Published October 17, 2024
Of the 368 participants in this month’s Synod on Synodality, 272 are bishops. They are a remarkable cross-section of humanity, demonstrating that the Catholic Church is the most multicultural religious community in the world. Amid that diversity, two attendees stand out in a singular way: Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu of the Diocese of Funing/Mindong and Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of the Diocese of Hangzhou hail from China, where an often brutal effort is under way to “Sinicize” religious communities, bringing them into conformity with “Xi Jinping Thought.”
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George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, is a Catholic theologian and one of America’s leading public intellectuals. He holds EPPC’s William E. Simon Chair in Catholic Studies.
