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‘There is only one true religion’: Kazakh bishop says his criticisms of Pope Francis’ interfaith outreach are a sign of collegiality

NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (CNS)—Awaiting the arrival of Pope Francis, a bishop who frequently criticizes Pope Francis told reporters that speaking up when he disagrees with the pope is an expression of ...
Crux

Papal critic says Kazakhstan congress a ‘supermarket’ of religions

Bishop Athanasius Schneider speaks to journalists ahead of Pope Francis’s arrival to the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Nur-Sultan on Sept. 15, 2022. (Credit: Elise Ann Allen/Crux.) Listen ...
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Podcast: Pope Francis’ Kazakhstan visit was overshadowed by one bishop’s criticism—but it shouldn’t have been

Archbishop Tomasz Peta of the Archdiocese of Maria Santissima in Astana, Kazakhstan, talks with Auxiliary Bishop Athanasius Schneider of the same archdiocese, before Pope Francis' meeting with bishops ...
The American Spectator

Heroic Bishop Speaks Out Against Vatican’s Approach to CCP

Bishop Athanasius Schneider of Astana, Kazakhstan, appeared on Tuesday on Steve Bannon’s War Room, where he criticized the Vatican’s Ostpolitik approach to the Chinese Communist Party regime. He ...