Church in China

Kinda like Cdl Zen concerns. “Led by Nobel Prize-winner and former president of Costa Rica Oscar Arias, the letter to the pontiff said, “We are concerned that the call for harmony on the part of your Holiness in which, given the current context, can be understood by the victimized nations that they should come to agreement with their victimizers. In particular, in the case of Venezuela, the government has caused the flight of 3 million refugees, which the United Nations predicts will reach 5.9 million in 2019.” https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/20-latin-american-leaders-criticize-popes-call-for-reconciliation-with-brut

Cdl Zen was correct. Francis the Merciful not so much.

“Early Rain is the latest victim of what Chinese Christians and rights activists say is the worst crackdown on religion since the country’s Cultural Revolution, when Mao Zedong’s government vowed to eradicate religion.

Researchers say the current drive, fuelled by government unease over the growing number of Christians and their potential links to the west, is aimed not so much at destroying Christianity but bringing it to heel.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/13/china-christians-religious-persecution-translation-bible