The Pope, Pompeo, and a new Vision of the World - SettimanaNews

The Pope, Pompeo, and a new Vision of the World - SettimanaNews: The recent visit of the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the Holy See in Rome was considered an attempt to drag Pope Francis into the American election. From the Holy See’s point of view, Pompeo tried to step into a controversy about the Catholic Church, where some American Catholics doubt the Pope’s “moral authority” for his choices on China and on many other issues, like the environment, concern about wild capitalism, or being open to areas traditionally considered non-Catholic. Pompeo published an article critical of Francis’ policy on China on the American conservative Catholic journal First Things. But