News reports suggest that the Vatican and China could reach an agreement on the appointment of Chinese Catholic religious officials. The goal is to end the split between state-controlled Catholic churches and so-called “underground” churches that obey the Pope. The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported earlier this week that a Chinese delegation would visit Rome next month. Among those in the delegation would be China’s deputy foreign minister. However, some Catholics are concerned about such an agreement. They say a deal would normalize relations between the Vatican and China without dealing with the division between official and unofficial churches in China. Jonathan Liu is a priest with the Chinese Christian Fellowship based in San Francisco, California. He says the agreement will do more harm than good for the independence of Catholics in China.
Title: The Vatican Close to a Deal on Catholic Churches in China
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2374/Vatican_Church_China.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Vatican Close to a Deal on Catholic Churches in China' data-article-id='2892'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11125'>News reports suggest that the Vatican and China could reach an agreement on the appointment of Chinese Catholic religious officials.</span> <span data-start-time='11125' data-end-time='23396'>The goal is to end the split between state-controlled Catholic churches and so-called “underground” churches that obey the Pope.</span> <span data-start-time='23396' data-end-time='36604'>The Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported earlier this week that a Chinese delegation would visit Rome next month.</span> <span data-start-time='36604' data-end-time='42771'>Among those in the delegation would be China’s deputy foreign minister.</span> <span data-start-time='42771' data-end-time='49208'>However, some Catholics are concerned about such an agreement.</span> <span data-start-time='49208' data-end-time='64000'>They say a deal would normalize relations between the Vatican and China without dealing with the division between official and unofficial churches in China.</span> <span data-start-time='64000' data-end-time='74104'>Jonathan Liu is a priest with the Chinese Christian Fellowship based in San Francisco, California.</span> <span data-start-time='74104' data-end-time='83063'>He says the agreement will do more harm than good for the independence of Catholics in China.</span> 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