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COMMENTARY: The decision to appoint Bishop Joseph Shen Bin to the Diocese of Shanghai is a massive humiliation for the Holy See and the utter failure of the centerpiece of the Holy Father’s China policy.
Pope Francis formally confirmed Bishop Shen Bin for the Shanghai post on July 15.
The Holy See diplomat said he believes that the Vatican and Chinese authorities have grown in ‘a greater understanding, a greater respect’ for each other over the years.
The challenges now facing the Catholic Church in China and Nicaragua have significant similarities to the problems that the Holy See faced in the 20th century.
Jiangxi is a diocese that is not recognized by the Vatican. Bishop John Peng Weizhao, on the other hand, was legitimately appointed by Pope Francis in 2014 and secretly ordained as an underground bishop of Yujiang.
U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has been outspoken that China’s actions against the Uyghurs and other minorities in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang constitute genocide, an assertion that has drawn condemnation and sanctions from China.
The Filipino cardinal said that the Holy See signed the agreement ‘to safeguard the valid apostolic succession and the sacramental nature of the Catholic Church in China.’
In the course of the in-flight press conference, the Pope also addressed the Russo-Ukrainian War and Ukraine’s right to defend itself, relations between the Holy See and China, and critiques that participation in the Kazakh interreligious congress risks indifferentism.
An in-depth analysis of the global persecution continuing across the globe, including in Nicaragua, China and Nigeria.
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