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Vatican Explains Unexpected Recall of Its Representatives From Taiwan & Hong Kong - Reports
Vatican Explains Unexpected Recall of Its Representatives From Taiwan & Hong Kong - Reports
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Vatican Explains Unexpected Recalling of Its Representatives From Taiwan & Hong Kong - Reports
2022-02-19T04:36+0000
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The Vatican has relocated its representatives from Taiwan and Hong Kong, which has triggered speculations that the Roman Catholic Church aims to alter its approach towards China.On 31 January, the Holy See announced that Monsignor Arnaldo Catalan would leave Taiwan to take a new position in Rwanda. Five days later, it was announced that Monsignor Javier Herrera Corona of Hong Kong would be would be appointed to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.Monsignor Corona noted in his interview with the Union of Catholic Asian News that the reshuffle does not “have anything to do with Vatican activities in China” and that the Vatican regards establishing an official mission in China as “the last of the least objectives”.In 2018, the Vatican and Beijing decided to work together to agree on the appointment of Chinese bishops, which helped to remove one of the most important problems between the two states – a division between the “underground church” with bishops appointed in the Vatican, and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (PCA), controlled by local authorities.Since then, Beijing has officially recognised three bishops loyal to the Holy See. In total, six new bishops have been appointed to the PCA during this time.
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Vatican Explains Unexpected Recall of Its Representatives From Taiwan & Hong Kong - Reports
04:36 GMT 19.02.2022 (Updated: 12:43 GMT 19.06.2023) In recent years, the Vatican and China, which haven’t officially established ties, have attempted to improve their relations. Nevertheless, the Holy See is the only European institution that directly maintains diplomatic relations with Taiwan, which upsets Beijing.
The Vatican has relocated its representatives from Taiwan and Hong Kong, which has triggered speculations that the Roman Catholic Church aims to alter its approach towards China.
On 31 January, the Holy See announced that Monsignor Arnaldo Catalan would leave Taiwan to take a new position in Rwanda. Five days later, it was announced that Monsignor Javier Herrera Corona of Hong Kong would be would be appointed to the Republic of the Congo and Gabon.
Monsignor Corona noted in his
interview with the Union of Catholic Asian News that the reshuffle does not “have anything to do with Vatican activities in China” and that the Vatican regards establishing an official mission in China as “the last of the least objectives”.
“These are regular transfers. The mission in Hong Kong is not closed. Taiwan is also not folding," Corona told UCA News last week, adding that replacements could be "expected within three months”.
4 November 2021, 07:42 GMT
In 2018, the Vatican and Beijing decided to work together to agree on the appointment of Chinese bishops, which helped to remove one of the most important problems between the two states – a division between the “underground church” with bishops appointed in the Vatican, and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (PCA), controlled by local authorities.
Since then,
Beijing has officially recognised three bishops loyal to the Holy See. In total, six new bishops have been appointed to the PCA during this time.
