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Sacred Spaces
St. Peter’s Church (Peterskirche) Vienna, Austria
True Beauty
O Vos Omnes (Newman University Church, Dublin, Ireland)
RECENT COLUMNS
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Auguste Meyrat
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Michael Pakaluk
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Francis X. Maier
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John M. Grondelski
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Robert Royal
NEWS
COMMENTARY
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China controls its Church
Sandro Magister, Settimo Cielo
Thursday, February 18, 2021
On the appointment of bishops, China is doing everything on its own, and the Pope kowtows. “Bitter Winter,” the top online newspaper in the world for information on religion in China, calls it a “slap in the face for the Vatican.” And it’s not just Rome under the Communist Party heel. Under the rules of the State Administration of Religious Affairs, the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama must be authorized by the Party.