Vatican-China Agreement Is Up for Renewal
Vatican-China Agreement Is Up for Renewal
The Chinese government is stepping up aggression against religion; is the 2018 Vatican-China deal still working?
By Christina Deardurff
A number of Christian churches in Lu’an were left without crosses (photo from the BITTER WINTER website). Top, the buildings with crosses; second row, after the crosses were removed.
Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli
The Vatican’s interim 2-year agreement with the Communist Chinese government, signed September 22, 2018, is set to expire in September of this year, and it remains unclear whether the Vatican will and perhaps more importantly, should renew the deal for another year, or even two.