Bishop Guo Evicted, Homeless after Refusing to Join Vatican-Approved Chinese Patriotic Church

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In 2017, Bishop Guo Xijin of Mindong in China’s Fujian province disappeared. At that time, he was pressured to sign a document stating his willingness to “voluntarily” be demoted to coadjutor bishop as a condition that he be recognized by the government during his one-month detention.

This would have been bad enough. But in 2018, Pope Francis became the one to order Guo to step down, taking the role of auxiliary bishop of his own diocese. The demotion was not for any failure on Guo’s part, but rather to allow a Communist Party–approved bishop to take his place as part of the Vatican’s new deal with Beijing.

Bishop Guo Evicted, Homeless after Refusing to Join Vatican-Approved Chinese Patriotic Church - OnePeterFive

 

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Betrayed with a kiss

 

[pdudgeon]

agreed.
This reminds me of the situation in Poland, before Solidarity gained power. And again, it was the Communist problem that caused the torture and deaths of many Catholics.

And before that, during WWII, when once again Catholics and Jews were attacked in Italy for their beliefs. When will people stop fighting against Christ?