Special Report: After decades of mistrust,Pope pushes for breakthrough with China

在几十年的猜疑后，教皇力图和中国取得突破

HONGKONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Pope Francis is leading a determined push tofundamentally alter the relationship between the Vatican and China, which fordecades has been infused with mutual suspicion and acrimony

香港/北京（路透社）——教皇弗朗西斯正坚定想要从根本上改变梵蒂冈和中国的关系，而几十年来二者之间充满了猜疑和恶语相向。

Interviews withsome two dozen Catholic officials and clergy in Hong Kong, Italy and mainlandChina, as well as sources with ties to the leadership in Beijing, revealdetails of an agreement that would fall short of full diplomatic ties but wouldaddress key issues at the heart of the bitter divide between the Vatican andBeijing.

在对香港，意大利以及中国大陆的二十几名天主教官员和牧师以及对与北京领导层有联系的消息人士进行采访后披露了二者协议的相关细节，虽然这还无法形成完全的外交关系，但是能解决致使二者产生严重分歧的关键问题。

A working groupwith members from both sides was set up in April and is discussing how toresolve a core disagreement over who has the authority to select and ordainbishops in China, several of the sources told Reuters. The group is also tryingto settle a dispute over eight bishops who were appointed by Beijing but didnot get papal approval - an act of defiance in the eyes of the Vatican.

来自两边的一个工作组于4月份成立，正讨论如何解决二者之间的核心分歧，即谁有权来挑选和任命中国的主教，几个消息人士对路透社如是说。该小组还试图解决因北京任命8名主教得不到教皇认可而产生的争议，北京的这个举动在梵蒂冈看来就是挑衅行为。

In what would bea dramatic breakthrough, the pope is preparing to pardon the eight, possibly asearly as this summer, paving the way to further detente, say Catholic sourceswith knowledge of the deliberations.

而突破性的进展就在于教皇很可能在今年夏天宽恕这8名主教，这为进一步的和解铺平了道路，天主教消息人士如是说。