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Entries from Shanghaiist tagged with 'holysee'

February 19, 2008

With all the bad press surrounding Steven Spielberg's Olympic boycott, Beijing seems to be scrambling to action to diffuse all the negative publicity by wooing a most unlikely target, the Pope. From Michael Sheridan of the Sunday Times (UK):TEMPTED by the prize of a historic visit to China by Pope Benedict XVI, the nation’s leaders have authorised a renewed effort in confidential discussions with the Vatican to heal their rift and inaugurate diplomatic ties. The......

Continue Reading "Catholic China: Beijing woos the Pope, a new bishop for Hong Kong and a nun's gay crusade"

July 1, 2007

In a very unusual letter (English translation here) addressed to the "bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful" in mainland China, Pope Benedict XVI (and he's got a cool Chinese name too - 教宗本笃十六世) has openly hoped for a renewal of relations between China and the Vatican. In the letter, the Pope noted that "there are signs, in China too, of the tendency towards materialism and hedonism, which are spreading from the big cities to......

Continue Reading "Pope says ni hao to Chinese Catholics"

June 8, 2006

Something's definitely afoot in the smoky backrooms of Zhongnanhai and the smoke-free and spooky chambers of the Vatican: China is pulling The Da Vinci Code off screens nationwide. So far, there is no official reason, just conjectures. The Scotsman said that it had something to do with Beijing's relations to the Vatican: Relations between Beijing and the Vatican -- who do not have diplomatic ties -- reached a new low last month when the Pope......

Continue Reading "The Da Vinci Code pulled from Chinese theaters"

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