Posted on 10/23/2016 1:31:43 PM PDT by marshmallow
I know we were all expecting the crack to come from a completely different corner of the Church, and that hardly anyone has been paying attention to the eagerness of the Francis Vatican to throw the Catholic Church in China to the communist wolves.
As with every jurisdictional Vatican compromise with Communist governments the one in the offing smells of betrayal. There have been four secret meetings between Vatican representatives and Chinese government officials in the past two years, the most recent being at the end of April. Cardinal Zen, retired Bishop of Hong Kong, is not at all optimistic. He does not trust anything that Beijing would offer:
“We do not see any sign that would encourage the hope that the Chinese Communists are about to change their restrictive religious policy…..It is unthinkable to leave the initial proposal in the hands of an atheist government who cannot possibly judge the suitability of a candidate to be a bishop.”
The gist seems to be that the Vatican is working on a deal with the Chinese communists to “ratify” the government’s picks for Catholic bishops, essentially, placing the faithful into the care of those kinds of bishops that their brutal communist bully-boy government thinks are suitable.
But here it is: the first Cardinal of the Catholic Church who has finally confronted Francis.
Cardinal Zen – who has been one of the most outspoken defenders of the Faith in the worst possible circumstances – has said it: Do not follow this pope into his evil designs to destroy Holy Mother Church.
Zen to Chinese Catholics: If agreement with China is signed, do not follow the Pope
Should an agreement be reached between China and the Holy See, this will certainly have “the Pope’s approval”. But China’s Catholics will not be obliged to take......
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Yeah; sure...
Colossians 4:16
And when this letter is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you likewise read the letter from Laodicea.
Where is the 'the letter from Laodicea'??
I don't understand...
Therefore; those 7 screwed up churches in Asia ARE Catholic.
Thanks for the info.
Therefore; the letter that was written to the Gentiles in Acts 15 DID come from Catholics!
Thanks for clarifying this.
Catholic Cardinal: No Obligation to Follow a Pope Who Betrays the Church
me neither...I sense that its all going to pieces and we’ll be just another milk toast religion without rules or boundaries...
We probably have to stop this conversation here, Elsie, since a persistent disconnect has developed between the questions and the answers.
Which I don’t understand, but hey.
Everything in the Book of Acts and all the Epistles involves the Catholic Church, her faithful members, and her opponents. So, yes.
You’re welcome.
A better term might be “were” Catholic. You’re welcome.
And John was, of course, a Catholic Apostle, correcting the Catholics who go astray as it is always the duty of the Catholic hierarchy to do.
it appears that 'doing penance' doesn't function like it is supposed to.
This same attitude has just been expressed by the DNC!
And how do you think it is supposed to function?
Praise God! Repentance may be at hand!
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