A Century After Pius XI Ordained 6 Chinese Bishops, Who Chooses China's Bishops?

A Century After Pius XI Ordained 6 Chinese Bishops, Who Chooses China's Bishops?

Cardinal Stephen Chow welcomed more papal-approved ordinations under the Vatican-China deal; a missionary, scholars, and rights advocates ask how much freedom it has brought.

100 years after the first Chinese bishops, who chooses them?

One hundred years ago Pius XI consecrated the first six Chinese bishops in St. Peter’s. The Holy See says its deal with Beijing serves unity; historians and rights advocates weigh what is left of 1926.