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Vatican picks Hong Kong bishop, delays announcement Hong Kong, China, Jan 17, 2020 / 07:06 am (CNA).- The Holy See has delayed announcing its pick for the next bishop of Hong Kong, CNA has learned, amid concerns that local clergy and lay Catholics will see Rev. Peter Choy Wai-man as too sympathetic to the Chinese Communist government.The Diocese of Hong Kong has been without permanent leadership since January 2019, when Bishop Michael Yeung Ming-cheung died unexpectedly. Since Yeung died, the diocese has been led temporarily by Cardinal John Tong Hon, Yeung’s predecessor, who retired from the post in 2017.Senior Church...

Vatican-China deal must be implemented, Parolin says Vatican City, Mar 1, 2019 / 11:49 pm (CNA).- Speaking at a conference on Vatican diplomacy, the Holy See’s Secretary of State stressed that it is now important “to make the China deal for the appointment of bishops work in practice.”   Cardinal Pietro Parolin’s remarks were given during the opening lecture of a 2-day conference on the Holy See’s diplomatic agreements, held Feb. 28 – March 1 at the Pontifical Gregorian University and the “Ecole Français in Rome.”   In his lecture, Parolin provided a general overview of the Holy See’s agreements...