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Nearly 50,000 baptisms registered in China in 2017

On: February 24, 2018

The Catholic Church in China registered 48,556 baptisms in 2017, reflecting the vitality and missionary strength of the Catholic communities there, according to a report by Fides, the news agency of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. The figures are likely incomplete, however, given the difficulty of procuring dataContinue Reading

Vatican, China close to signing deal on bishops

By: Matters India

On: February 5, 2018

In: International

A framework accord between the Vatican and China on the appointment of bishops is ready and could be signed in a few months in what would be a historic breakthrough in relations, a senior Vatican source said. Even a partial resolution of the thorny issue of who gets to appointContinue Reading