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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, has acknowledged that the former head of state of the Vatican, Benedict XVI, sought to materialize an agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to regulate Catholicism in that country, despite the long history of the CCP’s violating human rights while suppressing religious communities. During a speech in Milan last Saturday that sought to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the arrival of Catholic missionaries to China, Parolin said: “Benedict XVI approved the draft agreement on the nomination of bishops in China that only in 2018, was it possible to sign,†according to the...
