Pope Francis “has the power to confront Beijing,” writes Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI), chairman of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party. “Truth, combined with the fearlessness to speak it, is fatal to every ideology of oppression.”
“In 1979, John Paul knew that the power of communism in Poland lay not in Soviet tanks but in the acceptance of the lies that drove them,” he continued. “Destroy the lies, and China’s tanks, too, will rust in fields.
“It’s not too late. Francis can still follow John Paul’s example,” Rep. Gallagher added. “He cannot force the CCP to keep its word or to embrace Christianity. But he can challenge its values in front of the world.”