BEIJING, China — China said Tuesday it had agreed to extend for four years a deal with the Vatican concerning the appointment of bishops.
The Vatican and Beijing's Communist leadership signed the secretive agreement on the thorny issue in 2018, giving both sides a say in the naming of bishops in China .The historic accord was last renewed for two years in October 2022 against a backdrop of tensions over the position of the country's estimated 12 million Catholics.
A rupture of relations in the 1950s split China's Catholic faithful between the two camps, one state sanctioned and the other underground.The agreement has drawn criticism from within the Church, with some seeing it as allowing the Communist government a stranglehold over the country's Catholics.Many believers maintain that government repression against the underground Church still takes place despite the China-Vatican rapprochement.
Says Extends Deal With Vatican On Bishop Appointments
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