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Sounds and Visions's avatar

Ed,

Thank you for this report, and others, on the state of the Church in China--an often neglected geographic area because of the limitation to reporting (and the mainstream press not caring).

I wonder if the Vatican, while seeming to say/do less than desired about the CPCA is restraining itself out of concern for possible retaliation by the CCP against the millions of underground Catholics (and other Christians, for that matter)?

Again, thank you for this work, and all the work you guys do at Pillar.

-Andrew

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David Cooke's avatar

The enormity of Pope Francis' failure to confront reality in China cannot be overstated. I was in China and Hong Kong when Cardinal Zen warned Francis of both the intent and the deceit of the CCP, to no avail. Pope Francis failed both the leadership test and the courage test in China. The facts on the ground contradict the argument that, had the Vatican adopted a less accommodative approach, Chinese Catholics would have suffered even greater persecution. I have spent much time in China, and Chinese people are more steadfast and enduring in their beliefs than the Vatican's apologists appear to give them credit for. Now that the CCP is in control, they can afford to offer a pretense of magnanimity on less vital matters. One has to wonder whether, had Francis been pope instead of Saint John Paul II, Poland would have achieved its freedom, and the Soviet Union would have fallen, when they did.

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