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November 15, 2023

‘Do not kowtow to this evil’: a Chinese Catholic speaks out as senior Communist-endorsed bishop visits Hong Kong

November 15, 2023

We hear a lot about China these days: from official Vatican narratives surrounding the effectiveness of the controversial Sino-Vatican Pact to this week’s visit to Hong Kong of Bishop Joseph Li-Shan, leader of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA), at the invitation of the Bishop of Hong Kong, Cardinal Stephen Chow. Benedict Rogers, whose experience

Head of China’s government-backed bishops’ body visits Hong Kong

November 15, 2023

ROME –Bishop Li Shan of Beijing, who leads the government-sponsored bishops’ conference in China, began a five-day visit to Hong Kong this week intended to strengthen ties between the two churches and to facilitate stronger communication between the Holy See and mainland China. According to the Sunday Examiner, the official news platform of the Diocese of

The modern Advent calendar and our descent into vice

November 15, 2023

Every time a journalist phones me I remind myself of Oscar Wilde’s warning, “the difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read”. I find that I can’t break the habit of trying to explain to journalists that there is more to the question than they have as yet seen.