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rthomas6  ·  1358 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pope pulls speech on Hong Kong freedom, raising questions over pressure from Beijing

Why would the pope do that? China and the Catholic Church don't exactly have a good relationship.



ThurberMingus  ·  1358 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The relationship has improved somewhat in the last couple years. Might be trying to preserve the gains.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/world/asia/china-vatican-bishops.html

    The Vatican said Saturday that it had reached a provisional deal with the Chinese government to end a decades-old power struggle over the right to appoint bishops in China.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/world/asia/catholic-bishop-china.html

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OftenBen  ·  1358 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They have blackmail, that's my guess.

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