In future new bishops will be proposed by members of local Catholic communities together with Chinese authorities. The names will be sent to the Vatican Pope Francis on Tuesday defended a landmark ...
The Vatican's foreign minister made a first-of-its kind visit to Vietnam, fueling speculation that Pope Francis may add an ...
British Archbishop Paul Gallagher closed a 5-day visit to Vietnam over the weekend after meeting with top civil and ecclesial ...
ROME--The Vatican on Tuesday answered its critics ... two years other than preventing a possible schism if China continued nominating bishops without the pope’s consent.
Bishop Peter Wu Yishun was consecrated bishop of Minbei in Fujian in southeast China, the Vatican said in a statement. It noted that Francis had named him bishop on Dec. 6. On Monday, the Vatican ...
The Vatican announced on Saturday that the priest ordained in the Philippines and incardinated into the Sacramento Diocese in ...
Pope Francis agreed with Beijing that in exchange for China formally recognizing the pope’s authority within the church, the Vatican, in turn, would consent to the legitimacy of bishops Beijing ...
The AsiaNews reports the dea l includes a mutual recognition, where the Chinese government would recognize dozens of underground bishops ... in China, I’m not confident in the Vatican’s ...
Pope Francis agreed with Beijing that in exchange for China formally recognizing the pope’s authority within the church, the Vatican, in turn, would consent to the legitimacy of bishops Beijing ...
Pope Francis has appointed Father Reynaldo Bersabal, a priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, California, as auxiliary bishop ...