A confused Pope

     It is amazing to see how the Bishop of Rome, our Pope Francis, is about to cave to a communist regime.  There currently exist a spat between the Vatican and the government of China about who retains the right to appoint Catholic bishops in China.  This fight has existed throughout the centuries between the various kings of Europe and the Vatican.  In the end, just know that the Vatican won that fight.  So let’s look even further back in history.  Remember when Jesus sent out his seventy two disciples to announce the coming of the Kingdom.  These seventy two all became bishops in the Catholic Church.  And the apostles including mostly Paul, Peter and John appointed many bishops in the growing Church. Most Catholic priests and bishops can trace their anointing from the original bishops of the Church.  The church always must appoint its bishops through the power of the Holy Spirit. If Pope Francis capitulates to these unholy demands of the atheist President Xi of China, I am afraid that no tradition will remain sacred within the Catholic Church.  Which other countries shall demand the power to appoint their bishops- Venezuela, Cuba, Russia, and South Africa?  If the bishops go, so goes the Church.  Next up gay marriage and Eucharist for mortal sinners.  God have mercy on his soul, our confused Pope.