Edward Pentin reports that renewal of the Vatican-China deal is going to happen:
The Holy See and China intend to renew their provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican Secretary of State, said Monday.
The agreement, which is subject to revision this month, will expire in October, the cardinal said, but added that the common intentions are to continue with its renewal, the Italian news agency ANSA reported.
Cardinal Parolin, who spearheaded talks that led to the agreement on Sept. 22, 2018, was responding to questions from journalists on the side lines of a Sept. 14 conference with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at Italy’s Embassy to the Holy See.
The event was titled “Forty-five years after the Helsinki Accords, Cardinal Silvestrini and the Vatican Ostpolitik,” organized by Italy’s ambassador to the Holy See. The policy of Ostpolitik, which sought compromise with Soviet communism including a cessation of all public Vatican criticism of communist regimes, was widely considered a failure and was resisted by Pope St. John Paul II.
Some observers see the Holy-See’s 2018 agreement with Communist China as a return to such a policy. Still unpublished, the agreement, whose precise details remain secret, aims to bring unity between the underground Church loyal to Rome and the state-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association by allowing Beijing to have more say over the appointment of bishops while giving the Pope veto powers.
But the bilateral accord, which observers believe will continue on a provisional basis, has been much criticized since it was signed.
Go here to read the rest. One of the maddening features of the current pontificate is that almost no effort is ever made to engage with critics. However, in regard to the Vatican-China deal the policy is at least understandable. It is impossible to defend the indefensible, especially if a truthful response would be: Well, the Chinese government must get something for all the bribes they are paying us.
We need an underground Catholic Church real bad to separate from our current Vatican II (Communist) Catholic Church. Suggest Archbishop Vigano head it up.
Schism is never a good idea.
Say what you will will about the Reichskonkordat, at least Pius XI issued Mit Brennender Sorge. And everyone knew its terms.
This garbage sellout is written in blood.
And it will be followed up in October with a gassy rumination on “human brotherhood” that will involve the pontiff citing to himself repeatedly. In the meantime, the faithful will cry under the lash of their oppressors and their shepherd will continue to plug his ears.
And yeah, the history of schisms in the Western Church never ends well.
When the Pope went to Cuba he did not meet with the Cuban dissidents. It would be interesting to see how much the secret agreement is guided by Christ’s words “Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Despite counseling from God, Cain killed Abel. His punishment was to have his connection to the land severed. Worldly King Solomon, despite his wisdom, violated all the laws and rules governing the Kings of Israel. Like Cain, land was torn from his grasp. The Protestant Revolt resembles the punishments of Cain and King Solomon. Christianity is a divided kingdom. Cain and King Solomon totally ignored God’s words. The Akita apparition suggests a Church following after the ways of Cain and King Solomon.