China and the Vatican agree to extend an agreement on appointing bishops
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BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says it has agreed with the Vatican to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years. The 2018 agreement had been extended twice previously.
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BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says it has agreed with the Vatican to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years. The 2018 agreement had been extended twice previously.
The Vatican on Tuesday said it had agreed to extend a controversial deal that gives China's Communist leaders a major say in the appointment of local Catholic bishops. The latest four-year extension of a provisional deal originally signed in 2018 once again cedes significant power to China's leaders…
China and the Vatican have agreed to extend a deal on the appointment of Catholic bishops in the Asian nation by four years. Some conservative Catholics have criticized the accord for handing too much control to Beijing.
On Tuesday Vatican and Chinese authorities announced that they had extended a controversial agreement on episcopal appointments for a third time, this time extending it by four years rather than two.
