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The provisional agreement was first signed in 2018 and then renewed in 2020 and 2022. The most recent two-year renewal signed ...

Synods in the past only involved bishops, but at this synod lay men and women make up about a quarter of the delegates. In addition, the synod began in 2021 with a worldwide consultation process ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome The Vatican and China have agreed to extend an agreement aimed at ending a decades-old power struggle over the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in ...

The Chinese government said it has agreed to extend a provisional agreement with the Vatican on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years. The 2018 agreement, extended twice ...

But Catholic bishops are taking a very different approach this year, according to an analysis by NPR and Religion News Service. As voters in 10 states consider abortion-related ballot questions ...

China and the Vatican have agreed to extend a provisional agreement on the appointment of Catholic bishops in China for four more years BEIJING -- China and the Vatican have agreed to extend a ...