Is the Vatican unwittingly helping the Chinese government to eliminate the underground Church?
In addition, numerous Vatican documents and public statements from members of the Roman Catholic hierarchy in the Vatican and elsewhere urge unity between the official and unofficial (underground) Churches. In the meantime, the Chinese authority is doing all its best to force the unofficial Church to register with the authority, thereby de facto unifying the two Churches into the one official Church that is independent from the Pope. Many unofficial or underground faithful resisted registering themselves with the official Church and thereby risked three years in the hard labor camp. By actively urging unity between the two Churches and by actively proclaiming that these two Churches are the same church, before the Pope recognizes the official Church, is the Vatican actually putting the cart in front of the horse by urging for unity into a Church that the Pope has not even recognized ? Is the Vatican, unwittingly perhaps, trying to help the Chinese authority to accomplish its goal to wi
