Posted on 09/18/2022 5:53:55 PM PDT by marshmallow
'In order to understand we have chosen the path of dialogue,' said Pope Francis when asked about China.
(LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has described Communist China as “not undemocratic” and refused to support Hong Kong’s Cardinal Joseph Zen as he prepares to go on trial in the country on September 19.
Speaking to reporters on board the papal plane from Kazakhstan to come on Thursday, Pope Francis fielded questions about China and the Vatican’s relation with the Communist state.
“To understand China takes a century, and we do not live for a century,” he said vaguely. He described the Chinese mentality as “a rich mentality, and when it gets a little sick, it loses its richness; it is capable of making mistakes. In order to understand we have chosen the path of dialogue, open to dialogue.”
Deal going ‘well, slowly’
Referencing the Vatican’s controversial deal with China, Francis said it was “going well, slowly, because the Chinese pace is slow, they have an eternity to go forward: they are a people of endless patience.”
Without mentioning any specifics of the deal, the Pope added how “it is not easy to understand the Chinese mentality, but it should be respected, I always respect this.”
Francis praised Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin for his role in chairing the “dialogue commission” with Chinese authorities – a process that “is going well,” he said, lauding Parolin’s purported knowledge of China. “It is a slow process, but steps forward are always being made.”
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Dictator Red Pope Ping
This Pope has mastered the skill of saying nothing while pretending to say something.
“they (the Chinese) have an eternity to go forward”
He needs to read the Bible.
Guy’s a bad man.
Fake pope kowtows to Chicom masters again. What a sickening piece of subhuman garbage.
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