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China expert says Vatican deal on bishops might really happen

Mar 21, 2018

As rumors fly of an imminent Vatican-China deal on the appointment of bishops, a Belgian priest known as an expert on China said he thinks an agreement might really happen.

By Barb Fraze

In China, government-appointed bishops support Xi, Vatican-China deal

Mar 13, 2018

Government-backed bishops have spoken out publicly in support of the Vatican-China deal in a Chinese media interview at the Chinese Communist Party’s annual meetings this week.

By Courtney Grogan

Cardinal Zen: Vatican-China proposal weakens the Church

Mar 9, 2018

Vatican diplomats’ efforts to reach an agreement with the Chinese government would turn bishops into government officials who cannot adequately shepherd their flock, Cardinal Joseph Zen has said.

By Catholic News Agency

Cardinal Zen calls China deal ‘suicide,’ blames papal advisors

Mar 1, 2018

In a recent blog post Cardinal Joseph Zen has issued another harsh critique of the rumored Vatican-China deal on the appointment of bishops, calling it an act of “suicide” and a “shameless surrender” to the communist government.

By Elise Harris, CNA

Nearly 50,000 baptisms registered in China in 2017, says Vatican agency

Feb 21, 2018

The Catholic Church in China registered 48,556 baptisms in 2017, reflecting the vitality and missionary strength of the Catholic communities there, according to a report by Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples.

By Wyatt Noble

Open letter calls on Vatican to rethink China deal, calling it a “regrettable mistake”

Feb 12, 2018

A group of mostly Hong Kong-based academics, lawyers and human rights activists has warned that regularizing seven illicitly ordained bishops in mainland China would cause Catholics in the country to “be plunged into confusion and pain, and schism would be created in the Church in China.”

By Charles Collins