The Vatican and Beijing’s long term bets against each other

The Vatican and Beijing’s long term bets against each other

Alamy stock image.The Vatican announced on Monday the most recent in a growing list of bishops selected and installed under the norms of the 2018 agreement with the Chinese government on episcopal appointments.Bishop Paul Liu Honggang was consecrated Aug. 31 and installed as the new head of the Diocese of Datong, which had gone more than three-quarters of a century without a publicly acknowledged leader.Liu is the latest in a growing queue of re…