"The Holy See has announced it has renewed its controversial Provisional Agreement with China"

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China-Holy See, Parolin: “With the Agreement, there are no more illegitimate bishops, all in communion with the Pope”​

The secretary of state comments on the agreement which will be extended tomorrow: «The renewal is done. Satisfied with these two years, there are problems but the agreement did not intend to solve them ». Financial investigations: “I experience the confusion of the faithful with pain”

ROME. “It’s done.” Tomorrow 22 October, with a separate but agreed communiqué, the Holy See and the Embassy of Beijing in Rome will announce the renewal of the Agreement for the appointment of bishops signed in September 2018 and in force since October of the same year. Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, is not unbalanced in this regard but sends “positive signals”, saying he is satisfied with some of the results of the agreement in these two years. Starting with the fact that: «Thanks to the Agreement, all Chinese bishops are in communion with the Pope. We no longer have illegitimate bishops». On the sidelines of the ceremony for the Honoris causa degree in philosophy conferred by the Pontifical Antonianum University on Patriarch Bartholomew I, the cardinal answers the questions of journalists also on other issues such as the situation in Syria,

Tomorrow the Agreement between China and the Holy See signed in 2018 expires. It seems to understand that the extension for another two years is what has been done?

“We have to wait until tomorrow to find out. When it will expire … But I can anticipate that everything will be fine. I want to leave a positive sign ».

Where will it be signed?

“It is not signed because it has already been signed, it is simply extended for another two years ad experimentum”.

Will the contents continue to remain secret?

«Yes, but it is a relative secret because many contents are already known. By agreement of the two parties, the contents will be kept confidential as long as the Agreement is ad experimentum ».

When was the decision for renewal made?

«It was taken in recent days, there have been contacts between the two sides. Of course, Covid has complicated everything because it was not possible to travel, but there are continuous mutual contacts ».

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When was the decision for renewal made?

«It was taken in recent days, there have been contacts between the two sides. Of course, Covid has complicated everything because it was not possible to travel, but there are continuous mutual contacts ».

Are you satisfied with the results of the Agreement in these two years?

“If we look at the Agreement, I think so, we can be happy. We hope that there will be a better and continued functioning of the terms of the Agreement. Then there are also many other problems that the Agreement was not intended to solve. We will emphasize this a lot: do not think that the Agreement can solve all the problems that exist in China ».

For example, the persecutions of Christians?

«But, persecutions, persecutions … You have to use the words correctly. There are regulations that are imposed and which concern all religions, and certainly also concern the Catholic Church ”.

Does the Agreement anticipate a future re-establishment of diplomatic relations?

“For the moment there is no talk of diplomatic relations, we are focused on the Church. This is another point on which we would like to insist: the Agreement has not resolved all the problems and difficulties that exist and that we hope to tackle through dialogue, because the Agreement does not concern diplomatic relations nor does it envisage the establishment of diplomatic relations. The Agreement concerns the situation of the Church, a specific point such as the appointment of bishops. The goal is the unity of the Church, we have had important results such as the fact that all the bishops in China are in communion with the Pope. There are no longer any illegitimate bishops, this seems to me a significant step forward. From here it is a question of starting over and then, step by step, finding a normalization of the Church in China ”.

What do you wish for the Chinese Church?

“The hope is that the Chinese Church will find, thanks also to this agreement, its unity and through this unity it will become an instrument of evangelization, therefore of proclamation of the Gospel in Chinese society and of authentic development of all its inhabitants”.

Cardinal Mario Zenari, nuncio to Damascus, intervened on October 15 in the Vatican to launch an appeal to the ambassadors accredited to the Holy See for Syria, still a victim of wars and violence. What is your hope for the Middle Eastern country?

«Cardinal Zenari has very strongly underlined this new threat on Syria, since the violence has not yet completely stopped, not only in the South where the fighting continues but also in other parts. The cardinal said that there is another bomb which is poverty which risks increasingly impoverishing the population and leaving it in conditions of extreme poverty. We must first of all address this issue. I hope that the cardinal’s appeal, heard and accepted by all the ambassadors present at the Holy See who will report it to their respective governments to raise awareness, will find a common response in the international community ".

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Narrowing our gaze to the Vatican, in these days new details emerge on the financial events that you yourself have defined as “opaque”. And there is talk of an impending trial. Are there any dates?

“No, I’m not aware of any fixed dates for a possible trial. I imagine that it will come to a conclusion of the investigation and that, at that point, the promoter of justice and his deputies based on the elements gathered during this long time, will make his decisions. Until then, it naturally remains confidential. "

Will Cardinal Angelo Becciu go to trial?

“I do not know this”.

Are you afraid that such news could cause confusion for the faithful?

«Yes and personally I live this with great suffering. I think that what is happening, beyond the responsibilities that will also be established by the judicial investigation, can only create a lot of confusion among the faithful. But I would also like to add that - I don’t know if it’s a Chinese proverb to say it - it seems to me that a falling tree makes much more noise than a growing forest. In the Church the forest grows, in the sense that there is so much good that the Church does towards men and perhaps we should not focus only on the evil that unfortunately exists, as there is in every human reality ».

Recently Pope Francis has partially changed the composition of the Cardinal Commission of the IOR. She is no longer a part of it. Is it a decision linked to financial events?

“It’s a normal rotation. The Holy Father felt that other cardinals could carry out this task. As far as I know, it is certainly not linked to all the economic events in the Vatican ».
 
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If it is secret, how do we know it exists and will be renewed?

Or it is no longer a secret.

Or is it just fake news?
 
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Auto translation: China-Holy See, Parolin: “With the Agreement, there are no more illegitimate bishops, all in communion with the Pope” The secretary of state comments on the agreement which will be extended tomorrow: «The renewal is done. Satisfied with these two years, there are problems but the agreement did not intend to solve them ». Financial investigations: “I experience the confusion of the faithful with pain” ROME. “It’s done.” Tomorrow 22 October, with a separate but agreed commun…
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Perhaps you could combine both of your threads about the same topic.

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