Posted on 11/11/2018 5:59:56 PM PST by marshmallow
Cardinal Zen flew to Rome and handed Pope Francis letter detailing situation faced by underground Catholics in China
Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun flew to Rome and handed a seven-page letter to Pope Francis appealing for him to pay attention to the crisis facing the underground church in China.
The Hong Kong emeritus bishop on Nov. 8 told ucanews.com that underground clerics have cried to him since the Vatican-China deal on the appointment of bishops.
"They said officials have forced them to become open, to join the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and to obtain a priest's certificate with the reason that the pope has signed the Sino-Vatican provisional agreement," said Cardinal Zen.
He said some parts of the agreement had not been made public, meaning that brothers and sisters of the underground church did not know what they should do.
"Some priests have escaped, and some have disappeared because they do not know what to do and are annoyed. The agreement is undisclosed, and they do not know if what officials say is true or not," he said.
Cardinal Zen said the China Church was facing new persecution and the Holy See was helping the Chinese Communist Party suppress the underground community.
He flew to Rome from Oct. 29 to Nov. 1 to hand his letter to the pope. "I want to talk to the pope again and hope he will consider again, but this may be the last time," he said.
In his letter he described how the underground church had seen money confiscated, with clergy having relatives disturbed by the authorities, going to jail or even losing their lives for the faith.
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He said some parts of the agreement had not been made public, meaning
Reminded of Obamacare, got to pass it to read it...……………...
It's one of the reason's China's economic/military prowess is surprisingly fragile (something Trump knows well). Their emerging dystopia will cripple any real initiative on the part of the populace. What's coming for China will make the "Great Leap Forward" and the "Cultural Revolution" look like warmup acts.
Pray for China.
Ping
Even the above ground Catholic Church is targeted under Xi Jinping’s new religion regulations, which prevent children from participating in religious activities and require registration of adult participants, who get a demerit on their “social credit” rating.
I believe Frankie has no intention of doing the right thing for all the faithful Chinese Catholics.
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