{"id":14586,"date":"2018-03-05T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T19:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=14586"},"modified":"2018-03-05T13:15:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T19:15:51","slug":"this-is-the-slow-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/03\/05\/this-is-the-slow-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is The Slow Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was somewhat surprised to read that an institution as old and cagey as the Roman Catholic Church is considering lopping off a limb with no hope of ever getting it back, according<\/a> to The Guardian<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

The Catholic church risks damaging its moral authority and plunging its followers into confusion if the Vatican presses ahead with an imminent deal<\/a> with the Chinese government, a group of influential Catholics has warned.<\/p>\n

Fifteen lawyers, academics and human rights activists, most based in Hong Kong, have signed an open letter<\/a> to bishops across the world expressing dismay at an agreement which would involve the Vatican recognising seven bishops appointed by China\u2019s Communist party.<\/p>\n

The deal is aimed at restoring relations between China and the Vatican<\/a>, which were cut almost 70 years ago. But the group of leading Catholics say it could create a schism in the church in China.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Giving up the authority to appoint your own management? I understand that the Vatican wants to reach out to Chinese Catholics, but this might actually alienate them, instead, if the faithful perceive the government appointed bishops as not truly Catholics.<\/p>\n

And, more importantly, this is a dissipation of the Catholic Church’s temporal authority, since they are then meekly admitting that this could occur again in the future, and they’d once again turn turtle.<\/p>\n

This should be an interesting story going forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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