COMMENTARY: The decision to appoint Bishop Joseph Shen Bin to the Diocese of Shanghai is a massive humiliation for the Holy See and the utter failure of the c.
In an analysis for The Pillar, with the revealing title “How Rome lost the Vatican-China Deal,” Ed Condon quotes Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s remark that under the secret Vatican-China pact, “all episcopal appointments in China, including transfers, be made by consensus, as agreed.