Posted on 09/14/2020 7:00:05 PM PDT by marshmallow
Vatican City, Sep 14, 2020 / 08:00 am MT (CNA).- The Vatican expects to renew its interim deal with China on the appointment of bishops, as part of efforts to “normalize” the life of the Catholic Church in China, Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said Monday.
“With China, our current interest is to normalize the life of the Church as much as possible, to ensure that the Church can live a normal life, which for the Catholic Church is also to have relations with the Holy See and with the Pope,” Parolin said Sept. 14, according to Italian news agency AgenSIR.
“Our perspective is on this ecclesiastical theme,” Parolin added, noting that this goal should also take place “against a backdrop of peaceful coexistence, the search for peace and overcoming tensions.”
Cardinal Parolin spoke to journalists on the sidelines of a private event with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, held at the Italian Embassy to the Holy See in Rome, Sept. 14.
Responding to questions, Parolin also said the Vatican’s intention “is that [the deal] be prolonged, that we continue to adopt it ad experimentum.”
“If there is the same intention on their part too? I think and hope so,” he said, calling the results of the two-year provisional agreement “not particularly exciting.”
The provisional agreement signed by the Vatican and China on Sept. 22, 2018, is due to expire in October.
Parolin spoke Monday morning at an event titled “Forty-five years after the Helsinki Accords, Cardinal Silvestrini and the Vatican Östpolitik,” organized by the Italian ambassador to the Holy See.
Following the Vatican-China agreement in 2018, state officials in different regions of China have continued to remove crosses and demolish church buildings, and underground Catholics and clergy continue to report harassment and detention.
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“normalize” “secularize” “get with the program” “go along to get along”
Making deals with the Devil for our comfort is anathema to the Gospel.
Deals with the devil NEVER save a single soul ... Course there is that Temple to the Serpent right there in the Vatican ... so play with fire deal with the consequences ...
“With China, our current interest is to normalize the life of the Church as much as possible, to ensure that the Church can live a normal life, which for the Catholic Church is also to have relations with the Holy See and with the Pope,” Parolin said Sept. 14, according to Italian news agency AgenSIR.
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How is a Catholic in China expected to live a "normal life" by keeping relations with the Red Pope who sold them out?
Following the Vatican-China agreement in 2018, state officials in different regions of China have continued to remove crosses and demolish church buildings, and underground Catholics and clergy continue to report harassment and detention.
In addition, catholic children are forbidden from attending Masses or receiving catholic catechesis until the age of eighteen years old.
How is any of the above "living a normal life", Parolin?
Judas betrayed Jesus for only 30 pieces of silver, but you and Bergoglio are even worse, doing it for 2 billion $US per year.
Unfortunately the Church must simply await the death of much of the hierarchy.
Cardinal Pangolin?
Evil, loathesome creatures are running the Church these days.
It’s a bit hard to normalize when the CCP does not allow children to participate in any religious activities or education, and adults get negative social credit for the same.
Still waiting for the McC*rr*ck report.
These gloria tv comics are good!
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