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Chinese bishop remains in detention one year on

Monday, May 30th, 2022

A Vatican-approved Chinese bishop remains in detention more than one year after his arrest for allegedly violating the communist country’s repressive regulations on religious affairs. Bishop Joseph Zhang Weizhu of Xinxiang in Henan province was arrested on May 21 last year. His arrest came a day after police arrested 10 priests and an unknown number Read more

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China leaves Pope without power to choose bishops

Monday, March 1st, 2021

A September 2018 agreement between China and the Vatican on selecting Roman Catholic bishops in China may not be as historic as it was described when announced. The way the government of President Xi Jinping views it, nothing really changed. The accord was supposed to end decades of disagreement between the church and Beijing by Read more

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