Cardinal Joseph Zen sets the record straight about his meeting with the pope and what is happening in China with the Sino-Vatican compromise.
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Vatican Finally Capitulates to Beijing, Demands Bishops Step Down for Communist-Appointed Replacements
A new report out of China yesterday indicates that the Vatican has now, for a second time, asked a legitimate bishop to step down and give his episcopal see to a Communist government-appointed bishop who was excommunicated in 2011 after …
Chinese Cardinals Clash Over Vatican-China Agreement
On January 22, 2017, in an interview with the Spanish daily El País, Pope Francis said, “In China the churches are full.You can practice religion in China.” It was a statement that raised eyebrows among those who have long followed the history …
The Pope and the Dragon: A Godless Ostpolitik
And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd. – Mt 9:36 In an interview last month with Asia Times, Pope Francis opined at length about China. China, where Communist …