The Vatican

Influential Catholics expressed shock and disappointment about the Vatican's potential deal with Beijing.

The decision in December came amid what observers describe as an extraordinary effort by the Vatican to advance negotiations to restore ties with Beijing after a nearly 70-year schism among Catholics in the world’s most populous nation.

China said on Tuesday it opposed outside interference in its internal affairs after the Vatican expressed concern about a Chinese bishop it said had been "removed".

Accord would help end decades of estrangement between Beijing and Catholic Church

Huang Jiefu’s inclusion at summit risks conferring legitimacy on Beijing’s transplantation program, say critics

Beijing and the Vatican seem to want to come to an agreement, though who has the last word in appointing bishops is still a point of contention

Mr. Dong is a thorn in the side of both the Vatican and the Chinese state. This 58-year-old laborer from a village in northern China calls himself a bishop

Agreement on issue of Vatican’s right to appoint bishops in China would be biggest diplomatic feat of Francis’s papacy

This week, Chinese president Xi Jinping and Pope Francis missed each other on their back-to-back visits to the United States.

Meeting said to be in the works, but recent anti-church actions could complicate dialogue.

In China, where official relations with the Vatican are a “never ending crisis,” as the Vatican Insider put it recently, the news of the resignation of Pope Benedict has been slow to spread. The Chinese state doesn’t recognize the Pope as the leader...