In view of the next conclave, French priest Claude Barthe published a profile of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, 69, who wants to succeed Francis (ResNovae.fr, December 2023).
• Parolin is a disciple of the anti-Catholic Cardinal Silvestrini (+2019) and an admirer of the disastrous Ostpolitik of Cardinal Casaroli (+1998).
• Benedict XVI's secretary of state Bertone removed Parolin as undersecretary in 2009 and exiled him to Venezuela.
• Parolin's work in Venezuela was appreciated by Cardinal Bergoglio.
• Bergoglio called Parolin to Rome in 2013 to replace Cardinal Bertone.
• Among Parolin's mistakes is the 2018 China deal which gives Beijing the right to appoint bishops, including two married men.
• Despite the concessions, the massive persecution of Chinese Christians continues.
• In 2018, Parolin spoke at the globalist Bilderberg conference in Turin.
• In April 2019, he received for over an hour high-profile homosex propagandists.
• Parolin was directly involved in the Vatican's €200M property deal in London.
• Francis bypassed Parolin when he entrusted Cardinal Zuppi with [useless] negotiations with Ukraine and Russia.
• Parolin has had cancer in the past.
• He believes in the obsolete Vatican II as the origin of a new "synodal" Church as a counterweight to the pre-conciliar monarchical organisation [of which Francis is the culmination].
• He is a follower of Amoris Laetitia which regards immorality as "authentic magisterium".
• Parolin played a key role in the drafting of Traditionis custodes.
• He made public interventions against the German Synod on the invalid ordination of women and practiced homosexuality probably only for tactical reasons.
• Parolin wants to be as "open" [anti-Catholic] as possible without endangering the institution too much.
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