Trump Spoke for China’s Catholics—The Pope Stayed Silent – Allah's Willing Executioners

Between May 14 and 15, in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the first bilateral summit took place between the leaders of what are often considered the two current superpowers, Donald Trump’s United States of America and Xi Jinping’s China. The event evoked the summits of the Cold War, when the opposing pole to the West was embodied by the Soviet Union, but today, although there are some parallels, many circumstances are drastically different.
Among these distinguishing elements, worthy of note are the consequences that the summit—and perhaps future ones—may have for the Vatican: not only in its relationship with the two powers but, above all, in the public perception of the idea that the Holy See cultivates regarding respect for human rights.
As is well known, the Vatican maintains complex relations with both poles of international power. On the one hand, the tension with Donald Trump—fueled by his personal attacks on the pontiff on Truth Social and by disagreements over the …