Vaticano: In new interview, Pope defends himself on China and Russia

In a wide - ranging interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis has spoken out on several hot - button issues such as sexual abuse and relations with China, but in perhaps his most unexpected comments, the pontiff called the ongoing 'Synodal Path' ...

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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing - wen told Pope Francis in a letter that war with China is 'not an option' and said constructive interaction with Beijing, which claims the island as part of its territory, depends on respecting self - ruled ...

The Vatican and China signed an agreement in 2018 that recognized the pope as the leader of the Catholic Church and set out a process for cooperation between the Chinese government and the Vatican ...

... human rights on mainland China and in Hong Kong, and its move in some quarters to embrace the ... Australian cardinal George Pell arrives for the consistory celebrated by Pope Francis for the creation ...

Beijing (Agenzia Fides) - Gratitude and joy, intertwined with an emotion full of consolation, prayers and grateful memory for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, who left this earth on the last day of 2022. These are the sentiments with which Chinese Catholics participated in the liturgical celebrations of Sunday, January 1, 2023, ...

And what about Cardinal Zen in Hong Kong? - - Pope Francis has openly acknowledged the failure of his effort to reconcile Roman Catholic Church authority with China's strict oversight of worship. He complained that the Chinese Communist Party ...

... Church issues, social issues, the war in Ukraine, the Vatican's relations with China, and his pontificate. On Monday the US Catholic 'America Magazine' published a wide - ranging interview with Pope ...

In a new interview with the Jesuit - sponsored America magazine, Pope Francis defended himself against charges that's been excessively silent on both Russia and China - Russia in the context of the war in Ukraine, and China vis - à - vis its record on human rights ...

- - Officially, the Vatican line, reaffirmed by Pope Francis himself, is that the Vatican - China deal of 2018 'is good,' is slowly producing its fruits, and renewing it twice in 2020 and 2022 was ...