Vatican Says Catholics Arrested in China
[UPDATED] From AP, via Netscape News: The Vatican said Saturday that Chinese authorities have carried out a new series of arrests of officials from that country’s non-government controlled Catholic...
View ArticlePRC Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Pope John Paul II
Thanks to David Cowhig for sending this translation of a report from sina.com: The PRC Foreign Ministry spokesperson, in answering a journalists questions about whether there would be a condolences...
View ArticleAFP: China blocks Internet comments on the pope
From AFP: China’s web portals have blocked prayers, blessings and other comment on the death of Pope John Paul II from being posted on the Internet, officials said. While popular portals such as...
View ArticleJim Yardley: China’s Divided Catholics Unite, if Just to Mourn
From the New York Times: China’s 12 million Catholics are mourning the death of John Paul II, but his passing is also a reminder of an unfinished legacy: the division of Chinese Catholics from the...
View ArticleBloomberg: China Won’t Send Representative to Pope’s Funeral
From Bloomberg: China’s government said it won’t send any representatives to tomorrow’s funeral of Pope John Paul II and said Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s planned trip to the Vatican is a...
View ArticleChristopher Bodeen: Shanghai Mass for Pope Draws Thousands
From AP, via The Washington Post: Thousands of Chinese Catholics attended services for Pope John Paul II in Shanghai on Saturday, despite the Chinese government’s refusal to forge ties with the...
View ArticleAP: Pope Hoped to Visit China, Bishop Says
From AP, via the Guardian: Pope John Paul II once wrote to China’s president and never stopped dreaming of a papal visit to China, Hong Kong’s bishop recalled in an interview published Sunday. Bishop...
View ArticleChina tells new Pope to break ties with Taiwan
From CBC News: Just hours after Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger was named Pope Benedict XVI, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said Beijing is willing to improve the relationship between China and the...
View ArticleNicole Winfield:Pope’s call for diplomatic ties is regarded as an overture to...
From AP: Pope Benedict XVI sent a veiled message to China on Thursday, inviting countries that don’t have diplomatic relations with the Vatican to establish ties soon in a move that could complicate...
View ArticleBeijing bars 4 bishops from going to Vatican – David Lague
From the International Herald Tribune: In a setback for Pope Benedict XVI‘s efforts to improve its official ties with China, the authorities in Beijing have rejected a Vatican invitation to four...
View ArticleDalai Lama Says Sorry He Can’t Meet Pope – Reuters
From Reuters: The Dalai Lama said on Friday he was sorry he could not see Pope Benedict during a 10-day visit to Italy in which most politicians have shied away from meeting him. China sees the Dalai...
View ArticleBeijing Cautions New Pope on Meddling in China
The relationship between Beijing and the Vatican is a tense one. While the Vatican has been criticized by China for its ties to Taiwan, Beijing’s “illicit ordination” of Catholic bishops has been a...
View ArticleOn Asia Tour, Pope Francis Reaches Out to China
The Vatican and Beijing have been on uneasy terms since the Communist Party came to power in 1949. Upon Pope Francis I’s ascension last year, Beijing warned him against interfering with China’s...
View ArticlePope Seeks Improved China Relations Amid Crackdown
Talks are underway between the Vatican and Beijing to secure an agreement involving the selection and ordination of bishops in China. The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association—a body overseen by...
View ArticleVatican Says Catholics Arrested in China
[UPDATED] From AP, via Netscape News: The Vatican said Saturday that Chinese authorities have carried out a new series of arrests of officials from that country’s non-government controlled Catholic...
View ArticlePRC Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Pope John Paul II
Thanks to David Cowhig for sending this translation of a report from sina.com: The PRC Foreign Ministry spokesperson, in answering a journalists questions about whether there would be a condolences...
View ArticleAFP: China blocks Internet comments on the pope
From AFP: China’s web portals have blocked prayers, blessings and other comment on the death of Pope John Paul II from being posted on the Internet, officials said. While popular portals such as...
View ArticleJim Yardley: China’s Divided Catholics Unite, if Just to Mourn
From the New York Times: China’s 12 million Catholics are mourning the death of John Paul II, but his passing is also a reminder of an unfinished legacy: the division of Chinese Catholics from the...
View ArticleBloomberg: China Won’t Send Representative to Pope’s Funeral
From Bloomberg: China’s government said it won’t send any representatives to tomorrow’s funeral of Pope John Paul II and said Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian’s planned trip to the Vatican is a...
View ArticleChristopher Bodeen: Shanghai Mass for Pope Draws Thousands
From AP, via The Washington Post: Thousands of Chinese Catholics attended services for Pope John Paul II in Shanghai on Saturday, despite the Chinese government’s refusal to forge ties with the...
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