Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told LifeSiteNews that the Holy See ‘hope[s] to renew’ its secretive deal with Communist China, which has faced scathing criticism from Catholic clergy, freedom advocates, and China experts.
The deal, signed between China and the Holy See in 2018 and renewed in 2020 and 2022, aims to normalize relations in the communist state but faces criticism for increasing persecution of underground Catholics.
Titled ‘Hostile Takeover: The CCP and Hong Kong’s Religious Communities,’ the report accuses Cdl. Chow of assisting the communist agenda, including promoting the Sinicization of the Church.
Modernism and relativism have deceived Pope Francis, because it is absolutely impossible for his Amoris laetitia innovation to constitute an ‘authentic magisterium,’ which cannot exist with situational ethics.
‘Let us prepare ourselves for a crescendo of unprecedented provocations: time bombs ready to explode in order to sow disorientation, confusion, and division.’
Due to the withholding of his medical records, Vatican Deputy Auditor Ferruccio Panicco’s diagnosis was delayed, which he said put in jeopardy the curability of what turned out to be prostate cancer, from which he died last week.
LifeSite's sources noted that the World Meeting on Human Fraternity was given priority over Corpus Christi celebrations at the Vatican – both in planning and in taking place.