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October 16, 2023
The two bishops, who were originally considered voting members of the 16th Ordinary Synod of Bishops, will no longer be present in the Paul VI Hall for the fi...
October 16, 2023
Synod on Synodality delegates in small groups listen to Pope Francis’ guidance for the upcoming weeks on Oct. 4, 2023. / Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Vatican City, Oct 16, 2023 / 09:02 am (CNA). As the Synod on Synodality hits the halfway mark for...
October 16, 2023
Following the 2018 agreement between the Holy See and Beijing regarding bishop appointments, two Chinese prelates were welcomed at the Synod.
October 22, 2021
Religious minorities face hard times amid rising intolerance and anti-minority sentiment in Asian nations.
October 18, 2021
Bishop Stephen Xiangtai Yang of Handan spent 15 years in labor camps until 1980 for defying Chinas communist regime
October 18, 2021
BEIJING (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan, who was persecuted and forced to spend years in labor camps during the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 98.
October 18, 2021
Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan was persecuted during Chinas Cultural Revolution. After his arrest in 1966 he served 10 years of a 15-year sentence in labor camps and factories before his acquittal in 1980. He never joined the state-sanctioned church.
October 18, 2021
BEIJING (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan, who was persecuted and forced to spend years in labor camps during the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 98.
October 18, 2021
BEIJING (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan, who was persecuted and forced to spend years in labor camps during the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 98.
October 14, 2021
Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai, the retired leader of the Handan diocese, died on October 13 at the age of 99, after a long illness.