Cardinal: “Contacts With Vatican Disastrous”, “There Is No Hope”
The situation of the Church in China is “terrible, terrible. Terrible. Terrible,” Cardinal Joseph Zen told NewBloommag.net (December 3). Speaking about the history of his contacts with the Vatican, he …More
The situation of the Church in China is “terrible, terrible. Terrible. Terrible,” Cardinal Joseph Zen told NewBloommag.net (December 3).
Speaking about the history of his contacts with the Vatican, he calls them "simply disastrous.“
Zen calls the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Josef Tomko (95), a “very balanced man.”
However, his successor, the current Napoli Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe was “no good,” and his successor, Cardinal Ivan Dias (+1917) “even worse.”
A Group Holds the Power – Benedict XVI Was an Outsider
Zen believes that “there is a group in the Holy See” that holds the power while, for instance, Benedict XVI and his Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, “were considered as outsiders” because they didnt belong to the group,
“In the Secretary of State, those who had the real power were not the highest officials, but those down below them.”
Zen explains that the current Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, sabotaged already …More
Speaking about the history of his contacts with the Vatican, he calls them "simply disastrous.“
Zen calls the former Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, Cardinal Josef Tomko (95), a “very balanced man.”
However, his successor, the current Napoli Archbishop Crescenzio Sepe was “no good,” and his successor, Cardinal Ivan Dias (+1917) “even worse.”
A Group Holds the Power – Benedict XVI Was an Outsider
Zen believes that “there is a group in the Holy See” that holds the power while, for instance, Benedict XVI and his Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, “were considered as outsiders” because they didnt belong to the group,
“In the Secretary of State, those who had the real power were not the highest officials, but those down below them.”
Zen explains that the current Secretary of State, Pietro Parolin, sabotaged already …More