Catholicism’s Surrender to Maoism: Beijing Chooses Communist Bishops. Rome Says Yes.

Gaetano Masciullo reports that the Vatican approved the selection of Paul Liu Honggang as a new Catholic bishop, despite his ties to Communist ideology. Masciullo claims the appointment demonstrates that the Sino-Vatican agreement allows the Communist regime to choose bishops whom Rome then accepts.

According to Masciullo, Liu previously participated in Maoist political re-education and has dismissed reports of Catholic persecution within his own diocese. The author describes the consecration of Liu as an example of the Communist regime choosing leaders and the Vatican going along with those choices.