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Francis, pope since March 2013, said in a 2015 news media interview that he wished to visit China and improve the China-Holy See relationship. [17] It was reported that on a papal visit to South Korea in August 2014 China opened its airspace to the Pope's plane, and while crossing Chinese airspace the Pope sent a telegram expressing his "best ...
In 1971, when the seat of China at the United Nations was adjudicated to the government of the PRC, the Holy See continued to maintain formal diplomatic relations with China through the ROC. [11]: 181 Since 1971, the Holy See maintains a downgraded Apostolic Nunciature in Taipei, but without a Nuncio. The mission is headed only by a chargé d ...
Pope Francis has appointed Giuseppe Yang Yongqiang as bishop of Hangzhou, the capital of China's eastern province of Zhejiang, Vatican said on Saturday as it strives to strengthen relations with ...
Officially, the Holy See has maintained relations with "China" since 23 October 1942, but does not strictly clarify which government it considers to be "China." [1] Unofficially, the Holy See views the Republic of China as the representative government, [2] and maintains diplomatic relations with the ROC, [3] [4] with an embassy in Taipei. [5]
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -China's government has recognized the authority of the Catholic bishop of Tianjin, Melchior Shi Hongzhen, the Vatican said on Tuesday, who had previously been placed under ...
Pope Francis insisted Monday that the Vatican's relations with China were going well but said work must still be done to show Beijing that the Catholic Church isn’t beholden to a foreign power.
The Vatican made another big overture to China on Tuesday, reaffirming the Catholic Church poses no threat to Beijing's sovereignty and admitting that Western missionaries had made “errors” in ...
The Nationalist Government of China and the Vatican established diplomatic relations in June 1942, with the first Minister presenting his credentials in January 1943. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] As the Church began to flourish, Pius established a local ecclesiastical hierarchy; he received Archbishop Thomas Tien Ken-sin SVD into the Sacred College of Cardinals ...