ROME: Relations between China and the Catholic Church are "in a positive phase" even if a lasting thaw is not yet in sight, Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said Wednesday.

China is home to tens of millions of Christians, but the Vatican has not had diplomatic relations with Beijing since 1951, two years after the founding of the communist People's Republic.

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