No criticism allowed:
– Last week, the bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, travelled to Rome with the hope to appeal to Pope Francis a plea for the appointment of a new bishop for Hong Kong and the impending renewal of a Sino-Vatican deal.
However, for three days, the 88-year-old bishop did not succeed in seeking an audience with Pope Francis. He was only able to deliver a letter urging the Pope to appoint a new bishop for the troubled city of Hong Kong through his secretary.
According to National Catholic Register, Cardinal Zen flew there with the goal to remind Pope Francis that “we really need a bishop who is a good shepherd for the flock.” Hong Kong’s episcopal see has been vacant since the death of Bishop Michael Yeung in January 2019. Since then, Cardinal John Tong, Bishop Yeung’s immediate predecessor, has been serving as the diocese’s apostolic administrator.
Cardinal Zen fears that the possible appointment of the pro-Beijing Vicaire Général Peter Choi Wai-man will further cause division among Hong Kong Catholics and create disaster for the years to come. He also told Marco Tosatti, an Italian reporter, that he is not very optimistic about the situation between China and Hong Kong. “We are by now on the bottom,” he said. He fears that some dramatic development will take place in the near future.
Go here to read the rest. The Pope will not even talk to the sheep as they are being taken away by wolves.
What else would we expect from the leader of the wolf pack?
This is this pope’s SOP.
REPULSIVE is the only word.
“If only the Tsar knew!”
Many things keep me from calling the Roman pontiff “father.”
This is at the top of the list.
This man wearing the white is not a father to all (or any?). He won’t meet with the holy ones but homosexuals, abortionists, atheists, etc. are welcome.
Whenever we pray for this pope’s intentions (as we must) I always insert the modifier, “holy” in front of the word intentions.
China is the Vatican’s Benghazi.