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by bcadmin | Sep 20, 2022 | Asia, Cardinal Parolin, Cardinal Zen, CCP, News, Pope Francis, Sino-Vatican Deal, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis has a golden opportunity to make amends for his treatment of Cardinal Joseph Zen, set to go on trial in Hong Kong. The trial of Cardinal Zen has now been delayed after one judge tested positive for COVID. It is now set for September 21 instead. Zen – a long-standing critic of the
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Read MoreWhile Pope Francis last week repeated his previous warning about a global conflict, he should perhaps be more concerned about his own faustian pact. The Pontiff has, of course, already come in for criticism for his stance towards the war in Ukraine. While the Pope praised Ukrainians for fighting for their survival, he has said
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 19, 2022 | Africa, Americas, Asia, Cardinal Zen, CCP, India, News, persecution of Christians, Vatican, World News | 0 |
One of the most dispiriting things about the recent Vatican-China deal, and its looming second renewal (in spite of the fact that renewal will essentially green light ongoing persecution of Christians within China) is how remarkably chilled out so many Western Catholics appear to be. One would have thought Catholics would be up in arms
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 4, 2022 | Asia, CCP, China, News, Pope Francis, Taiwan, World News | 0 |
On Tuesday, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan, the island democracy which China views as a renegade province. Although the US does not officially recognise Taiwan as an independent state, in reality most countries – including the US – view Taiwan as a country in its own right. For the Chinese Communist Party
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 27, 2022 | Asia, Bishops Conference of Catholic Church in China, Canada, CCP, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, News, Sino-Vatican Deal, Vatican | 0 |
Even as Pope Francis is undertakes a pilgrimage of penance across Canada – apologising for past atrocities committed by Catholic clergy against indigenous peoples – he has indicated the Vatican’s deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), a regime known for its brutality and repression, will be renewed once more. Coming just after reports that
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 22, 2022 | Asia, CCP, China, Christian persecution, News, Taiwan, World News | 0 |
China’s persecution of Catholics has escalated, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, even as one Vatican official said the two sides are talking about opening a representative office in Beijing. According to spokesperson Joanne Ou, the Vatican has been requesting China’s permission for a representative office to be established since 1999. Yet, as the
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Read MoreThe Vatican’s unofficial representative in Hong Kong – Monsignor Javier Herrera-Corona – has warned Hong Kong Catholics the freedoms of the past are over. As the Vatican considers whether to renew its deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 54-year-old prelate warned missionaries to prepare for a tough future as the CCP tightens control
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Read MoreCould the Pope stop World War 3? No, this isn’t about Ukraine. Aside from the fact that ship largely appears to have sailed, the chances of the war in eastern Europe developing into a full-blown international conflict (currently) appear remote. The West has refused to impose a no-fly-zone, instead limiting itself to arming Ukraine, which
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