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HONGDONG: Msgr. Pietro Liu Genzhu was ordained bishop of the diocese of Hongdong-Linfen (Shanxi) this morning. His appointment was recognized by the Holy See and the Chinese government. Msgr. Liu had already been vicar general of Linfen since 2010. The diocese had no bishop since 2006, following the death of the then ordinary Msgr. Sun Yuanmo, although Msgr. Liu was the Holy See candidate for a long time. Today's is the second episcopal ordination after the renewal of the Sino-Vatican Agreement last October. The first was the ordination in Qingdao. The news of his ordination was immediatel...

N China's 61-year-old peasant woman innovates traditional straw plaiting skills Yang Jinhua's corn husk artwork (Photo provided by Yang Jinhua) After the process of dying corn husks, bundling them up and trimming the redundant parts with scissors, the former inconspicuous husks have been transformed into vivid artwork with various themes by a 61-year-old peasant woman from north China's Shanxi province. Yang Jinhua, from Yaodu district, Linfen city of Shanxi province, shared that she first came into contact with a poverty-reduction project concerning corn husk artwork at the local bureau of...

Tea party? >itit is really unfortunate. confidein their government.have when you know that the irs, an agency that has that kind of power, to be targeting individuals or organizations simply because of their beliefs really does take away the faith and confidence thatthey are doing the right thing for the right reason. see that they are targeting any organization. they should treat people fairly across the board without any political infen whatsoever. >> in your prior life, were you a prosecutor, with the d.a. your thoughts on what's going on -- a lot of republicans are calling for the resignat...

to serve as long as the army will let him. we wish all the men and women serving this country the very best. thanks for being with us tonight. have a great weekend, we'll see you monday. tonight, the questions we want answered. is washington, d.c. really going to get more than 2 feet of snow? >> this is going to be one very significant storm. >> one of the biggest winter storms in decades. 50 million people in its path. our severe weather team all over the storm. a surprise deal at the private conference. >> a meaningful and unprecedented breakthrough here in copenhagen. >> but s...

get closer to the official start of winter. back to you. >> i was just going to say that. there's never a good time for this stuff. really, the week people are traveling for christmas, a nightmare. >> absolutely. i mean, remember, this is the final week for people to go out and do their final bit of christmas shopping with an economy that is just staggering right now. they need to go out, they really need good weather for this weekend and certainly mother stay off the roads, especially, especially all day nature's not cooperating. saturday and sunday. >> that is the last thing that...