Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle defended the Vatican’s decision to renew its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops. Know more:
ROME—Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle defended the Vatican’s decision to renew its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops.
When asked in the interview for his response to critics of the agreement who say that the Holy See’s dealings with Beijing have led to the Vatican’s silence on the sufferings and problems of Chinese Catholics, Tagle said: “In dialogue, the Holy See has its own respectful style of communicating with representatives of the Chinese government, but which never ignores and indeed always makes present the situations of suffering of Catholic communities, which sometimes arise from inappropriate...
The cardinal cited his own Chinese heritage, saying that the memory of his maternal grandfather, whom he described as a “pragmatic Chinese Catholic,” has helped him to “consider what can be more useful in the dialogue with the Chinese government.” Zen was arrested in May along with other democracy activists under Hong Kong’s strict national security law and has been one of the most outspoken critics of the Vatican’s agreement with China.Tagle said in the interview that the Vatican is aware of negative reactions to the agreement among some Chinese Catholics and considers it “part of the process.”
“Diplomacy is like that. When you face a blocked situation, you have to find the possible way, not the ideal way, out of it,” the pope said. While introducing more restrictive rules on religious practice, China’s President Xi has been outspoken about his goal of the “sinicization” of religions.
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