• China and Vatican Tensions Continue Despite Recent Consecration

  Chinese-Vatican relations remain strained despite the papal-approved consecration of auxiliary bishop Pei Junmin in Shenyang, following the appointment of two bishops without Vatican consent.

• Hong Kong Bishop Doubts Vatican-China Relations Will Be Normalized by 2008

  Hong Kong’s Cardinal Zen said that China – Vatican relations have soured and would not be normalized by 2008 because of the ordination of 2 bishops without papal permission.

• Chinese Officials Report Second Case of Bird Flu in Northwest China

  Chinese health officials report the second case of bird flu amongst wild migratory geese in Qinghai Province, northwestern China. Qinghai lies under a major bird migratory route and has experienced av

• China Remains Silent to Bishop's Excommunication

  Chinese officials and state-controlled media remained quiet, Friday, after the Vatican excommunicated two bishops ordained without papal approval.

• Pack More Bibles to Bring to China, says Voice of Martyrs

  A U.S.-based Christian persecution monitor said that more Bibles would be needed for China, in light of the China Bible Exhibition tour in the United States. China’s official church continually mainta