Concerning The Holy See and China

On Thursday October 22 the Holy See renewed for a further two years the “provisional agreement”…

Vatican Renews Agreement with Communist China

On October 22, the Holy See agreed to a two-year extension of its former deal with…

Coronavirus Spreads, U.S. and Vatican Respond

In December, a new respiratory disease called ‘Coronavirus Disease 2019’ (COVID-19) broke out in Wuhan City,…

“One Child Nation”: The Birth of a Crisis

The opening montage of One Child Nation sets the tone of the documentary, cutting between grainy shots of…

Perspective: Vatican-China Relations

On September 22, 2018, after several years of discussion, the Vatican and the People’s Republic of…

Vatican, China Agree on Bishop Appointments

On September 22, the Vatican announced that it had reached a provisional agreement with the Chinese…

Vatican Asks Underground Chinese Bishops to Resign

The Vatican’s Secretary of State, Pietro Cardinal Parolin, has asked Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian of Shantou,…

New Book by Jesuit Professor Reveals Passion for Scholarship and Ministry

Boston College’s own Rev. Jeremy Clarke, S.J., Assistant Professor of History, has contributed yet another addition…