section_path: Notable views/Foreign policy
section_name: Foreign policy
paragraph_text: Foreign policy
  
  Tagle supports the 2018 Vatican–China agreement, which allows the pope to appoint and veto bishops approved by the Chinese Communist Party, asserting that the Holy See signed the agreement "to safeguard the valid apostolic succession and the sacramental nature of the Catholic Church in China... and this can reassure, comfort, and enliven baptized Catholics in China."
  
  Tagle supports the 2018 Vatican–China agreement, which allows the pope to appoint and veto bishops approved by the Chinese Communist Party, asserting that the Holy See signed the agreement "to safeguard the valid apostolic succession and the sacramental nature of the Catholic Church in China... and this can reassure, comfort, and enliven baptized Catholics in China."