In 2017, Bishop Guo Xijin of Mindong in China’s Fujian province disappeared. At that time, he was pressured to sign a document stating his willingness to “voluntarily” be demoted to coadjutor bishop, as a condition that he be recognized by the …
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Cardinal Joseph Zen To His Brother Cardinals: The Church is Being Killed In China
Dear friends and enemies … we are publishing a letter that Cardinal Joseph Zen sent some time ago to all the cardinals, and that he has now decided to make public. Needless to say, the latest news coming from mainland …
Vatican to Allow Beijing to Name Bishops
It is never a good idea to sign a deal just for the sake of signing a deal The Vatican is set to sign an agreement with China by the end of the month, one that cedes control over the …
Chinese Dissident & Author: Pope Francis is the “Worst Pope in History”
Image: Liao Yiwu by Elke Wetzig (Elya), Liao Yiwu 2010 Cologne, CC BY-SA 3.0 A Chinese dissident and author who was imprisoned by Chinese Communists for four years has warned the Catholic Church about making a “deal with the devil” as regards …
Report from Rome: What Do Vatican Officials Think to Gain in their Agreement with China? (And What Will Chinese Catholics Lose?)
Population Research Institute President and China Expert Steven Mosher went to Rome to warn the Vatican that under the rapidly growing power and religious persecution of the Jinping regime, any agreement between the Vatican and Beijing would be seen by …
Xi Jinping Places Catholic Church in China Under Direct Party Control
The decision means that the proposed Vatican-China agreement would not merely be a surrender of the Chinese faithful to the Communist Party—it would be an utter betrayal of the faith. On March 22, the Chinese Communist Party announced that all …
Parolin and the China Negotiations: First, Do No Harm
Not long after I became Catholic in the early nineties, I traveled to China to learn more about the fate of my fellow believers under communism. They were divided into two opposing camps, or so I believed at the time, …
Is the Vatican “Surrendering to China”?
On January 31, 2018, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin gave an extensive interview to Vatican Insider in which he explains the reasons the Holy See wishes to engage the Chinese Patriotic Church in “constructive dialogue.” Of course Parolin assures …
Vatican Issues Statement Contradicting Cardinal Zen
A new statement from the Holy See Press Office today indicates that despite assertions to the contrary from an outspoken Chinese cardinal, Pope Francis is fully aware and approves of recent diplomatic steps taken by the Vatican to appease the …
Cardinal Zen – The Man Who Does Not Follow Cardinal Parolin’s Kowtow toward Secular Power
On Saturday, 7 April 2018, two important events took place which seemed, to a superficial observer, to be utterly unrelated: In Rome, people gathered and discussed the topic “Catholic Church, where are you going?” Present were prominent prelates such as …
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