You know the saying, 'Birds of a feather...'? In this case it's dictators flocking together. Francis's pals are cracking down even harder.
From Fr Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment
The Beeb tells us that the Chinese Government has assured its Parliament that there will be "tighter control over Religion".
So that's all right, then. Coming immediately after Parolin's insistence on the Vatican/Peking Accord, it shows a reassuringly common mind between these two sets of benign and thoughtful apparatchiks.
Thank Goodness that Bergoglian Rome is so much more cunning than the Chinamen. Otherwise, wherever would we be?
Three cheers for the even-more-than-Ostpolitik.
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