A secretive 2018 two-year agreement between China and the Vatican is on the brink of renewal, despite concerns from underground Chinese worshippers. — AFP: A secretive 2018 agreement between Beijing and the Vatican is on the brink of renewal, despite strident U.S condemnation and warnings from underground Chinese priests loyal to Rome that they have only become more marginalised since it was signed.
The provisional deal, signed in September 2018, allowed both Beijing and the Holy See a say in appointing bishops, in an attempt to close the schism in China’s 12-million-strong Catholic community.But Washington has put intense pressure on the Vatican to scrap it, saying it has failed to shield Chinese Catholics from persecution.
There was a potential sign of that pressure earlier this month, when auxiliary bishop Vincenzo Guo Xijin of the Mindong Diocese in Fujian province abruptly resigned. At a recent Sunday service at the official St. Joseph’s Church in central Beijing, congregation members approached by“As a follower of Christ, I have no opinion on this,“ said a woman in her thirties.Progress or setback?
“As the barriers... have been removed, bishops in China are now able to come together more often in collaboration and consultation in solving Church issues,“ he wrote, but admitted that some unofficial clergy remain resistant.
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