By Dr. Maike Hickson, LifeSiteNews - Cardinal McCarrick had been an important prelate for the Vatican when dealing with inter-religious matters or foreign affairs.. McCarrick played an important role in the establishment of relations between the U.S. and Cuba. Additionally, McCarrick helped in the Vatican's dealings with Iran and its talks with the U.S. on nuclear proliferation… And in the matter of the Vatican/China deal — what Cardinal Zen said amounted to a betrayal of the Chinese people — McCarrick also seems to have had a hand in it. As Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò revealed in his own 25 August testimony, then-Cardinal McCarrick told him once in person that, after meeting Pope Francis, he was to go to Communist China.