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Pompeo Calls on Vatican to Reconsider Deal With Beijing

Nike Ching

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed to advocate for persecuted
   religious minorities in China while calling on the Vatican to
   reconsider renewing a deal with Beijing.

   "Nowhere is religious freedom under assault more than it is inside of
   China today," Pompeo said Wednesday in Rome, Italy.'¯"Nor of course
   have Catholics been spared this wave of repression." '¯

   Pompeo's latest remarks come as the Vatican and China are negotiating
   to renew a controversial 2018 agreement on the nomination of bishops.
   The terms of that deal have not been publicly revealed. '¯

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