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China ordains new bishop with Vatican’s approval

By AP News Fri, Apr 20, 2012 9:10PM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — Vatican media say a Chinese bishop has been ordained in a southwestern diocese with approval from both Beijing and Rome, a sign that the Sino-Vatican relationship may be improving. Online news site Vatican Insider reported that Joseph Chen Gong’ao was ordained Thursday in a ceremony attended by 800 as the bishop of...

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China calls Vatican ‘unreasonable’ in bishop spat

By AP News Tue, Jul 26, 2011 11:50AM UTC View Comments

BEIJING (AP) — The Vatican was “extremely unreasonable and rude” in expressing anger at the ordinations of Catholic bishops in China’s state-controlled church without the pope’s approval, the Chinese government said Monday. China’s State Administration for Religious Affairs also said the government would continue to support and encourage the independent selection and consecration of bishops...

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Philippines: Congress to start work on divorce bill

By Tonyo Cruz Mon, May 30, 2011 10:33PM UTC View Comments

House of Representatives Speaker Feliciano Belmonte on Monday threw his support behind a proposed measure allowing divorce in the Philippines which Congress would start deliberating on this week. In a report, Belmonte was quoted as saying: It is bound to be another one contentious bill, but let me just say that I myself is in...

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