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By Matthew E. Bunson | The most prominent critic of the current Vatican approach to Holy See-China relations is Cardinal Joseph Zen, 86, the Salesian bishop emeritus of Hong Kong. Cardinal Zen se...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/cardinal-joseph-zen-a-longtime-vocal-critic-of-chinas-policies

By Matthew E. Bunson | With the takeover of China by the communists under Mao Zedong in 1949, the country became an officially atheist state, and brutal oppression of all religion, including the ...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/china-and-religion-a-snapshot

By CNA/EWTN News | UROMI, Nigeria — During a two-day police operation, six women religious who were captured in Nigeria’s Edo state two months ago were released unharmed on Saturday, generati...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/nigerian-police-rescue-six-kidnapped-nuns

By ACI Prensa | TEMUCO, Chile — Pope Francis will spend a day in Temuco, the capital of a Chilean region with a large indigenous population, during his Jan. 15-18 visit to the nation. The city�...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/chilean-bishop-pope-will-visit-araucania-region-to-show-closeness-to-the-pe

By Matthew Bunson | Last week, in one of the most memorable and disturbing political exchanges in recent memory, Notre Dame Law Professor Amy Coney Barrett, a nominee for appointment by President...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-dogma-resonates

By Matthew Bunson | The U.S. Bishops began their annual spring meeting on Wednesday, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and while it brought little fireworks such as can occur at their longer annual fall ...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/us.-bishops-spring-meeting-day-one

By CNA/EWTN News | BALTIMORE — No one knows who killed Sister Catherine Ann Cesnik. A young nun who was on a year’s leave of absence, Sister Cathy, as friends called her, was murdered sometim...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/archdiocese-of-baltimore-speaks-ahead-of-netflix-series-on-murdered-nun

By Matthew Bunson | As the newest justice on the Supreme Court, Neil Gorsuch may provide the decisive vote on a number of major cases before the high court. Here are a few of the most significant...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/key-supreme-court-cases-for-catholics

By Elise Harris/CNA/EWTN News | VATICAN CITY — The day after an explosion at the Coptic Orthodox cathedral in Cairo killed 25 people, mostly women and children, Pope Francis called the head of ...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/the-blood-of-martyrdom-unites-us-pope-francis-tells-coptic-patriarch

By Archbishop Christophe Pierre | Note From the Editor: Below is the full address by the apostolic nuncio to the U.S. bishops. Slight edits have been made to conform to Register style:   Your Em...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/us-nuncio-for-a-church-evangelizing-youth-in-a-changing-society

By Elise Harris/CNA/EWTN News | VATICAN CITY — The Vatican announced Monday that recently nominated Cardinal-elect Archbishop Joseph William Tobin of Indianapolis will soon be taking over as t...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/cardinal-elect-archbishop-joseph-tobin-to-head-of-archdiocese-of-newark

By Matt Hadro/CNA/EWTN News | WASHINGTON — A new poll released Friday shows Donald Trump winning the Catholic vote by 16 points, but is it an accurate prediction of how Catholics will vote on T...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/how-will-catholics-vote-on-election-day-2016-its-hard-to-predict-say-expert

By The Editors | With Election Day just days away, it is time for all Catholics to know the issues and the candidates, form their consciences properly and then vote. Here is a “Catholic Voter C...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/election-2016-catholic-voter-checklist

By Doreen Abi Raad | BEIRUT — Lebanon once again has the only Christian head of state in the entire Middle East and North Africa. The Lebanese parliament elected 81-year-old former army general...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/lebanon-picks-new-president-ending-void-of-the-christian-held-post

By Donald DeMarco | Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine is a man who claims to be ahead of his time. At a dinner for one of America’s largest and wealthiest homosexual-rights lobby...

http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/a-man-ahead-of-his-time-vs.-a-man-for-all-seasons