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by bcadmin | Nov 16, 2022 | Bishop Appointment, China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, Evangelization, lead, News, Propaganda Fidei, provisional agreement, Vatican, Vatican-China | 0 |
An official who works in the Vatican office overseeing so-called “mission territories” in Asia, Africa, and throughout the developing world has said the church must be “realistic” in engaging governments of countries such as China or Vietnam.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 22, 2022 | Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, China, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Vatican, Vatican-China | 0 |
Two top-ranking Vatican officials have praised the renewal of the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, saying it is a down-payment on a freer exercise of faith for Chinese Catholics in the future.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 20, 2022 | Cardinal Joseph Zen, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Sino-Vatican dialogue, Vatican, Vatican-China | 0 |
Amid increased controversy as a trial against a prominent Chinese cardinal continues to move forward in Hong Kong, the Vatican and China will for the second time renew their provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 19, 2022 | Cardinal Joseph Zen, China, Church in Asia, democracy, Hong Kong, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Religious Freedom, Vatican-China | 0 |
On Monday the trial against Chinese Cardinal Joseph Zen and five other defendants formally opened in Hong Kong, initiating highly controversial proceedings that have been widely criticized as an attack against democracy and religious freedom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 19, 2021 | Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Bishops, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, lead, News, News Analysis, provisional agreement, Vatican diplomacy, Vatican-China, Wuhan | 0 |
Often two people can look at exactly the same set of facts and draw diametrically opposing conclusions.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 25, 2021 | China, Chinese bishops, Chinese Catholics, Church in Asia, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Religious Freedom, Vatican-China | 0 |
Days before the week of prayer for Catholics in China began Sunday, several clergy and seminarians in the country were arrested for holding services without the permission of the country’s Communist authorities.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 3, 2021 | China, Church in Asia, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Religious Freedom, Vatican-China | 0 |
Over the weekend China’s new regulations for religious personnel went into effect, obliging those who hold any formal role to, among other things, pledge allegiance to the Chinese Communist Party and to resist foreign interference.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 26, 2020 | Bishop Appointment, Church in Asia, lead, News, provisional agreement, Uighurs, Vatican-China | 0 |
One month after the Vatican and China extended a provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, an episcopal ordination and an a papal criticism have illustrated the complicated back-and-forth relationship between the two in terms of attempts to strengthen ties
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Bishops, China, Church in Asia, News, provisional agreement, Taiwan, Vatican | 0 |
Following yesterday’s announcement of the renewal of the Vatican-China provisional agreement on the appointment of bishops, Taiwan has voiced concern over religious freedom and human rights.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 23, 2020 | Civil unions, Documentary, lead, Morality, News, News Analysis, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Vatican-China | 0 |
No matter what a leader actually says or does, if he or she allows an impression to be created and doesn’t publicly disown it, then it belongs to them.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 22, 2020 | Cardinal Joseph Zen, Father Bernardo Cervellera, lead, News, Pope Francis, provisional agreement, Vatican, Vatican-China | 0 |
Amid a chorus of criticism, the Vatican announced Thursday the highly-anticipated renewal of its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops meaning that for the next two years, the door is still open to possible diplomatic ties.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 19, 2020 | Cardinal Agostino Casaroli, Cardinal Joseph Zen, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Church in Asia, lead, News, provisional agreement, Soviet Union, Vatican-China | 0 |
“Parolin knows he himself is lying. He knows that I know he is a liar. He knows that I will tell everyone that he is a liar,” wrote Cardinal Joseph Zen, a former bishop of Hong Kong and a longtime critic of appeasement when it comes to China’s Communist authorities.
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