British Archbishop Paul Gallagher closed a 5-day visit to Vietnam over the weekend after meeting with top civil and ecclesial ...
The Vatican announced on Saturday that the priest ordained in the Philippines and incardinated into the Sacramento Diocese in ...
VATICAN CITY--Pope Francis has signed off on a two-year extension of a deal with China on the appointment of bishops that critics have condemned as a sell-out to the communist government ...
Pope Francis has appointed Father Reynaldo Bersabal, a priest of the Diocese of Sacramento, California, as auxiliary bishop ...
The Vatican recognizes members of both as Catholics but claims the exclusive right to choose bishops. The Vatican and China signed an accord in 2018 over the thorny issue of bishop nominations ...
An 83-year-old Chinese underground bishop was installed at a state-sanctioned church ceremony on June 9, just three months before the expiry of a Vatican-China pact on the appointment of bishops in ...
Talks between the Vatican and Beijing ground to a halt after China ordained three bishops without papal approval in 2011 and 2012. But Church observers are hopeful that Francis and Xi will mend ...
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 ...
He has also "suspended" ties with the Vatican. The reasons for the breaks or suspensions are varied. They range from discomfort over the non-financing of a hospital (the Netherlands), the ...
COMMENTARY: Chapter 3 of ‘Lumen Gentium’ marked a renewed awareness of the vital significance of bishops, priests and deacons ...