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Press Office statement on the difference between the pope and his collaborators on Chinese matters

 

 

Vatican City (AsiaNews) - At 2 pm today (CET), the Holy See Press Office released the following statement by its director, Greg Burke, which we publish in full:

“With reference to widespread news on a presumed difference of thought and action between the Holy Father and his collaborators in the Roman Curia on issues relating to China, I am able to state the following:

“The Pope is in constant contact with his collaborators, in particular in the Secretariat of State, on Chinese issues, and is informed by them faithfully and in detail on the situation of the Catholic Church in China and on the steps in the dialogue in progress between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China, which he follows with special attention. It is therefore surprising and regrettable that the contrary is affirmed by people in the Church, thus fostering confusion and controversy”.

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