Cdl. Zen in new book: Vatican’s China ‘strategy was wrong, all about compromise and surrender’
Vatican leaders 'didn't listen to us, who come from the front line,' he wrote.
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Cdl. Zen: Vatican is helping China’s Communist govt. ‘annihilate’ underground Church
'The Pope didn’t get anything from this agreement, it’s a 'fake,' an illusion, and Beijing made him lose his authority.'
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Cardinal Zen delivers new letter on China to Pope Francis: ‘Underground clerics have cried’
The Shanghai-born Cardinal implored the Vatican to be attentive to the damage the agreement with the Communists has caused.
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Destruction of China’s shrines shows that Vatican pact serves only Communists: human rights expert
Steven Mosher of the Population Research Institute says the agreement is working out just as the government wanted.
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Prominent British, Irish Catholics sign open letter criticizing Vatican’s new China policy
Persecution of Catholics and Muslims and the Communist government's control over appointing bishops are among the chief concerns.
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Cardinal Zen: Pope’s agreement invites the ‘annihilation of the real Church in China’
The former bishop of Hong Kong said Francis is misguided in his understanding of the Communist government.
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Cardinal Burke calls Vatican deal with China ‘unconscionable’
Allowing the Communist Party to choose bishops is a 'betrayal' of those who suffered and died to remain faithful to Rome, the American cardinal emphasized.
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Cardinal Müller: ‘I trust more in Cardinal Zen’ than in the Vatican-China deal
Cardinal Zen 'has all the experience with the Communists and with their lies...'
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Cardinal Zen pans new Vatican statement on China: ‘saying nothing with many words’
The Vatican's new communique on China is 'a masterpiece of inventiveness in saying nothing with many words.'
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Vatican signs ‘provisional agreement’ with China on appointment of bishops
As part of the comprehensive deal, Pope Francis has decided ‘to readmit to full ecclesial communion the remaining ‘official’ Bishops, ordained without Pontifical Mandate.’
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