Posted on 05/18/2023 12:53:36 PM PDT by ebb tide
HONG KONG (LifeSiteNews) — In a new interview with La Civiltà Cattolica, Hong Kong Bishop Stephen Chow, S.J., who was recently appointed by Pope Francis, downplayed fears about the scandalous Vatican-Beijing deal that grants a say in the appointment of Catholic bishops to the atheistic Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
The Hong Kong bishop also encouraged the CCP agenda of Sinicization — by which the Communists seek to bring all religions under the total control of the state — praising the former bishop of Shanghai who after two decades in prison betrayed the underground Catholic Church by joining the state-run church called the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
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Commenting on the agreement between the Vatican and Beijing on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China, Chow said he saw his recent visit to Beijing as a parallel cooperation at the diocesan level. Notably, he was visiting the president of the schismatic Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, whom Rome has scandalously recognized as bishop of Beijing despite the bishop’s continued role as leader of the Communist-run state church.
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Barf Alert Ping
What a bizarre beast of a church, approved by the world’s Cardinals and the Pope.
Chicoms arrested actual Hong Kong priest, Cardinal Zen.
Arrested. Jailed. 80 something year old.
Hong Kong Bishop Stephen Chow, S.J., Another Jesuit emerges.
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