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First bishop ordained in China under Vatican deal

China's Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican. [AFP]

A Chinese Catholic bishop has been ordained with the joint approval of the Pope and Beijing for the first time under an agreement intended to encourage a rapprochement between China and the Holy See.

China's roughly 12 million Catholics have for decades been split between a government-run association, whose clergy were chosen by the atheist Communist Party, and an unofficial underground church loyal to the Vatican.

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