Pope Francis Likely to Sign Deal on Chinese Bishops
According to a Vatican source, a deal between the Holy See and Beijing on the appointment of...
Feb 2, 2018
According to a Vatican source, a deal between the Holy See and Beijing on the appointment of...
Mar 1, 2017
U.S.-based democracy and human rights advocacy group Freedom House this week released the report...
Nov 3, 2016
Relations between the Vatican and China have been uneasy since the CCP took charge of the country...
Jul 23, 2015
On July 1, Hong Kong-based Lutheran pastor Philip Woo was called to the religious affairs bureau...
Sep 3, 2014
While officials in Zhejiang Province have denied that recent church demolitions and cross removals...
Feb 24, 2014
At The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson reviews two volumes on the past and present of...
Mar 14, 2013
The relationship between Beijing and the Vatican is a tense one. While the Vatican has been criticized by China for its ties to Taiwan, Beijing’s “illicit ordination” of Catholic bishops has been a cause for...
Jul 16, 2012
In the officially atheist nation, Chinese clergy often find themselves struggling between an intrusive government and their occupation. As an ongoing battle between Beijing and the Vatican heats up, political pressure on...
Jul 10, 2012
Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, who quit the state-endorsed Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) over the weekend during a mass for his ordination as bishop of Shanghai, has reportedly been isolated at a seminary on the...