ROME – Next week a high-profile conference will be held marking the centenary of the Catholic Church’s first ever council in China, drawing a slew of experts and featuring prominent Vatican speakers, including Pope Francis.
On May 21, a conference titled “100 years since the Concilium Sinense: Between history and present,” will be held at Rome’s Pontifical Urban University, marking the 100th anniversary of the Council of Shanghai.
The conference, organised in collaboration with Fides News, a missionary news site attached to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Evangelisation, is slated to feature a slew of high-profile speakers from the Vatican and China, including Pope Francis and a bishop who was initially appointed without his approval.
