Head of China’s state-backed Catholic church begins historic trip to Hong Kong November 14, 2023 Head of China’s state-backed Catholic church will visit Hong Kong as ties with Vatican are strained ...
China has some 10 million Catholics. Pope Francis hopes the deal "will allow the wounds of the past to be overcome" and bring about full Catholic unity in China, the Vatican said. An eighth bishop ...
and thereby deprive him of the megaphone he has used to embarrass the Church, to grossly distort Catholic social doctrine, and to betray the persecuted Catholics of China.
There are currently about 100 Catholic bishops in China, with some approved by Beijing, some approved by the Vatican and, informally, many now approved by both. People praying at an underground ...
VATICAN CITY--The decision by the Vatican and China on Tuesday to extend an accord on the appointment of Catholic bishops in the communist country for four years indicates a new level of trust ...