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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 06:56 UTC

Tag: Chinese bishops

  • Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

    Pope says he will appoint Chinese bishops, following on the Beijing/Vatican accord

    “It’s not (that the government) names them. It is a dialogue. But the pope will appoint them. Let that be clear,” Francis said of the deal

    Pope Francis on Tuesday defended a landmark deal between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops, saying he, and not the Beijing government, will have the final say on who is named. In his first public comments on the deal signed in Beijing on Saturday, he told reporters on the plane returning from a trip to the Baltics that while he realizes not everyone will understand the logic behind the agreement, he was confident in the “great faith” of Chinese Catholics.