CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN REFUTES CHINA APOLOGIST: Defends Myanmar cardinal’s stance on communists
by William Mahoney, Ph.D. • May 6, 2020
HONG KONG (ChurchMilitant.com) – Cardinal Joseph Zen has defended Cdl. Charles Bo against criticism for his position on China’s responsibility over the Wuhan virus.
On Wednesday, emeritus archbishop of Hong Kong, Cdl. Joseph Zen, published a piece in support of Myanmar cardinal Charles Bo of the Yangon archdiocese. Bo was attacked for his position on the Wuhan virus by Michel Chambon, whom Sojourners describes as “a Catholic theologian and anthropologist [who] studies the growth of Protestantism in China.”
In early April, UCA News published Bo’s article titled “The Chinese regime and its moral culpability for COVID-19,” in which he maintained the “Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) repression, lies and corruption are responsible for this global crisis.”
Later the same month, UCA News published Chambon’s response article titled “Cardinal Bo Spits in China’s Face,” in which he says Bo’s assessment is “inaccurate,””dangerously political” and “surprisingly divisive.”
Cdl. Zen Refutes Michel Chambon
“Cardinal Charles Bo made a dramatic intervention in the international debate about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic (UCA News April 2), laying the primary responsibility squarely on the door of [the] Chinese Communist Party,” Cdl. Zen begins his write-up, adding Bo’s “courage surprised me, but the article is very accurate and fair.”
Cdl. Charles Bo (Photo: Archdiocese of Yangon)
Chambon prefaced his response by saying as “a French theologian and an anthropologist studying the Church in China, I feel obliged to speak up as well.”
But in response to Chambon’s reason for entering the discussion, Zen said, “I could not find anything theological in the article of this ‘theologian,’ with such an emotional title, and its content is gratuitous and even self-contradictory.”
Zen goes on to show how Chambon illogically criticizes Bo for being inaccurate regarding points on which the two actually agree.
Chambon says, “I agree with Cdl. Bo that lies and propaganda have put millions of lives around the world in danger,” which Zen points out is “precisely the main substance of Cdl. Bo’s article.”
Chambon said China cannot be wholly blamed because “Western governments are also responsible” for refusing “to take (the available information) seriously.” But Zen highlights how Bo agreed in his piece “Criticisms can be made of authorities everywhere, many governments are accused of failing to prepare when they first saw the coronavirus emerge in Wuhan.”
Bo argued China has primary responsibility for suppressing the news and silencing the whistleblower.Tweet
Bo argued China has primary responsibility for suppressing the news and silencing the whistleblower, which triggered Chambon to claim Bo is “politically dividing the world.”
“That is gratuitous,” responds Zen. “The one who inflicts calamity on people, and his victims are rightly put on two opposed sides of the division, but there is nothing political in this.”
The most “astonishing statement in Chambon’s article,” according to Zen, is the claim that “[i]nsulting the China regime is also spitting in the face of the nation which supports it.”
“Anybody with a little knowledge of China,” responds Zen, “would laugh at it and consider the time wasted in reading this ‘theologian’ and ‘anthropologist studying the Church in China.'”
“With people like Michel Chambon there would never have been a French Revolution,” concludes Zen.
‘For Love of My People’
Unlike Chambon, who felt obliged to speak up as a “theologian and an anthropologist studying the Church in China,” Cdl. Zen speaks up for the love of his people as a well-studied Chinese Catholic and prelate.
Cdl. Zen is outspoken in confronting tyranny
His book, titled For Love of My People I Will Not Remain Silent: On the Situation of the Church in China, details the situation of the underground Catholic Church.
Zen strongly opposes the CCP, its recent dealings with Hong Kong and the Vatican’s “selling out” of the underground faithful.
“For many years, even as a colony, we enjoyed freedom,” Zen told The Tablet in February. “They promised there was going to be ‘one country, two systems.’ They promised we were going to have a great degree of autonomy. But then they back off on their promises, so now we are in danger of becoming just one more city in China.”
“They want to take away our freedom of speech and that is terrible, so we are really fighting,” Zen continued. “We really hope our leaders would remember all the promises. What is happening is simply foolish. We hope God will wake them up.”
In an interview with Church Militant, Zen explained the steps that led to the Vatican’s “selling out” of the underground Church:
The first step was that secret agreement [Vatican-China agreement reached in September 2018] for the selection of bishops, and then the legitimization of the seven excommunicated bishops — asking the legitimate underground bishops to step down — and then, last June came out that document — the so-called pastoral guidance encouraging people to join the [Catholic] Patriotic Association [government-run church].
Persecution of the underground Church continues to escalate as the CCP attempts to gain total control. Zen asks people to stay informed with good information to inform their prayers.
