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Chinese mainland gets bishop for first ‘new Catholic diocese’ since communist revolution

January 30, 2024

ROME – The state-sanctioned Catholic church in China has seen a new bishop’s appointment made alongside the establishment of a new diocese on the mainland for the first time since Mao’s Communist revolution. On 29 January, the Vatican confirmed that Bishop Anthony Sun Venjun, 53, had been appointed to lead the Diocese of Weifang that

Cardinal Zen: ‘It seems the Vatican-China deal is not proceeding. That’s good’

May 18, 2017

Cardinal Joseph Zen says that, in their desperation for a deal, the Pope's advisers seem to want 'success at any cost'

Cardinal Zen’s plea to Vatican: accepting China’s ‘fake bishops’ would ‘destroy the Church’

November 04, 2016

Cardinal Zen said the Vatican's plan would be a 'surrender'

Bishop of Hong Kong defends Vatican stance on human rights in China

August 05, 2016

Cardinal John Tong said the Church 'cannot and should not' intervene in political struggles in China

Chinese bishop shocks faithful by recanting position on state-run church

June 17, 2016

Bishop Thaddeus, under house arrest for four years, says he was wrong to criticise the Catholic Patriotic Association

Why is the Vatican cosying up to China?

May 12, 2016

If the Vatican is to initiate closer relations with mainland China, in what way would this benefit country's Catholic Church?

Chinese bishop who resisted government pressure dies aged 90

May 10, 2016

Bishop Zhang Huaixin, who spent years in labour camps, was admired as a role model for Chinese Catholics

Chinese bishop ordained in public for the first time since 2012

August 06, 2015

Ordination Mass drew 1,400 people, with an extra 500 turned away by authorities