{"id":9556,"date":"2017-08-04T10:47:03","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T10:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=9556"},"modified":"2017-08-04T10:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T10:47:03","slug":"pope-loves-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/pope-loves-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope ‘Loves’ China"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BEIJING (Reuters) – Pope Francis “loves China” and the Vatican hopes China has a great future, a Chinese state-run newspaper on Friday cited a visiting Vatican official as saying, in an expression of goodwill despite strained relations between the two.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Pope Francis would like to heal a decades-old rift with China, where Catholics are divided between those loyal to him and those who belong to a government-controlled official church.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In June, China said it opposed outside interference in its internal affairs after the Vatican expressed concern about a Chinese bishop it said had been “removed.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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