CWN - February 21, 2013
Cardinal Joseph Zen has charged that the Vatican has followed ?a policy of appeasement and compromise? in China, allowing government officials to exert control over the Church there.
The bishops of the government-approved ?official? Catholic Church are ?all slaves of the government,? the retired bishop of Hong Kong told Canada?s Catholic Register. He said that for years the government has sought to establish control over the Church and ?had everything their way.?
Cardinal Zen said that the ?official? Church in China is ?actually schismatic without being named.? While the Pope has refrained from categorizing the Chinese bishops are schismatic, he said, ?the Holy Father cannot command that Church.? The effective control of the ?official? Church lies with the government, he said.
Although he has frequently criticized the Beijing regime for its offenses against religious freedom, Cardinal Zen had not previously leveled such direct criticism at the Vatican. "For a long time I have abstained from talking about the Holy See," he said. But now, he says, he has concluded that Vatican officials ?should take the responsibility." "
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