This Crux article reports the Holy See Press Office announcement of 22 October 2024 that the previously secret Provisional Agreement on the appointment of bishops in China, first signed in September 2018 and renewed for two years each in 2020 and 2022, was extended for a longer four year term, and that 2024 alone saw more joint appointments than all prior years of the agreement combined.
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PublisherCrux
Publication Year2024
URLhttps://cruxnow.com/vatican/2024/10/vatican-china-renew-provisional-agreement-on-bishop-appointments
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Reliability Tier2
A specialist Catholic news outlet reporting a Holy See Press Office announcement of a diplomatic renewal date and term length, a checkable factual event rather than a contested interpretation, hence the middle tier. Cross-Tradition Connections
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This source names Holy See directly: "This Crux article reports the Holy See Press Office announcement of 22 October 2024 that the previously secret Provisional Agreement on the appointment of bishops in China, first signed in September..."
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