Pompeo: China is World's ‘Gravest Threat’ to Religious Freedom
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's remarks came one week after the Vatican and China renewed their provisional agreement on the ordination of bishops.
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Cardinal Parolin Defends China Deal as Vatican Prepares to Renew Agreement
China was the subject of talks this week between Cardinal Parolin and the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who has argued that the agreement has failed to protect China’s Catholics from a crackdown on religious believers under President Xi Jinping.
Despite Differing Perspectives, US-Vatican Secretaries of State Discuss a Way Forward With China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met Oct. 1 at the Vatican with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, and Archbishop Paul Gallagher, secretary for Relations With States.
Pompeo: Nowhere is Religious Freedom More Under Assault Than in China
The U.S. Secretary of State’s remarks at a religious freedom symposium came a day before he is expected to meet with Cardinal Pietro Parolin at the Vatican to discuss the renewal of the Holy See’s provisional accord with China.
Secretary Pompeo: Vatican Has ‘Moral Authority’ to Speak on China
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he believes the U.S. and the Holy See “have a shared interest in seeing that every human being in China has the opportunity to practice their faith, exercise their conscience rights.”
State Department Releases Annual Human Rights Report
The report includes details of abuses in countries including China, Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba.
New Commission Will Give ‘Critical Attention’ to Human Rights, Experts Say
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hoped the commission’s work would prove to be “one of the most profound reexaminations of the unalienable rights in the world since the 1948 Universal Declaration.”
