“To officially let [the Chinese government] manage the church? That would mean surrender,” Zen told Apple Daily.”
Yep. “Render to Caesar”, etc.
The state doesn’t rule the church, and the church should resist.
Persecution is better than contamination and infiltration.
Neo-Gallicanism. Francis needs to apologize for the excommunication of Henry VIII . . . maybe even beatify him.
Cardinal Zen is a living saint who has risked his life to defend the Church in communist China. Benedict as pope was very concerned about this state dominance of religion, and I cannot imagine he feels passive about the current pope weakening the traditional position of the Vatican.