Experts say formal Vatican-China ties are a distant hope
- Dec 10, 2019
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Experts say formal Vatican-China ties are a distant hope
- Dec 10, 2019
Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo, chancellor of Vatican’s Pontifical Academy of Sciences, raised eyebrows this weekend when he said the next step for the Vatican and China would be to establish formal diplomatic relations and spoke of a possible future papal trip, yet experts say official ties are still a long way off.
Catholics split, Vatican largely mum on Hong Kong protests
- Dec 9, 2019
As protests continue to unravel in Hong Kong, the Vatican has maintained its silence and Catholics appear split about what exactly their role is and just how political they ought to be.
After typhoon, Philippine dioceses deploy teams to help displaced
- Dec 4, 2019
Catholic Church groups deployed teams to assist affected communities Dec. 4, a day after a powerful typhoon hit the Philippines, leaving at least four people dead.
Top Catholic leaders in Hong Kong have backed street protesters
- Dec 4, 2019
Catholic leaders in Hong Kong have widely supported nearly seven months of anti-government protests, except when they turned violent.
Retired Chinese cardinal blasts ‘disastrous’ rapport with Vatican
- Dec 4, 2019
Cardinal Joseph Zen, a vocal opponent of Pope Francis’s approach to China, in a new interview has called his contact with the Vatican in his time as a cardinal “disastrous,” particularly on the issue of engagement with Beijing, and criticized two former top Vatican officials.
Everyday Heroes: Fisherman attributes survival to heavenly intercession
- Dec 3, 2019
Jeffrey Rentegrado never expected that his career as a fisherman could put his life in danger. Nor did he know his faith — and perhaps the intercession of the founder of the Knights of Columbus — would save him from a deadly attack in his own home on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
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