ASIA/CHINA - Chinese academics and clergy discuss the “Historical legacy of the 2024 Concilium Sinense and the Guidelines of China-Vatican Relations”

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Beijing (Agenzia Fides) – “The Historical Legacy of the 2024 Concilium Sinense and the Guidelines of China-Vatican Relations”, is the title of the academic seminar organized in Beijing as part of the celebrations for the 100th anniversary of the convening and holding of the Concilium Sinense, held in Shanghai in 1924. The seminar was organized by the Institute of Buddhism and Religious Theory of the Renmin University of Beijing. The event was attended by prominent historians from Chinese academies and Catholic priests who are involved in historical and theological studies. The first part of the seminar, which took place last Saturday, November 9th, was devoted to the relevance of the historical legacy of the Council of Shanghai of 1924, while the afternoon session focused on the implications of relations between the People's Republic of China and the Holy See and the measures to promote the development of Sino-Vatican relations.
The Catholic priests Peter Zhao Jianmin, Director of the Institute for Catholicism and Culture in Beijing, and Joseph Li Shuxin, Vice Rector of the Chinese Seminary, as well as Leopold Leeb, Professor of the School of Liberal Arts at Renmin University, discussed with the professors of the Chinese academies.

In his speech, Peter Zhao addressed the impact of the First Chinese Council on the present and future of Catholicism in China; Leopold Leeb presented the Chinese priests involved in the 1924 Council, while Professor Liu Zhiqing analyzed the impact of the 1924 Shanghai Council on promoting the inculturation of Catholicism in China. Professor Zhong Zhifeng, a member of the host institute, explained the "diplomatic game behind the 1924 Shanghai Council".
In the final round table discussion, the seminar participants discussed various highly topical issues, including "episcopal appointments, communion, diocesan adjustments, obstacles in diplomatic relations between China and the Vatican and possible steps". (NZ) (Agenzia Fides, 18/11/2024)