Topic: The Roman Catholic Church
China's state-controlled Catholic church plans to ordain at least seven more bishops, a top church official said Friday, after a series of such ordinations worsened already tense Vatican ties.Liu Bainian, deputy head of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), said the new ...
The Vatican and Malaysia have established official diplomatic ties, the Holy See announced on Monday after talks between Pope Benedict XVI and Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak."In the cordial conversations, the positive developments in bilateral relations were discussed, and an agreement was ...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican said on Saturday that a Chinese bishop ordained without papal approval has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church, bringing relations between the Vatican and Beijing to a new low.In a statement condemning Thursday's ordination as illegitimate, ...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China ordained a third bishop without the Pope's approval on Thursday, the honorary president of the state-backed church said, in a move likely to further strain tense relations between the Chinese government and the Vatican.China's state-sanctioned Catholic church ordained ...
ROME (Reuters Life!) - Italian police said on Thursday they had found a fitting temporary home for an accused jewelry robber whose priestly disguise failed to help him slip past their dragnet.Police said they tracked down and arrested the 37-year-old male suspect ...
Ties between the Vatican and Beijing have been fraught further with the Holy See excommunicating a Chinese bishop and threats by the China's state-run Church to continue defying Pope Benedict XVI.China's 5.7 million Catholics are increasingly caught between showing allegiance to the ...
Prime Minister Najib Razak is due to meet Pope Benedict XVI mid-July as Malaysia embarks on a plan to establish diplomatic relations with the Vatican, a top official said Tuesday."The meeting with Pope Benedict XVI is set for July 18. The meeting ...
Pope Benedict XVI on Monday reviewed work by 60 artists during the debut of a programme he spearheaded hoping to strengthen links between the cultural world and the Roman Catholic Church.The exhibition, titled "Splendour of the truth, beauty of the Truth", featured ...
The Vatican is turning to the Internet in its struggle against child abuse with a new website allowing clergy around the world to share information on eradicating the problem.A key figure behind the initiative is German psychologist priest Hans Zollner from the ...
Chinese police detained a Vatican-backed Catholic priest and blocked his ordination as a bishop, a parishioner said Thursday, in a move likely to raise tensions with the Holy See.The detention of Joseph Sun Jigeng came as China's state-run Catholic church reportedly ordained ...
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