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Terms set for normal ties with Vatican

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July 26 - The Vatican must sever¹ "diplomatic relations" with Taiwan and stop interfering² in China's internal affairs if it wants to normalize ties with Beijing, a leading Chinese Catholic leader said yesterday.

The Vatican is the only government in Europe to recognize Taiwan and wants Beijing to grant the Pope supreme³ authority to appoint bishops⁴ on the mainland.

China sees the Vatican's stance as interference in the country's internal affairs, Liu Bainian, vice-president of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic⁵ Association (CCPA), said.

His remarks were in response to a report in the Italian daily, La Repubblica, on Tuesday that quoted him as saying he "strongly hopes to be able to see the Pope one day in Beijing to celebrate Mass for us Chinese".

The report has been widely cited by international news agencies, but Liu said it had ignored the preconditions he had set.

"What I meant was I hoped the Pope could visit China and celebrate Mass but only after normalization⁶ of diplomatic ties," Liu told China Daily.

"If the two issues can be resolved properly, the two sides will have favorable conditions to improve ties."

Liu's remarks came on the sidelines of a Catholic assembly in Beijing yesterday that was held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of CCPA.

The Chinese Catholic society has vowed⁷ to adhere to independent selection and ordination⁸ of bishops and management of its churches.

"Without independence, the Chinese Catholic society would not have been reborn," he said.

The Chinese Catholic society is independent from the Vatican only in politics and economic policies. But in religious belief, Chinese Catholicism is the same as Catholicism elsewhere in the world, he said.

China today has about 5 million Catholics compared to 2.7 million in 1958, according to official figures.

More than 200 Catholic representatives, heads of other religions and government officials attended yesterday's meeting.

Ji Jianhong, chairman of the Three-Self Patriotic Movement Committee of the Protestant Churches of China, said: "Patriotism⁹ and religious belief are consistent in the Bible. Independence in religious operation has been a part of national sovereignty and the core of patriotism and religious belief."

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1 sever
v.切开，割开；断绝，中断
参考例句：
She wanted to sever all her connections with the firm.她想断绝和那家公司的所有联系。 We must never sever the cultural vein of our nation.我们不能割断民族的文化血脉。

2 interfering
adj. 妨碍的动词interfere的现在分词
参考例句：
He's an interfering old busybody! 他老爱管闲事！ I wish my mother would stop interfering and let me make my own decisions. 我希望我母亲不再干预，让我自己拿主意。

3 supreme
adj.极度的，最重要的；至高的，最高的
参考例句：
It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。 He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。

4 bishops
（基督教某些教派管辖大教区的）主教( bishop的名词复数 )；（国际象棋的）象
参考例句：
Each player has two bishops at the start of the game. 棋赛开始时，每名棋手有两只象。 "Only sheriffs and bishops and rich people and kings, and such like. “他劫富济贫，抢的都是郡长、主教、国王之类的富人。

5 patriotic
adj.爱国的，有爱国心的
参考例句：
His speech was full of patriotic sentiments.他的演说充满了爱国之情。 The old man is a patriotic overseas Chinese.这位老人是一位爱国华侨。

6 normalization
n.（normalisation）正常化，标准化
参考例句：
The visit signalled the normalization of relations between the two countries.这次访问显示两国关系已经正常化。 He was pleased to the normalization of relationship between the police and the people.他很高兴警方和人民之间关系的正常化。

7 vowed
起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）
参考例句：
He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。 I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

8 ordination
n.授任圣职
参考例句：
His ordination gives him the right to conduct a marriage or a funeral.他的晋升圣职使他有权主持婚礼或葬礼。 The vatican said the ordination places the city's catholics in a "very delicate and difficult decision."教廷说，这个任命使得这个城市的天主教徒不得不做出“非常棘手和困难的决定”。

9 patriotism
n.爱国精神，爱国心，爱国主义
参考例句：
His new book is a demonstration of his patriotism.他写的新书是他的爱国精神的证明。 They obtained money under the false pretenses of patriotism.他们以虚伪的爱国主义为借口获得金钱。

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