Pope names Hong Kong bishop
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The pope on Wednesday named a Hong Kong bishop to eventually succeed Cardinal Joseph Zen, the leading proponent for religious freedom in China.
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China's official Catholic church has installed a new Vatican-approved bishop, the third in a month, state media and a Rome-based religious news agency reported on Saturday.
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A Catholic bishop praises parishioners for their response to a priest at the centre of a sex abuse allegation.
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Pope Benedict XVI sends a letter to China's Catholics in an effort to start a new dialogue with Beijing.
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VIENNA -- Pope John Paul II officially named yesterday a prelate who investigated a child pornography scandal at a seminary to replace the bishop who resigned in the case, which rocked Austria's Roman Catholic Church and triggered an exodus of embittered believers.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday named Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop with a spotless record, as archbishop of Warsaw to replace a prelate who resigned in disgrace after admitting he spied for the communist police.
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The Pope names a new archbishop of Warsaw after his first choice admitted working for the secret police.
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Pope Benedict on Saturday named  Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop with a spotless record, as archbishop  of Warsaw to replace a prelate who resigned in disgrace after  admitting he spied for the communist police.
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POPE Benedict XVI has named Kazimierz Nycz, a bishop in northern Poland, to succeed Cardinal Jozef Glemp as archbishop of Warsaw, a spokesman for the Polish episcopacy announced today.Comment
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Pope Benedict on Saturday decried Chinese state restrictions on religious freedom that "suffocate" the Church and sow division amongst that country's Catholics, in his most significant address on China to date.
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China's state-controlled Catholic Church has ordained  a new bishop in a move set to anger the Vatican.
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China's state-controlled Catholic Church installed a cleric well-regarded by the Vatican as bishop of Beijing on Friday in a move that officials say should help ease their tense relations.
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The Vatican praises the man set to become the bishop of Beijing, even though he was not selected by the Pope.
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ASIA/HONG KONG - Valorizzare il ruolo delle parrocchie e delle strutture esistenti per rilanciare la formazione dei laici Hong Kong (Agenzia Fides) - Dal 31 agosto la diocesi di Hong Kong ha sciolto ufficialmente la Commissione diocesana per la formazione dei Laici e lÂUfficio diocesano per la formazione dei laici al fine di coordinare nel modo migliore la formazione de...
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The first state-appointed Chinese Catholic bishop for 50 years to have the Pope's approval is being consecrated.
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A bishop whose diocese plans to seek bankruptcy protection from millions of dollars in clergy sex abuse claims was elected Monday as the next president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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Chinese refusal to recognise the authority of the Vatican is an "act of war", Hong Kong's cardinal tells the BBC.