Cardinal Zen . . . “A Schismatic Church With The Pope’s Blessing Will Be Horrible!”
By DIANE MONTAGNA ROME (LifeSiteNews) — Hong Kong’s Joseph Cardinal Zen issued another strongly worded criticism February 13 of the Vatican’s proposed deal with China’s Communist regime, suggesting it would amount to a papal endorsement of schism. “There is no reason to fear a schismatic church created by the [Communist] Party. It will fade with the collapse of the regime,” he wrote. “But a schismatic church with the Pope’s blessing will be horrible!” Cardinal Zen’s comments came in response to a recent interview with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Parolin, published in the Italian daily La Stampa. Zen posted the commentary on his blog in both Chinese and Italian. Reading the interview “disgusts me,” the archbishop emeritus of Hong Kong…Continue Reading