The Rome-Beijing deal is “a major step toward the annihilation of the real Church in China”, Cardinal Joseph Zen has said (Nikkei Asian Review).
The Church in South Korea has announced major changes to priestly formation (Rita Ferrone).
Patriarch Kirill has shortened a visit to Moldova to avoid “provocative public events”.
The Bon Secours Sisters have agreed to contribute to the costs of excavating the former mother-and-baby home in Tuam, Ireland.
Lin Yijiang describes the crackdown on China’s underground priests.
John Allen, David Gibson, Sandro Magister, Edward Pentin, Fr Thomas Reese SJ and Carl Trueman comment on the synod.
And Chloe Langr suggests five ways of thinking like St Thomas Aquinas.
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