The Vatican credited the Sino-Vatican deal, signed in September 2019 and renewed for a third time in October 2024, for Lin ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Chinese Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan as an assistant in Fuzhou, the capital of China's south-eastern ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday appointed Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Fuzhou, China.

The 2018 accord sought to resolve the issue of who has authority to appoint bishops.

The ceremony took place today in Fujian province. Leo XIV, in his first choice regarding the Church in China, formally ...

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

In accordance with the Vatican-Chinese provisional agreement, Pope Leo had named Bishop Joseph Lin Yuntuan, 73, to be ...

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

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

A new assistant Catholic bishop, Joseph Lin Yuntuan, was installed in Fuzhou, China, under the Vatican-Beijing accord for ...

A new assistant Catholic bishop, Joseph Lin Yuntuan, was installed in Fuzhou, China, indicating the ongoing Vatican-China ...

The official inauguration ceremony was presided over by Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu of Mindong, who also took part in the Synod ...