In less than a week, three Chinese bishops were ordained with the approval of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government.
The ordination Mass for Bishop Peter Wu Yishun, 59, was celebrated Jan. 31 after Pope Francis named him head of the Apostolic
For the second time in less than a week, a Chinese bishop was ordained with the approval of both Pope Francis and the Chinese government.
The Vatican said Father Anthony Sun Wenjun, 53, was ordained to the episcopacy Jan. 29 in Weifang, about
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te, known as William Lai, who opposes Chinese control of Taiwan, won the island democracy's Jan. 13 presidential election, widely watched for its international implications.
Taiwan's Catholic bishops did not comment on the election, but Maryknoll Father Joyalito "Joy"
On the recommendation of the Catholic bishops of mainland China in consultation with the Chinese government, Pope Francis has named two bishops from the country's mainland as members of the assembly of the Synod of Bishops.
Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Zhoucun, who
After meeting with a Chinese official in Beijing to discuss paths toward peace in Ukraine and ensuring grain exports from the country, Pope Francis' special envoy is expected to return to Moscow, Russia's foreign minister said.
The Vatican said Sept. 14 that the
After saying Mass at the end of his recent four-day trip to Mongolia, Pope Francis encouraged Chinese Catholics “to be good Christians and good citizens.” He said this while holding the hands of the bishop of Hong Kong, Stephen Chow, and Chow’s
While China allowed Pope Francis' plane to cross its airspace on the way to Mongolia, an office of the Chinese Communist Party prevented any Catholic bishops or priests in the mainland from traveling there to see the pope. But a retired cardinal
Pope Francis has rectified an irregularly appointed bishop in China for the "greater good of the diocese," said Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state.
"The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as bishop of Shanghai, in continental China, transferring him
In a winning essay for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ religious liberty essay contest on the theme “Witnesses to Freedom,” Sofia Cornicelli, a recent graduate of St. Thomas More Academy in Raleigh, North Carolina, shares the story of “Little Li.” Also
Pope Francis prayed that Catholics in China would be free to share the Gospel and live their faith fully.
At a time when Vatican-Chinese relations are strained because of apparent differences over an agreement to name bishops, the pope publicly marked the annual