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RSS FeedsVatican, China make breakthrough deal on bishop appointments
(WorldNews Italy)

 
 

22 september 2018 19:45:25

 
Vatican, China make breakthrough deal on bishop appointments
(WorldNews Italy)
 


VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican and China said Saturday they had signed a “provisional agreement” over the appointment of bishops, a breakthrough on an issue that stymied diplomatic relations for decades and aggravated a split among Chinese Catholics. The deal resolved one of the major sticking points in recent years, with the Vatican agreeing to accept seven bishops who were previously named by Beijing without the pope’s consent. The development comes nearly seven decades after the Holy See and Beijing severed official relations. Beijing’s long-held insistence that it must approve bishop appointments in China had clashed with absolute papal authority to pick bishops....


 
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