He said he had nothing to add to the Holy See’s assessment of the bishop’s transfer for the time being.
The Asia News report said the installation of Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai happened without the Vatican’s approval and therefore in violation of the Vatican-China deal on the appointment of bishops.
Shen Bin had been bishop of Haimen since 2010, an appointment that was Vatican sanctioned.
Asia News said the Diocese of Shanghai has not had a Catholic bishop for 10 years.
In March, the Vatican’s foreign minister told EWTN News that the Vatican-China deal was “not the best deal possible” and that negotiations are underway to make the deal “work better.”
Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, the Vatican secretary for Relations with States, said that Holy See diplomats are “negotiating improvements” to the Holy See’s provisional agreement with Beijing on the appointment of bishops, first signed in 2018.
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