ULAANBAATAR, Sept 3 — Pope Francis sent greetings to China today, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and good...
ULAANBAATAR, Sept 3 — Pope Francis sent greetings to China today, calling its citizens a “noble” people and asking Catholics in China to be “good Christians and good citizens,” in his latest overture to the communist country to ease restrictions on religion.
“I wish the best for all the people, to go forward, to always progress. And to Chinese Catholics I ask to be good Christians and good citizens,” he said. Beijing has been following a policy of “Sinicisation” of religion, trying to root out foreign influences and enforce obedience to the Communist Party.
The Vatican has used the same phrase about Vietnam, which in July upgraded relations by allowing the Vatican to have a Resident Papal Representative in Hanoi.
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