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By Reggie Littlejohn, EWTN - “Right now, those who are best implementing the social doctrine of the Church are the Chinese,” stated Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, the chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences… he extolled the Chinese government, stating: “I found an extraordinary China; what people do not know is that the central Chinese principle is ‘work, work, work.’ As Paul said: ‘He who does not work does not eat.’ You do not have shantytowns ...”

By Roberto de Mattei, Rorate Caeli - To those who object, and [say] that it is necessary "to try to find common ground to bridge the decades-old division between the Vatican and China," Cardinal Zen replies: But can there ever be anything in "common" with a totalitarian regime? Either you surrender or accept persecution, but remain faithful to yourself (can you imagine an agreement between St. Joseph and Herod?)

By Christopher Carstens, Catholic Exchange - Many of the Mass’s roads converge when it comes time for receiving Holy Communion. The Cross is likened to the tree of life. In the Garden of Eden stood a tree of life, one from which our first parents were free to eat; in heaven’s “garden of God” stands another tree of life from which the victorious have the right to eat (Rev. 2:7); and in between rises the Cross of Jesus, whose fruit is the Eucharist…