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Vatican Cardinal Tagle recovers from coronavirus
CNA Staff, Sep 23, 2020 / 02:00 pm (CNA).- Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the head of the Vatican’s evangelization congregation,...
Read moreXinjiang officials admit large drop in birth rate, attribute it to family planning
CNA Staff, Sep 22, 2020 / 12:25 pm (CNA).- The government of China's Xinjiang autonomous region has acknowledged that birth...
Read moreChina restates ‘one China’ policy on Taiwan in question on Vatican talks
CNA Staff, Sep 22, 2020 / 11:30 am (CNA).- A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wang Wenbin,...
Read moreCardinal Zen: Church is losing ‘credibility’ to evangelize China
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 21, 2020 / 01:30 pm (CNA).- The former Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun,...
Read moreReport: Chinese government imprisoning more priests, bishops
CNA Staff, Sep 19, 2020 / 04:56 pm (CNA).- The Chinese government continues to imprison Catholic clergy - including bishops...
Read moreInvestigation of ‘suspicious fire’ at Australian cathedral underway
CNA Staff, Sep 18, 2020 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- A fire that burned some of the sacristy and part of...
Read more‘I will die with them and for them’: Franciscan friar who survived Syrian War dies of COVID-19
Rome Newsroom, Sep 17, 2020 / 11:00 am (CNA).- When asked by his superior if he wanted to leave Aleppo...
Read moreTaiwan foreign ministry: Vatican-China deal will not affect diplomatic recognition
Rome Newsroom, Sep 15, 2020 / 08:00 am (CNA).- Taiwan’s foreign ministry said Tuesday that it had received assurances from...
Read moreCatholics say religious ed plan defies doctrine, while diocese defends curriculum
CNA Staff, Sep 14, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- Catholics, including some local priests, have said a proposed diocesan catechetical...
Read moreWestern Australian legislative committee recommends preserving confessional seal
CNA Staff, Sep 12, 2020 / 05:01 am (CNA).- Religious ministers should not be required to violate the seal of...
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