Vatican confirmed that the appointment agreement with China continued signed bishop

Vatican Saturday (October 22) said that he has renewed secret and controversial Roman Catholic bishop appointedprotocol.NotReuters reports that this is the second time that the agreement has been reached for the first time since 2018.However, the agreement is still temporary.The latest extension is expected. In an interview with Reuters on July 2, the Pope Francis foresee this.NotThe stroke transaction aims to alleviate the differences between mainland China's long -term existence, loyal to the pope's underground group and the official church supported by the state.Since the 1950s, the two sides first admitted that the Pope was the highest leader of the Catholic Church.NotFormer 90 -year -old bishop of Hong Kong, a person,, is accused by people, bishop of the red bishop, Joseph Zen, was accusing that this was the act of selling the Chinese government.NotEarlier, he had been tried because of the use of charitable funds to fund democratic protesters. Critics accused him that the Vatican did not defend him in public.Chen Rijun did not plead guilty.NotThe Chinese agreement is centered on the appointment of the bishop in cooperation, and the Pope has the final decision.NotSince the agreement was reached, only six new bishops were appointed, and the opponent of the agreement said that this proved that the agreement did not achieve the expected results.They also pointed out that China has increasingly restricted the religious freedom of Christians and other ethnic minorities.NotWhen interviewed in July, he acknowledged that the agreement was "slow", but in China, the church needs to take a long -term vision. Improper dialogue is better than no contact.NotThe opponents of this agreement compared with those who criticized Pope John 22 and Paul VI in the 1960s and 1970s, the so -called small step policy.According to this policy, the Vatican and the Eastern European Communist countries have reached an uneasy agreement to maintain the survival of the church during the Cold War and restrict the persecution there.NotIt is insisted that the agreement involves the structure of the Chinese church, which is not a precursor to establishing a comprehensive diplomatic relationship with Beijing.NotLast month, I tried to arrange the meeting of Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Pope. At that time, both leaders were in Kazakhstan, but the Chinese side refused.