null / FreshStock/ShutterstockRome Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 10:10 am (CNA).Human rights advocates have raised concerns about heightened restrictions on Christians in China after Pope Francis expressed hope that the Holy See s agreement with Beijing will be renewed in the fall.Nearly four years after the Holy See entered into an agreement with Chinese authorities in September 2018, Pope Francis told Reuters in an interview published this week that he believes "the agreement is moving well." Human rights advocates disagree.Nina Shea, the director of the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute, told CNA on July 6 that since the agreement was signed in 2018 "the CCP has all but destroyed the Catholic underground church and tightened conformity with its teachings over the patriotic church." "The six new episcopal appointments used to justify the Beijing agreement are offset by the detention, arrest or disappearance of six Vatican-recognized Cat
FreshStock/Shutterstock
Rome Newsroom, Jul 6, 2022 / 10:10 am (CNA).
Human rights advocates have raised concerns about heightened restrictions on Christians in China after Pope Francis expressed hope that the Holy See’s agreement with Beijing w.
The flags of the People s Republic of China and of Vatican City. / FreshStock/Shutterstock.Vatican City, Feb 11, 2022 / 08:30 am (CNA).According to Vatican sources, the establishment of diplomatic relations with Beijing is not on the horizon, despite what some recent appointments might suggest. On Jan. 31, the Vatican said that Msgr. Arnaldo Catalan, its chargé d affaires in Taiwan, was being posted to Rwanda, where he will serve as apostolic nuncio.Days later on Feb. 5, Msgr. Javier Herrera Corona, head of the Holy See Study Mission in Hong Kong, was named apostolic nuncio to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.The appointments leave two Vatican diplomatic missions that deal closely with China with no top officials, prompting the question of whether the Holy See is changing its diplomatic strategy.The Holy See did have a nunciature in Beijing. But in 1949, when Mao Zedong took power, China and the Holy See broke off relations. The apostolic internuncio Archbishop Antonio Riber.
Are diplomatic relations between the Vatican and Beijing on the horizon? catholicworldreport.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from catholicworldreport.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.