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Vatican-China agreement: As misguided as Rome's attempt to work with Nazi Germany?
Vatican-China agreement: As misguided as Rome's attempt to work with Nazi Germany?

(OPINION) How will the recent Vatican-Beijing development — ostensibly designed to unite the much persecuted, Vatican-loyal, underground Chinese Catholic church with the government recognized, and controlled, official Chinese Catholic church — survive should Vatican officials decide to criticize one or another Chinese human rights violation? Or does China believe that this agreement is just another Chinese attempt to control religious expression?

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