Politics

By Mary Rezac, CNA - As part of an ongoing crackdown on religious practice in the country, Chinese authorities demolished two Catholic Marian shrines this week. The move comes just one month after the Chinese government signed an agreement with the Vatican regarding the appointment of bishops... According to reports from AsiaNews, government authorities destroyed the Marian shrines of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows in Dongergou (Shanxi), and Our Lady of Bliss, also known as Our Lady of the Mountain, in Anlong (Guizhou).

By Thomas D. Williams, PhD., Breitbart - The Vatican has been executing a full-court press against climate change, using its international influence to push for a U.N.-driven crusade against global warming… Last December, the Vatican released a dramatic declaration punctuated by dire warnings and apocalyptic threats, urging the world to “decarbonize the energy system as early as possible and no later than mid-century” to avoid irreversible damage to humans and ecosystems… “We propose scalable solutions to avoid such catastrophic changes. There is less than a decade to put these solutions in place to preserve our quality of life for generations to come,” it said.