<!– google_ad_section_start –> China said on Thursday it hoped newly elected Pope Francis would take a “practical and flexible” attitude. “We hope that under the leadership of the new pope the Vatican will adopt a practical and flexible attitude and create conditions for the improvement of China-Vatican relations,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. Beijing joined in congratulating Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was chosen as pope a day before China’s Communist party chief Xi Jinping was named national president. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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China hopes new pope will be ‘practical and flexible’
China hopes new pope will be ‘practical and flexible’
<!– google_ad_section_start –> China said on Thursday it hoped newly elected Pope Francis would take a “practical and flexible” attitude. “We hope that under the leadership of the new pope the Vatican will adopt a practical and flexible attitude and create conditions for the improvement of China-Vatican relations,” said foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying. Beijing joined in congratulating Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who was chosen as pope a day before China’s Communist party chief Xi Jinping was named national president. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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China hopes new pope will be ‘practical and flexible’
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