Hurdles remain in Vatican-China deal
Although many continue to be shocked at the deal between Catholic Rome and communist Beijing on the status of bishops appointed by the government, the Vatican presses on, hindered only by the fact that two bishops, appointed by Beijing without Rome’s approval, are widely understood to have “familial arrangements,” including long-term partners and children.
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