November 30, 2005
WE WERE SURE APPEASEMENT WOULD WORK THIS TIME...:
Reports of Chinese Arrests Alarm Vatican (AP, 11/30/05)
The Vatican expressed alarm Wednesday over reports of arrests and beatings of Roman Catholic priests in China.The reports by a Vatican-affiliated news agency cause "pain," and if verified must be condemned, said the statement by Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro-Valls.
AsiaNews said this week that Chinese police arrested six priests in Zhengding county, and beat two of them. [...]
Pope Benedict XVI has been reaching out to Beijing in a bid to bring all Chinese Catholics under Rome's wing.
The Church's recent truckling to Beijing has been disgraceful, but maybe some beatings will snap them out of it.. Posted by Orrin Judd at November 30, 2005 4:35 PM
The ostpolitik of the curia didn't end when the USSR blew up. Indeed, there were critical mutterings by un-named curial officials that Bush's recent comments on religious freedon in Red China were not welcome.
Posted by: Luciferous at November 30, 2005 4:51 PMBoxerism.
Posted by: Lou Gots at November 30, 2005 5:15 PMi am off to china on a fact finding mission for the vatican (and some top notch dim sum). tell valerie not to wait up.
Posted by: joe wilson at November 30, 2005 5:52 PMJoe:
I know a great Mongolian BBQ place in Hong Kong; and a neat hotel in Guangzhou, complete with a bar by the pool. Almost reminds me of Rio....
Posted by: ratbert at November 30, 2005 9:33 PM