Today in the Italian daily Il Foglio there is an article which starts…
Catholics increasingly persecuted after the Agreement with China
Human Rights Watch report: the situation has worsened after the agreement between Beijing and the Holy See. An assessment after eight years
The only Church is that of Xi
“Ma va!”, as they say here.
The description of how Catholics are being treated is horrifying. Silence from Rome.
One of the lines that struck me was:
From the testimonies collected, it is clear that professing one‘s faith has become more complicated: masses are scheduled at “inconvenient“ times, reducing participation.
Sound familiar?
And….
A Catholic who left China said that “we started praying like thieves, gatherings for important holidays were canceled. The authorities prevented singing and darkened the windows of the church, so that the prayers are not visible from the outside. Children, today, no longer have memory of the prayers and celebrations that took place in church.” The goal, Human Rights Watch writes, is “to sever generational ties within the Catholic community.”
Not long ago I had supper with some folks from Charlotte. They told me about the situation there now, including the imperious dictate from High Atop The Thing that there is to be no socializing by the faithful after the inconveniently scheduled Masses at the hard to reach remote location.
Think about it… from TC (Taurina cacata) no Masses in parish churches, not to be mentioned or listed in parish bulletins, priests ordained after a certain year can’t do it….
What does this sound like?
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