Posted on 09/20/2018 4:36:34 AM PDT by marshmallow
While the rumor mill is churning over an imminent agreement between Beijing and the Holy See, doubts about the effective freedom that the Party could guarantee to Chinese Catholics remain strong. We must pray for them, for the unity of the Church and for the discernment of local pastors. China "continues to consider itself the absolute center of the world". The opinion of a missionary, a great expert in the Middle Empire.
Rome (AsiaNews) - The possible agreement between China and the Vatican "does not change the concrete reality of the facts. The Chinese government wants absolute control over the Catholic Church and the episcopate,” says Fr Sergio Ticozzi, a great China expert and PIME missionary. He is convinced of this and in this interview, underlines the critical issues of a compromise with the Party:" If the Vatican is now ready to recognize bishops with lovers and children, obedient first of all to the Party and its political pawns from their entrance into the seminary, in the future it will pose no resistance to any candidate that the Chinese authorities propose or for the dioceses they set ".
The voices of an agreement reached between China and the Holy See (on the nominations of bishops) have become more insistent in recent times. At the same time we are witnessing a resurgence of violence towards the faithful - above all underground - and other religions in China. How credible are these rumors?
Everyone already knows of the existence of a text that is the subject of discussion in the meetings between the Vatican and Chinese government delegations. Its content is not yet known in detail, but according to what is reported by the official ecclesiastical authorities, it deals with the modalities of appointing bishops. But for this reason the Chinese authorities demand the.......
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And fellow traver Bergoglio or whatever his crappy South American son of an escaped war criminal fascist’ name is, is super on board. He’s on his last lung.
And fellow traver Bergoglio or whatever his crappy South American son of an escaped war criminal fascist’ name is, is super on board. He’s on his last lung.
“The Chinese government wants absolute control over the Catholic Church‘
They’ll have to fight the gays for it.
Does the Pope know or care about Chairman Xi Jinping’s new religion regulations, that prohibit any participation of children in any religious activities, and require personal registration of all church members and mandatory singing of the national anthem at all religious ceremonies?
Im not so sure about this article. it may be very well true as the author stated but he never makes the clear distinction there are 2 Catholic Churches in China. One is the “official state/gov’t sanctioned Catholic Church” where the govt appoints the bishops and runs the congregation, etc... which Rome AGREED to, to keep the peace. Then there is the underground Catholic Church with no govt interference where if caught attending (attendance in secret-at peoples homes) the consequences are enormous-jail, death, etc...
Im not so sure about this article. it may be very well true as the author stated but he never makes the clear distinction there are 2 Catholic Churches in China. One is the “official state/gov’t sanctioned Catholic Church” where the govt appoints the bishops and runs the congregation, etc... which Rome AGREED to, to keep the peace. Then there is the underground Catholic Church with no govt interference where if caught attending (attendance in secret-at peoples homes) the consequences are enormous-jail, death, etc...
To keep the peace!? No, it’s a straightforward appeasement policy by the Holy See toward China. The plan is to destroy the underground Church. The pope has already announced forcing the Church bishops to retire so the Chinese bureaucrats who are administrators of govt religion can take full control.
well there ya’ go
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