The Pope was expected to say something about Hong Kong, and there would have been no better opportunity than his return trip from the Far East.
However, as a clever politician he was very careful not to give his opinion on the violent battle between the pro-democracy protesters and the Chinese Communist gerarchy.
He replied to the journalists who were waiting for his opinion that "I can't evaluate the situation."
His support for the most ruthless red dictatorship in the world was reciprocated the next day in the form of thanksgivings. The men of the dictator Xi Jinping publicly expressed their gratitude to their party sympathiser.
Yet, the advocate of the poor, Pope Francis, should be aware that the People's Republic of China is led by a one-party communist dictatorship, in which dissent is violently repressed.
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