Pope recognizes China's unilateral appointment of Shanghai bishop, three months after the fact

Pope Francis has given in to China’s unilateral appointment of a new bishop in Shanghai and formally recognized Beijing’s installation of Bishop Shen Bin three months after the fact. The

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