Pope Francis’s ‘Brotherhood’ encyclical leaves Chinese Catholics in the dust

[Michie]

If we are 'All Brothers' — as the Pope tells us — then what about our Chinese brothers?


October 21, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — I find Pope Francis long on generalities and short on specifics, especially where China is concerned.

He speaks eloquently about the need to defend everyone’s religious freedom in his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, saying this principle “must not be forgotten in the journey towards fraternity and peace.”

And yet at the same time, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, has just signaled that the deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be renewed, even though that deal has not improved religious freedom in that country, for Catholics or for anyone else. Indeed, many outside observers — including yours truly — believe that the Sino-Vatican Agreement has actually provided cover to the CCP for its ongoing assault on the religious freedom of all believers in China — Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim.

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Pope Francis’s ‘Brotherhood’ encyclical leaves Chinese Catholics in the dust

 

[chevyontheriver]

If we are 'All Brothers' — as the Pope tells us — then what about our Chinese brothers?


October 21, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — I find Pope Francis long on generalities and short on specifics, especially where China is concerned.

He speaks eloquently about the need to defend everyone’s religious freedom in his new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, saying this principle “must not be forgotten in the journey towards fraternity and peace.”

And yet at the same time, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican secretary of state, has just signaled that the deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will be renewed, even though that deal has not improved religious freedom in that country, for Catholics or for anyone else. Indeed, many outside observers — including yours truly — believe that the Sino-Vatican Agreement has actually provided cover to the CCP for its ongoing assault on the religious freedom of all believers in China — Catholic, Protestant, and Muslim.

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Pope Francis’s ‘Brotherhood’ encyclical leaves Chinese Catholics in the dust

His secret deal with China, smoothed by ex-cardinal McCarrick's diplomacy, is a wretched thing. But his encyclical was TLDR DOA.