liturgy, and moral ambiguity—while conservative Catholics help make the whole spectacle respectable.The Chinese Communist Party Gets Its Bishop. Rome Supplies the Blessing.On October 15, the Vatican announced that Ignatius Ding Zuyao, a 40-year-old priest in China’s Jiangsu province, had been consecrated Bishop of Haimen. Leo XIV, according to the Holy See, appointed him on August 24, having approved his candidacy under the secretive agreement between Rome and Beijing.How reassuring. The...