"Ostpolitik" is a term used to describe the Vatican's conciliatory policy toward the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 1970s. It was disastrous. Unfortunately, the Vatican is trying the policy again in relationship to Communist China - in effect sacrificing loyal Chinese Catholics to Pope Francis's Socialist inclinations. Read the article - https://www.tfp.org/pope-franciss-new-ostpolitik-with-communist-china-is-just-like-the-old-one/?PKG=TFP201023m&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Vatican+Compromises+with+Communist+China&utm_campaign=TFP201023m+-+Vatican+Compromises+with+Communist+China&vgo_ee=RzhDWAj2ZtedKt6qm5Yg%2FTpxdzkQNl9LgdxZ9pnzLRY%3D