 " ... this ceremony , which is apparently done against the will of Rome , is in no way a schism . We are not schismatics ! If an excommunication was pronounced against the bishops of China , who separated themselves from Rome and put themselves under the Chinese government , one very easily understands why Pope Pius XII excommunicated them . There is no question of us separating ourselves from Rome , nor of putting ourselves under a foreign government , nor of establishing a sort of parallel church as the Bishops of <unk> de <unk> have done in Spain . They have even elected a pope , formed a college of cardinals ... It is out of the question for us to do such things . Far from us be this miserable thought to separate ourselves from Rome ! " 
