Posted on 10/07/2020 7:10:04 PM PDT by marshmallow
ROME (Reuters) - The Vatican’s number two said on Thursday after talks with Mike Pompeo that the two sides’ positions on China remained far apart and firmly asserted the Holy See’s right to pursue an accord with Beijing denounced by the U.S. Secretary of State.
Pompeo met Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher on Thursday on a visit to Rome marked by Vatican irritation over Pompeo’s public criticism of a Holy See accord with Beijing on the appointment of bishops.
Vatican officials have said they were “surprised” by Pompeo’s comments, made last month, and particularly that they were published in a conservative U.S. Catholic publication that has called Pope Francis’ pontificate a failure.
Parolin, second only to the pope in the Vatican hierarchy, spoke to reporters on the sidelines of a book launch on Thursday night. He was asked if the positions were still distant.
“Yes, even though the purpose of the meeting was not to bring the positions closer,” he said.
In an article and a series of tweets in September Pompeo accused the Vatican of putting its “moral authority” at risk if it renewed an agreement with China over the appointment of bishops. It sparked a minor diplomatic crisis.
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We reserve the right to make a deal with the devil if it is our Marxist best interests. The NWO is going to need a new figurehead leader and Frankie is elbowing his way to the trough.
When the Vatican becomes a political entity rather than the the spiritual home of Catholic (nominally “universal”) Christian faith, it has lost its way.
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“When the Vatican becomes a political entity rather than the the spiritual home of Catholic (nominally “universal”) Christian faith, it has lost its way.”
That happened a few centuries ago.
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“That happened a few centuries ago.”
Yes, it did, more than once. That said, there were times when it found its way back, including during when John Paul II was pope and the Church was a defender of individuals - not a proponent of Communism.
Every denomination of every faith has had issues at one time or another - primarily because human beings are fallible. Martin Luther was an anti-Semite. We’ve had Catholic and Protestant sexual predators. We’ve had so many disappointments.
“We’ve had so many disappointments.”
Put not your faith in the princes of men.
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How can the RC church possibly maintain moral authority when it cedes the selection of clergy to a hostile entity? When it allows that entity to even rewrite the churches doctrine and references?
It’s a grift.
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