[ebb tide]

However, under pressure from the Communist government, the Holy See told the Cardinal to leave the country and replaced him with a successor more to the government’s liking.

Both John XXIII and Paul VI folded like cheap suits before the Communists. John Paul II and Benedict XVI have offered some relief, but Bergoglio is going full speed to make up for lost ground.

[morphing libertarian]

Is the issue that the chinese government wants to appoint cardinals?