Chinese Catholics betrayed?

DavidWarren discusses Ambassador Brownbeck's speech about the latest report on the China/Vatican accord on the Catholic church.

essentially it is allowing the government to take over the "underground church".

This betrayal is not a surprise: The Vatican German concordance back in Hitler's day was also betrayed, and the church persecuted anyway, but hey, it essentially stopped Catholics from complaining about it.

The government of China remembers history, and the rebellions enabled by sects (Buddhist, Muslim, and the pseudoChristian sect behind the Taiping rebellion), but from a human rights standpoint, this is a disaster for all believers, including libertarian atheists who don't follow the party line.'

presumably there won't be mass reeducation of Catholics as is being done to the Muslim populatino: so they will only risk individual persecution.

Council of Foreign relations essay on religion in China.
here is the part about the agreement:

Estimates of Catholic faithful in China range between ten million and twelve million. However, the Vatican and Beijing have not had formal diplomatic ties since Mao severed them in 1951. Since August 2014, Pope Francis has sought to thaw relations with China, which had strained further amid a dispute over who has the authority to appoint bishops. Typically, the authority to appoint senior Catholic clergy resides with the pope, following consultations among other high members of the Church. Beijing, however, has appointed a number of bishops without the approval of the papacy; moreover, a few Chinese bishops, primarily within underground house churches, have been self-nominated and self-approved.

In 2018, the two sides reached a provisional agreement that paved the way for a new process by which the Vatican would confirm candidates who have been put forth by Beijing. While it does not formally restore diplomatic relations, the agreement signals a possible change in Chinese policy on foreign interference in state religious affairs. The deal has stirred mixed feelings among Catholics within and outside China. Some favor the rapprochement, while others fear that the Vatican is effectively bowing to the Chinese government.

and from what is being reported, it sounds like the fears are coming true....