What is not said is that the Chinese authorities will still be first in line in the selection of future pastors, with only a feeble right of veto granted to the pope on any candidates who may not be to his liking.
In this sense, the accord can rightly be defined as “historic,” because it marks a sensational about-face in the journey that the Catholic Church has made over centuries of history to free itself from submission to political powers, particularly in the “investiture” of its pastors.
Mike Johnson Goes Full Neocon, Nikki Haley May as Well Be House Speaker
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In a speech that Nikki Haley would endorse 100 percent, Speaker Mike
Johnson begs the House to approve more aid to Ukraine and Israel to the
tune of $95 bi...
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