We now know everyone who will participate in the historic month-long gathering at the Vatican this October.
China
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Russia ready to receive Pope Francis’ peace envoy again after Cardinal Zuppi’s Beijing visit
As Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Pope Francis’ special envoy for peace in Ukraine, concluded his three-day visit to Beijing, surprising news came from Moscow.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
China has agreed to receive Pope Francis’ Ukraine peace envoy after long delay
Pope Francis announced several times that he hoped Cardinal Zuppi would go to Beijing on a peace mission, but it has taken a long time for the Chinese to agree to accept him.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis: Synod proceedings will be secret to avoid ideology and gossip
On the plane home from Mongolia, Pope Francis answered several questions about this October’s synod of bishops.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
China forbids Catholic bishops and faithful from joining Pope Francis in Mongolia
No bishop from mainland China has been allowed to travel to Mongolia as Pope Francis makes the first-ever visit by the leader of the Catholic Church to this vast landlocked country sandwiched between China and Russia.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Analysis: Why Pope Francis recognized a bishop appointed in violation of Vatican-China deal
Why has Pope Francis decided to recognize a bishop installed by Chinese authorities—in violation of the historic Sino-Vatican agreement—more than three months after he was appointed to China’s largest diocese?
Posted inFaith, Speeches
Pope Francis: Jesuit Matteo Ricci brought the Catholic faith to China with dialogue, friendship and consistency
In his general audience, Pope Francis discusses the apostolic zeal of Matteo Ricci, the Jesuit who successfully taught and spread the Gospel in China in the 1500s.
Posted inFaith, News
Hong Kong’s Jesuit bishop visits Beijing as China-Vatican ties strain
Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop arrived in Beijing on Monday, marking the first visit to the Chinese capital by the city’s bishop in nearly three decades, despite signs of Sino-Vatican strains.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: China breaches Vatican agreement on appointment of bishops
China has breached its long-fought-for agreement with the Vatican on the appointment of bishops.
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China installs new bishop in Shanghai, in apparent violation of Vatican-China deal
In an apparent breach of the Vatican’s agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, the bishop of Haimen was installed as the bishop of Shanghai April 4.