{"id":2021463,"date":"2023-09-04T14:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-says-vatican-china-deal-involves-joint-commission-to-pick-bishops\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T14:01:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T18:01:41","slug":"pope-francis-says-vatican-china-deal-involves-joint-commission-to-pick-bishops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-says-vatican-china-deal-involves-joint-commission-to-pick-bishops\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: Vatican-China deal includes joint commission for bishop selection."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-says-vatican-china-deal-involves-joint-commission-to-pick-bishops%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2021463&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u2064 Vatican \u2063and \u200bthe Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s Joint Commission for Bishops<\/h2>\n<p>The Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-says-vatican-china-deal-involves-joint-commission-to-pick-bishops\/\" title=\"Pope Francis: Vatican-China deal includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-rejects-u-s-talks-pushes-biden-to-lift-sanctions\/\" title=\"Iran rejects U.S. talks, pushes Biden to lift sanctions\">joint commission<\/a> for bishop selection.&#8221;>joint commission responsible<\/a> for selecting\u2063 China&#8217;s bishops, Pope\u2062 Francis revealed \u2064on Monday during\u2062 his return\u200b to\u200b Rome from\u200c Mongolia. This\u200c revelation provides insight into the Holy See&#8217;s \u2063interactions with\u200d the Chinese government, five \u2064years after the Vatican made a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-top-immigration-adviser-biden-agenda-would-fundamentally-erase-very-essence-of-americas-nationhood\/\" title=\"Ex-Top Immigration Adviser: Biden Agenda \u2018Would Fundamentally Erase Very Essence Of America\u2019s Nationhood\u2019\">historic agreement<\/a> with China to appoint \u2064bishops in the country. \u2062While this deal was\u2063 seen as a \u200dsignificant\u200c step\u200d towards \u200bthe acceptance\u200b of the Catholic Church in\u2062 China, it faced criticism from those\u2062 who believed the Vatican had surrendered to the\u2063 Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<h3>Advancing \u200bDialogue and Understanding<\/h3>\n<p>During a press conference on his flight back, Pope Francis expressed his admiration for \u2064Chinese culture and emphasized the respectful nature of the relationship\u2062 between the Vatican and China. He\u2063 stressed the importance of delving deeper into the\u2062 religious aspect to foster \u200bbetter understanding between the\u2062 two parties. The pope also emphasized that the Church does not reject Chinese culture and values, nor does it\u200c rely on foreign \u2064powers.<\/p>\n<p>It is worth noting that Pope\u2062 Francis has not yet visited China,\u2062 a country \u200bwith an estimated 12 million Catholics, many of whom belong\u200b to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-macarthur-commends-underground-church-in-canada-reads-heartfelt-letter-from-jailed-alberta-pastor\/\" title=\"John MacArthur Commends \u2018Underground Church In Canada,\u2019 Reads Heartfelt Letter From Jailed Alberta Pastor\">underground church<\/a>. His recent visit to \u200cMongolia,\u2062 the\u2064 first by a pope, raised questions about the Vatican&#8217;s stance\u200b towards China and its underground Catholic Church. Mongolia, on the other hand, has a small Catholic population \u200bof\u2063 approximately 1,500 individuals in a \u200bcountry of\u2064 3.3 million.<\/p>\n<h3>Clarification \u2063on Comments about Russia<\/h3>\n<p>Pope Francis \u200balso \u2062clarified\u200c his recent comments regarding the historic \u2063Russian Empire and its \u200cheritage. His remarks had sparked outrage from\u2064 Ukraine, which has been engaged\u200b in a \u2064conflict with Russia since\u2064 February\u200b 2022. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-offers-bonus-to-doctors-who-implement-anti-racism-plans\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Offers Bonus to Doctors Who Implement \u2018Anti-Racism Plans\u2019\">pope explained<\/a> that he was referring \u200dto the\u2064 great culture of Russia throughout history, invoking figures \u2062like Catherine the Great and\u200c other influential Russian \u2063leaders.<\/p>\n<p>To \u2062read more\u2064 about\u200d this topic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\">click here<\/a> for the\u2063 full article\u200b from The \u2063Washington \u200cExaminer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis disclosed the Vatican&#8217;s collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party in selecting bishops, during his return from Mongolia. This revelation marks the commission&#8217;s first acknowledgment, shedding light on the Holy See&#8217;s interactions with the Chinese government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2021464,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021463\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2021464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}