# Leo XIV calls Chinese bishops' unity with Rome non-negotiable

- By: Andrés MP-T
- 2026-11-05T14:49:01.000Z

## Excerpt

On 5 November 2026 Leo XIV's video message reached the Urbaniana conference on the centenary of the first modern Chinese bishops, ordained by Pius XI in 1926. He calls each bishop's unity with the bishop of Rome non-negotiable. Parolin says the 2018 agreement has been renewed twice and is imperfect; Li Shan gives his own account of sinicization.

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