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All talk: Has Pope Francis given up on getting something out of the China deal?

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Ed. Condon
Sep 01, 2021
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Pope Francis offered rare comments on the Vatican’s dealings with China, defending the Church’s controversial diplomatic efforts with the Communist regime while acknowledging that the process has yielded “questionable” results. 

The pope was unusually candid for a Vatican official about the challenge of engagement with China, while doubling down on commi…

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