Vatican-China rapprochement?
A new Roman Catholic bishop of Guangzhou, China, was installed today with the joint approval of the Vatican and the Chinese government.
Coming days after the installation of a bishop in Hubei province, also with the agreement of Beijing and Rome, the event may signal improved relations between the government-approved Chinese Catholic church and an "underground" church loyal to the pope.
Last month, the Chinese government was still apparently blocking the Guangzhou appointment.
Was the Vatican's announcement last week that Pope Benedict would not meet officially with the Dalai Lama a factor in Beijing's growing flexibility? Observers are free to speculate.
posted by Francis X. Rocca at
12:27 PM
1 Comments:
I've just posted an article on my blog, where I analyse a report in AsiaNews and raise questions about whether the Vatican's China policy is too concilatory. I am also concerned that this concilatory approach will gradually deteriorate into a policy of appeasement, which ultimately undermines the effort of those who are defending their rights to religion in China.
The title of the article is: Is the Pope Informed About Religious Persecution in China?
Here is the link: http://underthejacaranda.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/is-the-pope-informed-about-religious-persecution-in-china/#more-75
Catherine
1/16/2008 01:17:00 AM
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