Is Xinxiang appointment a complicated kind of ‘progress’ for Vatican-China?
The appointment comes after years of deadlock and conflict in the apostolic prefecture.
The Holy See announced two developments in Church affairs in China in recent days, both of which point to the still complicated implementation of the Vatican’s accord with Beijing on the appointment of bishops.
The appointment by the Vatican of a new state-approved candidate to replace an underground bishop in a contentious territory shows …