Added: But it’s a very interesting story anyhow,  just not current.

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Say what??

On the weekend that posters of a scowling Pope Francis were plastered over Rome by traditionalists protesting against his “bullying” tactics, news filtered through that Rome is on the verge of signing a deal with the Society of St Pius X.

This year, the Lefebvrists could be fully reconciled to the Holy See. By the alleged Modernist bully on the posters. And with virtually no strings attached.

Stunned am I.

This is surreal; but then everything in Rome is surreal now. It’s as if the scriptwriters of The Young Pope have been let loose on the Bergoglio pontificate.

It’s like Nixon the conservative recognizing Red China, a devil-may-care decision. No strings yet.

Read about it here: Catholic Herald

Italian politics:

The Italian government signed the illusory [March 2019] “Silk Road” agreement of economic cooperation with the Chinese government and also approved the provision of 5G telecom services to Chinese providers, despite security concerns expressed by the U.S. government.

That Chinese betrayal:

Meanwhile, Bergoglio has effectively handed control of the Chinese Catholic Church to the Beijing regime. The Argentinian pope has been sending friendly signals to Beijing for some time, and he has also stubbornly refused to say anything in condemnation of the violence of the regime against the protesters in Hong Kong who are asking for freedom.

Oh boy. What’s not to dislike about this pope’s maneuverings?

via Antonio Socci

Few months earlier, SecState Pompeo. Why the interest by U.S.?

It is evident that the White House is aware that right now Rome represents a dangerous unknown factor in the global confrontation between the USA and China.

Seen from overseas, both the Vatican and the Italian government must appear wavering, confused and in disarray. Both of them have exposed themselves to Chinese influence, a bit like sorcerers’ apprentices.

Apart from U.S. concerns, there are those priests who won’t join the ChiCom govt. program and are in dire straits.

Like the (fellow) Jesuits in Buenos Aires whose faculties Francis, then SJ provincial, lifted. Later they paid dearly for this disavowal.

via Antonio Socci: VP Pence Warns the Vatican About China

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