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Cardinal Zen Denounces “Bergoglian Synodality” as “Ironclad Manipulation” at Extraordinary Consistory (College of Cardinals Report) – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Cardinal Zen Denounces “Bergoglian Synodality” as “Ironclad Manipulation” at Extraordinary Consistory (College of Cardinals Report)

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Cardinal Joseph Zen and his personal secretary with Pope Leo XIV. Credit: College of Cardinals Report

By College of Cardinals Report, Substack, Jan 09, 2026

Read more about Cardinal Joseph Zen here, at The College of Cardinals Report.

Full text of Cardinal Joseph Zen’s intervention at the two-day meeting of cardinals convened by Pope Leo XIV.

ROME, 9 January 2026 — In his intervention at the Extraordinary Consistory of Cardinals held at the Vatican on January 7–8, Cardinal Joseph Zen delivered a searing critique of the Synod on Synodality, denouncing its process as an “ironclad manipulation” and warning that its continual invocation of the Holy Spirit is “ridiculous” and verges on “blasphemy.”

Delivered behind closed doors in the presence of Pope Leo XIV and the 170 cardinals assembled, the 93-year-old Bishop emeritus of Hong Kong used the three minutes allotted to him to address Pope Francis’ accompanying note to the final document of the Synod on Synodality, a process that spanned three years, from 2021–2024. …

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