Pope Francis Should Speak Out Against Beijing’s Abuses

Expand Pope Francis meets a group of faithful from China at the end of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, April 18, 2018. © 2018 AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia In February 2020, the foreign ministers of the Holy See and China met in their highest-level official encounter in decades. Their agenda included the September 2018 provisional agreement that allows the Vatican to appoint bishops pre-approved by Chinese authorities. The agreement, details of which have not been made public, ended a decades-long standoff over who has the authority to appoint bishops in China.…

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