Negotiations to broker a framework accord between China and the Vatican on the appointment of bishops are making quick progress towards a deal, a Chinese official said on Friday.
A deal on the thorny issue of who gets to appoint bishops could be signed within months, a senior Vatican source told Reuters in February.
The potential Vatican rapprochement with Communist China sparked a war of words between Catholic officials.
“Talks are progressing at full swing,” deputy head of the official Chinese Catholics association, Fang Jianping, told Reuters on the sidelines of the annual meeting of parliament, when asked about the prospect of a normalisation of relations.
China’s 12 million Catholics are split between “underground” communities that often recognise the pope and those registered with the state-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association, where bishops are appointed…
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