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Cardinals Tagle and Parolin defend renewal of Sino-Vatican pact

October 24, 2022

On October 22 the Vatican confirmed it had renewed a deal with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) relating to the appointment of bishops in the country. Renewal of the 2018 deal has been fiercely criticised by Cardinal Joseph Zen (the veteran former Bishop of Hong Kong, currently on trial there on trumped-up charges) as well

Pope Francis has 24 hours to do the right thing

September 21, 2022

Pope Francis has a golden opportunity to make amends for his treatment of Cardinal Joseph Zen, set to go on trial in Hong Kong. The trial of Cardinal Zen has now been delayed after one judge tested positive for COVID. It is now set for September 21 instead. Zen – a long-standing critic of the

Is the Pope’s Faustian pact continuing in Kazakhstan?

September 14, 2022

Pope Francis has begun his Apostolic Visit to Kazakhstan, with interreligious dialogue at the forefront of the trip. The Pope is attending the seventh Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and will close the two-day Congress on Wednesday. But perhaps less should be made of the visit itself than a potential meeting with

The Pope’s faustian pact

September 12, 2022

While Pope Francis last week repeated his previous warning about a global conflict, he should perhaps be more concerned about his own faustian pact. The Pontiff has, of course, already come in for criticism for his stance towards the war in Ukraine. While the Pope praised Ukrainians for fighting for their survival, he has said

Will Pope Francis meet Xi Jinping in Kazakhstan?

September 09, 2022

Speculation is growing that the leader of the Catholic Church could meet the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Kazakhstan next week. Xi Jinping will be in the country’s capital on the same day as Pope Francis, who is traveling to the Central Asian state for an interfaith summit, where it was speculated

How can the Pope justify this?

September 05, 2022

As Taiwan honours Pope John Paul I, Vatican cosies up to China

Is the Catholic Church becoming more democratic?

September 02, 2022

Does the Synod on Synodality herald a new era of democracy, even as Chinese involvement in bishop-selection undermines papal power

Why is the Vatican so relaxed about persecution?

August 19, 2022

One of the most dispiriting things about the recent Vatican-China deal, and its looming second renewal (in spite of the fact that renewal will essentially green light ongoing persecution of Christians within China) is how remarkably chilled out so many Western Catholics appear to be. One would have thought Catholics would be up in arms