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Human Rights Watch: Vatican-China Deal Has Aided Religious Persecution, by Michael Haynes – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Human Rights Watch: Vatican-China Deal Has Aided Religious Persecution, by Michael Haynes

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By Michael Haynes, PerMariam, (Substack), Apr 17, 2026

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The group has renewed its appeal for Pope Leo XIV to take action on the Sino-Vatican deal and ‘end the persecution.’

(PerMariam) — The watchdog agency Human Rights Watch (HRW) has warned that the controversial 2018 deal between China and the Vatican has “helped the Chinese government to pressure underground Catholic communities to join the official church.”

According to a detailed new report issued by HRW, the Chinese state is only increasing its persecution of underground Catholics, and is doing so aided by the framework of the 2018 deal between Beijing and the Holy See regarding the appointment of bishops. …

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