ANALYSIS: A Chinese delegation is expected to visit the Vatican this month for talks on the future of the bilateral agreement ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, has chosen Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop under the Vatican's 2018 agreement with Beijing, signalling he is ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed an auxiliary bishop in China, his first episcopal appointment under the terms of the Vatican’s ...

The new pontiff has implemented an agreement signed in 2018 between the Holy See and Beijing, though some Catholic factions ...

The People’s Republic of China has officially recognized Pope Leo XIV’s first bishop appointment, the Vatican announced, ...

The Vatican expressed “satisfaction” on Wednesday at the recognition by China of the appointment of Joseph Lin Yuntuan as auxiliary bishop of Fuzhou, capital of eastern Fujian province. The ...

The announcement signals that a controversial deal which gives both sides a say on episcopal appointments will continue.

Lin studied at the Fuzhou Diocesan Seminary from 1979 to 1983, was ordained a priest in April 1984, served as diocesan administrator from 2003 to 2007, and acted as Apostolic Administrator until 2016.

Pope Leo XIV has appointed the first Chinese bishop of his papacy, signalling that he will continue a historic agreement that sought to improve relations between the Vatican and China.