OPINION:
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently criticized the Vatican for its bishop appointments in China (“Nancy Pelosi on Vatican bishop appointment deal with China: ‘I don’t get that,’” web, Dec. 11).
Speaking to the National Catholic Reporter, she asked, “Why should the Chinese government be having a say in the appointment of bishops?”
While Catholics may not all agree with Mrs. Pelosi’s political views, her criticism of the bishop appointments is not without merit.
As The Washington Times’ story points out, Chinese Catholics have suffered persecution for decades in post-1949 China. Believers have been imprisoned, church buildings have been demolished and families have been devastated under the Chinese Communist Party’s crackdown on Christianity. At least one Catholic is speaking out against the Vatican’s long-standing courtship with Beijing.
BRIAN STUCKEY
Denver
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