Read the source: https://www.churchmilitant.com/news/article/cardinal-zen-refutes-theologian
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Venezuelan activists call for help in Vatican and Pope Francis calls for end to violence http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/05/25/venezuelan-activists-call-for-help-in-vatican-and-pope-francis-calls-for-end-to-violence/
VENEZUELAN ARCHBISHOP DIEGO PADRON CONDEMNS SOCIALIST-INSPIRED ANTI-CATHOLIC ATTACKS http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/02/17/venezuelan-archbishop-diego-padron-condemns-socialist-inspired-anti-catholic-attacks/
Venezuelan government blasted for blocking Church aid http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/07/12/venezuelan-government-blasted-for-blocking-church-aid/
Venezuela’s Bishops Ask Leaders to Think of Their People http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/12/23/venezuelas-bishops-ask-leaders-to-think-of-their-people/
VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO FEUDING WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/02/03/venezuelas-president-nicolas-maduro-feuding-with-catholic-church/
MIT PUBLISHES ‘COMMUNISM FOR KIDS’ http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/04/12/mit-publishes-communism-for-kids/
How Socialism Ruined My Country – Felipe Moura Brasil http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/03/30/how-socialism-ruined-my-country-felipe-moura-brasil/
The Man Who Knew Communism Best by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/11/10/the-man-who-knew-communism-best-by-bishop-fulton-j-sheen/
THE VORTEX: UNDERMINING THE CHURCH – Resisting and beating back the enemy http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/03/16/the-vortex-undermining-the-church-resisting-and-beating-back-the-enemy/
The Iron-Fisted Tyranny of Political Correctness http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/03/10/the-iron-fisted-tyranny-of-political-correctness/
Democratic Socialism is Still Socialism – Steven Crowder http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/02/26/democratic-socialism-is-still-socialism-steven-crowder/
The Man Who Knew Communism Best by Bishop Fulton J. Sheen http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/11/10/the-man-who-knew-communism-best-by-bishop-fulton-j-sheen/
Unmasking Saul Alinsky, a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/09/26/unmasking-saul-alinsky-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/
CIA: (CCHD) Catholic Campaign for Human Development & Saul Alinsky http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2014/04/27/special-report-cchd-catholic-campaign-for-human-development/
Saul Alinsky and the IAF http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2014/06/19/saul-alinsky-and-the-iaf/
Millennials Should Read Solzhenitsyn: “Socialism of any type leads to the destruction of the human spirit” http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/08/21/millennials-should-read-solzhenitsyn-socialism-of-any-type-leads-to-the-destruction-of-the-human-spirit/
Is Socialism Making a Comeback? – Despite Bernie Sanders’s best efforts, socialism is still as bad an idea as it ever was http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/02/10/is-socialism-making-a-comeback-despite-bernie-sanderss-best-efforts-socialism-is-still-as-bad-an-idea-as-it-ever-was/
TRUTH EXPOSED! Hitler was a Socialist…WATCH! http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/06/05/truth-exposed-hitler-was-a-socialistwatch/
[Watch]Hitler Survivor Warns Americans: “Keep Your Guns And Buy More Guns” Don’t Listen To Commies http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/06/20/watchhitler-survivor-warns-americans-keep-your-guns-and-buy-more-guns-dont-listen-to-commies/
Socialism’s Bloody History Shows Millennials Should Think Twice Before Supporting It http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/06/06/socialisms-bloody-history-shows-millennials-should-think-twice-before-supporting-it/
Why socialism always fails? http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/04/27/why-socialism-always-fails/
Why Are Young People Cheering for Socialism? http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/02/13/why-are-young-people-cheering-for-socialism/
What Do the Popes Truly Say About Socialism? http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/02/13/what-do-the-popes-truly-say-about-socialism/
The True and False Meaning of “Social Justice” http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/08/30/the-true-and-false-meaning-of-social-justice/
Unmasking Saul Alinsky, a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/09/26/unmasking-saul-alinsky-a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/
Your Enemy, But Know Him Too http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/10/10/-your-enemy-but-know-him-too/
New survey reveals that young Americans have little understanding of collectivism and its dark and deadly history http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/10/25/new-survey-reveals-that-young-americans-have-little-understanding-of-collectivism-and-its-dark-and-deadly-history/
“GEORGE SOROS’ FORMULA FOR KILLING AMERICA” Watch the Viral Video that Exposes Soros’ Attack on the Church http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/11/17/george-soros-formula-for-killing-america-watch-the-viral-video-that-exposes-soros-attack-on-the-church/
A Populist Election and Its Aftermath http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/11/17/a-populist-election-and-its-aftermath/
5 Reasons the Church Condemns Communism as “Intrinsically Wrong” http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/11/28/5-reasons-the-church-condemns-communism-as-intrinsically-wrong/
Fidel Castro’s War on Religion: From 1959 to 2006 the world’s longest-running Marxist dictator http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/12/04/fidel-castros-war-on-religion-from-1959-to-2006-the-worlds-longest-running-marxist-dictator/
Gloria Alvarez: Immigrants! Don’t Vote for What You Fled http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2016/12/28/gloria-alvarez-immigrants-dont-vote-for-what-you-fled/
The Catholic Church vs. Liberation Theology http://www.pagadiandiocese.org/2017/12/14/the-catholic-church-vs-liberation-theology/
“A theory that makes profit the exclusive norm and ultimate end of economic activity is morally unacceptable. The disordered desire for money cannot but produce perverse effects. It is one of the causes of the many conflicts which disturb the social order. A system that ‘subordinates the basic rights of individuals and of groups to the collective organization of production’ is contrary to human dignity. Every practice that reduces persons to nothing more than a means of profit enslaves man, leads to idolizing money, and contributes to the spread of atheism. ‘You cannot serve God and mammon’”(CCC: 2424).
“The Church has rejected the totalitarian and atheistic ideologies associated in modern times with ‘communism’ or ‘socialism’. She has likewise refused to accept, in the practice of ‘capitalism,’ individualism and the absolute primacy of the law of the marketplace over human labor. Regulating the economy solely by centralized planning perverts the basis of social bonds; regulating it solely by the law of the marketplace fails social justice, for ‘there are many human needs which cannot be satisfied by the market.’ Reasonable regulation of the marketplace and economic initiatives, in keeping with a just hierarchy of values and a view to the common good, is to be commended” (CCC:2425).