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The Catholic Herald, Nov. 8, 2024
ROME – The Vatican’s top diplomat has said that a controversial deal with China on the appointment of bishops will continue “regardless of reactions that may come from America” during the new Trump administration.
Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, spoke to reporters on the sidelines of an event at Rome’s Jesuit-run Gregorian University on artificial intelligence and international humanitarian law.
Asked about tensions that arose between the White House and the Vatican over China during the previous Trump administration, which included then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warning that the Vatican risked “losing its moral authority” for its approach to Beijing, Cardinal Parolin indicated there would be no change of course. …