Committee Launches ‘Reveal the Deal, Repeal the Deal’ Campaign on Vatican–CCP Agreement

The Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC) and Save the Persecuted Christians hosted a webinar on April 30 launching a campaign to expose and overturn a secret agreement between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party, which they say has enabled persecution of Chinese Catholics and undermined the Church’s integrity.

Moderator:
Frank Gaffney, president of the Institute for the American Future and vice chairman of the Committee on the Present Danger: China.

Panelists:

• Liz Yore, Esq., international child advocate attorney and founder of Yore Children; regular commentator on Steve Bannon’s “War Room.”
  Topic: “The Secret Vatican Deal with the CCP: What’s in It and How Did We Get Here?”

• Dede Laugesen, executive director of Save the Persecuted Christians and executive secretary of the CPDC.
  Topic: “The CCP’s ‘Sinicizing’ the Catholic Church – and How It Must be Countered”

• Benedict Rogers, senior analyst at CSW, co-founder and chair of Hong Kong Watch.
  Topic: “The Secret Deal’s Devastating Impact on the Chinese Faithful: The Outrageous Persecution of Jimmy Lai and Countless Other Catholics and Christians”

• Jan Jekielek, senior editor at The Epoch Times and host of “American Thought Leaders.”
  Topic: “The Secret Deal’s Devastating Impact on Other Faith Communities in China”

• Trevor Loudon, author and filmmaker of “The Enemies Within” and “Feinstein’s Spy.”
  Topic: “The So-called ‘Patriotic Catholic Church’ – Reduced to a Weapon of the CCP’s United Front Work Department”

• Brian Kennedy, chairman of the CPDC and president of the American Strategy Group.
  Topic: “Reveal and Repeal the Deal: A Necessary Corrective for the Church, A Fitness Test for the Next Pope”