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The Vatican got it wrong on China
ROME Lord Chris Patten, the last British governor of Hong Kong, said that the Vatican had made a mistake about China in its 2018 secret agreement with the Communist Party on the appointment of bishops.
It's very sad, but under Xi Jinping, things have receded in China, Patten told the Tablet, a UK-based Catholic journal, adding that it was bizarre that the Vatican was warming up for the Communist Party at that time.
How can you get closer to religious issues with China when there are a million or more Uighur Muslims locked up in Xinjiang? asked Patten, who had been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003.
Lord Patten, who was governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997, said that he understood why the Vatican had an interest in China but questioned the timeliness of its calendar and its method.
Of course, I am in favor of what they are trying to do what they can to facilitate the worship of Catholics and Christians in China, said Patten, himself a Catholic.
I just think it was an extraordinary time to do it with an administration in China that came back on human rights, making things more strict on human rights. This is what Xi Jinping is doing, he said.
Patten, who was also chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992, pointed out the Chinese Communists 'continued hostility towards Christians, noting Xi Jinpings' recent choice for director of Hong Kong.
The man they appointed to head the Hong Kong-Macau office responsible for caring for Hong Kong cut its teeth by tearing apart Christian symbols in the province that 39; he previously led, said Patten.
He was referring to Xia Baolong, a close ally of Xi Jinping known for his antipathy towards Christians. While Xia was an MP in Zhejiang Province, one of the most Christian regions of China, he oversaw the removal of more than 1,200 crosses and the demolition of dozens of churches.
I find myself very sympathetic with Cardinal Zen on this and with others, said Lord Patten in reference to the former bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen, who strongly criticized the Sino-Vatican agreement.
Zen believes that the Vatican's rapprochement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was wrong from the start, insisting that Pope Francis is nave in his relations with a country he knows little about.
The pope does not know much about China. And he may have a certain sympathy for the communists, because in South America, the communists are good guys, they suffer for social justice, Zen told me. But not the (Chinese) Communists. They are persecutors.
The Vatican is helping the government to surrender and return everything to their hands, said Zen.
Last December, Cardinal Zens said that Pope Francis' policies against the CCP were killing the underground church in this country.
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