Pope Leo XIV has approved a new bishop under the Vatican’s confidential agreement with China. Steven Mosher joins John-Henry Westen to argue that the deal has consistently favored the Chinese Communist Party, with the Vatican never rejecting a CCP-backed nominee while Beijing repeatedly violates the agreement without consequence. Mosher contends that “Sinicization” is not inculturation, it is an effort to transform the Catholic Church into an instrument of the Communist Party. The agreement has accelerated the persecution of China’s underground Church, pressuring faithful bishops and priests to join the state-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. Bishop Guo Xijin remains under house […]
