"Reactions by devotees and Bishops to the Pope’s letter to the Church that is in China are very good. The movement of meditation and reflections by the official and clandestine patriotic communities is extraordinary, especially through the Internet". This was said to SIR by the Vatican Secretary of State, card. Tarcisio Bertone, in Subiaco yesterday to close the celebrations for Saint Benedict, the patron saint of Europe. In the interview, the Secretary of State stated that, "in addressing China, we thought of the moral project of Confucius, of those roots that are somehow close to the Christian roots. Confucius used to say that either man is a moral being or he is not a real man. Confucius’ great tradition: morality. The natural moral law is objectively inadequate, not only in regard to the totality of the salvific design of God in Jesus Christ, but even in connection with social life, both in the sphere of the state and society and in the sphere of the religious community". "We have not yet had any specific signs from the Chinese authorities he added , and we are awaiting. We are going through a time of reflection and reconsideration. The Letter means trusting the Chinese people and their rulers to reappraise their consideration of the Catholic Church, which wants to join forces with them for the good of the Chinese people".
