Vatican Appeasement of Communist China’s Atheistic Regime Undercuts Cause of Religious Freedom

The mandarins at Beijing seek to stamp out and usurp the entire spiritual and intuitive function of the human mind.

AP/Kin Cheung
Joseph Cardinal Zen at Holy Cross Church at Hong Kong, May 24, 2022. AP/Kin Cheung

The recent announcement that the Vatican has renewed for another two years its understanding with the People’s Republic of China over the nomination and installation of Roman Catholic bishops in China raises important questions about the concepts of freedom of conscience and of association.

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