Chinese bishops to attend Vatican synod for first time

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Reuters
October 1, 2018 / 7:23 AM / Updated 9 hours ago

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-vatican-synod/chinese-bishops-to-attend-vatican-synod-for-first-time-idUSKCN1MB2CQ

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Catholic bishops from China will for the first time attend a major Vatican meeting starting this week, the Vatican said on Monday, the first concrete sign of a thaw between the Holy See and Beijing following a landmark agreement.

“There will be two bishops from continental China. They were invited by the pope,” Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri told a news conference. “I think they are already on their way to Rome.”

Baldisseri said it was the first time the Beijing government has allowed bishops to leave the country to attend a Vatican synod, a meeting which takes place every few years on a different topic.