![Bishop Yao Shun of Jining and Bishop Yang Yongqiang of Zhouchun (right) of the People's Republic of China at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican in October 2023. Bishop Yao Shun of Jining and Bishop Yang Yongqiang of Zhouchun (right) of the People's Republic of China at the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican in October 2023.](https://publisher-ncreg.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/pb-ncregister/swp/hv9hms/media/2024062209064_308bf95c58bf76808f39e5945e6db21e2c31d8314f3df93d61d2a46dd475aec7.jpg)
Pope Francis Names Chinese Bishop Who Attended Synod on Synodality to Archdiocese of Hangzhou
The new archbishop was one of two bishops from mainland China to participate in the October 2023 session of the Synod on Synodality in Rome.
The new archbishop was one of two bishops from mainland China to participate in the October 2023 session of the Synod on Synodality in Rome.
The Vatican has issued new norms on the approval of apparitions and other supernatural phenomenon. Register contributor Jimmy Akin provides his analysis. Then we look at the complicated relationship of the Catholic Church and Communist China with Vatican journalist Frank Rocca.
The Vatican is drafting the guidelines with the goal of providing a valuable resource for individuals, organizations, and communities both within and beyond the Catholic Church that seek to engage in dialogue.
Francis will become the first Pope in the history of the Catholic Church to visit Mongolia, a democracy sandwiched between the authoritarian powers of Russia and China.
The Pope also emphasized that the Church must dialogue with all comers, saying the power of the Gospel is for “everyone,” a mantra that has emerged as a key theme during Pope Francis’ ongoing visit to World Youth Day in Portugal.
For many years, knowledgeable voices have been warning the Vatican about the dangers of Sinicization.
COMMENTARY: A Chinese Catholic activist issues a cry from the heart to his fellow Catholics around the world.
The challenges now facing the Catholic Church in China and Nicaragua have significant similarities to the problems that the Holy See faced in the 20th century.
Perhaps the most remarkable moment of the evening came when the conversation turned to those times when the Lord seems to be deaf to the pleas of his people — times not unlike what many Catholics experience today.
Cardinal Zen, former Bishop of Hong Kong, has been a frontline soldier for the Church Militant in its spirited resistance to the secular fundamentalism of Chinese communism.
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