The challenges now facing the Catholic Church in China and Nicaragua have significant similarities to the problems that the ...

So what would be the answer? Rome argues that the only independent bishop is the one named by the Vatican. China argues against the interference of the Vatican as a foreign government. One wonders ...

VATICAN CITY _ The recent consecration of bishops in China without the approval of Pope Benedict XVI is prompting the Vatican to reevaluate its push to restore diplomatic relations with Beijing.

The United States' chief advocate for religious freedom expressed his "disappointment" in the Vatican over its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops in the country. Nury A ...

Pope Francis says continued dialogue with Chinese authorities is a guiding principle in his efforts to safeguard his flock ...

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 ...

In September, the Vatican and Chinese government are slated to begin renegotiations of a 2018 diplomatic agreement about bishop appointments within the country, according to AP News. The deal is a ...

moving beyond the harder line approach of his predecessor to sign an agreement in 2018 on the appointment of bishops in China. At the same time, the Vatican has maintained diplomatic relations ...

Cardinal Zen, former Bishop of Hong Kong ... Church — the Church in the catacombs. In 1988, the Vatican responded to the situation in China in the form of instructions to Chinese Catholics ...

Zen, a 90-year-old retired bishop, will attend the funeral ... Zen contends the deal betrays pro-Vatican Catholics in China and the clergy who have suffered persecution there.

On 20 November 2010, the unlawful consecration of Guo Jincai as bishop of Chengde soured relations between the Vatican and China. When the government, with much ostentation, held the Eighth ...

In the latest development amid an ongoing showdown between the Vatican and the German bishops, three top Vatican officials nixed the proposal for a new legislative body governing the church in Germany ...