Articles tagged Cardinal Pietro Parolin

EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Parolin confirms Vatican aims to renew secretive deal with China this year

Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin told LifeSiteNews that the Holy See ‘hope[s] to renew’ its secretive deal with Communist China, which has faced scathing criticism from Catholic clergy, freedom advocates, and China experts.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Apr 23, 2024Apr 24, 2024

Vatican diplomat says secretive deal with Communist China still a ‘useful means’ to appoint bishops

The deal, signed between China and the Holy See in 2018 and renewed in 2020 and 2022, aims to normalize relations in the communist state but faces criticism for increasing persecution of underground Catholics.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Mar 28, 2024Mar 28, 2024

Catholic diocese of Hong Kong ‘working with CCP’ to effect ‘Sinicization’: report

Titled ‘Hostile Takeover: The CCP and Hong Kong’s Religious Communities,’ the report accuses Cdl. Chow of assisting the communist agenda, including promoting the Sinicization of the Church.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Feb 2, 2024Feb 2, 2024

Vatican appoints bishop in Communist China under ‘framework’ of secret deal, but questions remain

There is a discrepancy between the Vatican and the Chinese Communists on when the bishop's appointment took place, leading observers to believe that the Holy See is once again playing second fiddle to Beijing.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jan 26, 2024Jan 29, 2024

Cardinal Becciu given 5 and a half years in jail by Vatican court for financial crimes

The trial has lasted for over two years, and has cast the Vatican in the global spotlight: an aspect which has chiefly served to highlight the mirky dealings of the Holy See's officials and financial dealings.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Dec 16, 2023Dec 18, 2023

Leaked Vatican note to German bishops affirms male-only priesthood, sinfulness of homosexual acts

The document names the 'priestly ordination reserved for men' as an issue that cannot be changed, citing John Paul II's Ordinatio Sacerdotalis, which states 'that the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ordination on women and that this judgment is to be definitively held by all the Church's faithful.'

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Andreas Wailzer

• Nov 24, 2023Nov 24, 2023

Pope Francis to lead interfaith event to fight ‘climate change’ at UN COP28 conference

At the COP28 conference in Dubai, Pope Francis will inaugurate a ‘Faith Pavilion’ event organized by the UN and Muslim leaders in an effort to use world religions to promote climate policies.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Nov 10, 2023Nov 13, 2023

Pope Francis bows to Communist China and confirms bishop appointed by Beijing

Pope Francis' approval and appointment of Bishop Shen Bin to Shanghai reveals who really holds power in the Vatican's deal with China.

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Michael Haynes, Snr. Vatican Correspondent

• Jul 18, 2023Jul 19, 2023

Former Vatican deputy auditor general dies while $10 million lawsuit remains unresolved

Due to the withholding of his medical records, Vatican Deputy Auditor Ferruccio Panicco’s diagnosis was delayed, which he said put in jeopardy the curability of what turned out to be prostate cancer, from which he died last week.

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Louis Knuffke

• Jun 26, 2023Jun 27, 2023

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Articles tagged Cardinal Pietro Parolin

EXCLUSIVE: Cardinal Parolin confirms Vatican aims to renew secretive deal with China this year

Vatican diplomat says secretive deal with Communist China still a ‘useful means’ to appoint bishops

Catholic diocese of Hong Kong ‘working with CCP’ to effect ‘Sinicization’: report

Vatican appoints bishop in Communist China under ‘framework’ of secret deal, but questions remain

Cardinal Becciu given 5 and a half years in jail by Vatican court for financial crimes

Leaked Vatican note to German bishops affirms male-only priesthood, sinfulness of homosexual acts

Pope Francis to lead interfaith event to fight ‘climate change’ at UN COP28 conference

Pope Francis bows to Communist China and confirms bishop appointed by Beijing

Former Vatican deputy auditor general dies while $10 million lawsuit remains unresolved