Posted on 09/29/2023 6:25:20 PM PDT by ebb tide
Cardinal-elect Stephen Chow said Thursday that evangelization in China today should focus on communicating the love of God “without the agenda of turning them into Catholics.”
In an interview in Rome with CNA on Sept. 28, the bishop of Hong Kong, who will be made a cardinal in the consistory this weekend, spoke about his vision for evangelization in mainland China.
“I think it is important that we say that Pope Francis made a distinction. Evangelization is really to help people to understand the love of God — and the love of God without the agenda of turning them into Catholics — because that shouldn’t be the focus, as that focus would be very restrictive,” Chow said.
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Should they at least be turned into Christians? Or is that still "too restrictive."
Might be the smart thing to do in Hong Kong.
They have mosques there don’t they? I’ll bet the Chicoms don’t mess with them.
The CCP’s agenda is to turn them into Communists, so there’s that.
The Chi-Coms just round them up, put them in prison camps and use them as forced labor.
Hardly anything.
Good grief.
This position makes sense only if you don’t believe in an eternal soul; it is the position of the Marxist mimicking the Christian.
Catholic Church is illegal in China.
True.
But Frankenchurch is a state religion.
Everyone should be Catholic!
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