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Advocacy group Human Rights Watch has called on Pope Leo XIV to conduct an urgent review into the Vatican’s secretive deal with Communist China.
In a public statement issued following the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, Human Rights Watch urged the American pontiff to address one of the more controversial issues left by his predecessor – namely the Sino-Vatican deal on the appointment of bishops in China.
“Chinese Catholics worshiping in underground churches are among the ‘ordinary people’ on whom Pope Leo has said the church should focus its attention,” stated Maya Wang, the associate China director at Human Rights Watch.
“It’s critical for religious freedom in China that the Catholic church stands on their side, and not on the side of their oppressors.” …
