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Each seminary should adhere to the direction of the Sinicization of Catholicism in the country, bishops say

May 10, 2021 CWN Editor's Note: Bishop Joseph Guo Jincai will highlight the fragility of the Vatican-Beijing accord this week, by ordaining priests for two dioceses that, in the eyes of the Vatican, are not within his jurisdiction. Bishop Guo, whose excommunication was lifted by Pope Francis in 2008, is recognized by the government as head of the Zhangjikou diocese. But the Vatican recognizes him only as Bishop of Chengde, and sees the “Zhangjikou diocese” as actually the territory of two other existing dioceses. Neither of the bishops of those dioceses (one of whom is an ‘underground�...

Vatican-China Agreement Is Up for Renewal Vatican-China Agreement Is Up for Renewal The Chinese government is stepping up aggression against religion; is the 2018 Vatican-China deal still working? By Christina Deardurff A number of Christian churches in Lu’an were left without crosses (photo from the BITTER WINTER website). Top, the buildings with crosses; second row, after the crosses were removed. Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli The Vatican’s interim 2-year agreement with the Communist Chinese government, signed September 22, 2018, is set to expire in September of this year, and it remai...