Article By Alexa Olesen
  • Head of China's State-Backed Catholic Church Dies

    Bishop Fu Tieshan, the hard-line chairman of the state-sanctioned Catholic Church who sparred with the Vatican over China's insistence on appointing its own bishops, died on Friday.

  • China Welcomes Vatican Move to Mend Ties

    China's state-backed Catholic church Monday welcomed a newly announced Vatican initiative to repair ruptured relations with Beijing and said a promised letter to Chinese Roman Catholics could be help

  • China Marks Tiananmen Square Anniversary

    Chinese police tore up a protester's poster and detained at least two people on Beijing's Tiananmen Square on Sunday as the country marked 17 years since local troops crushed a pro-democracy demonst

  • Da Vinci Code Opens in Beijing, Ahead of Screening at Cannes

    BEIJING (AP) - A Beijing audience became the first to see 'The Da Vinci Code' when it was shown here Wednesday, beating the official Cannes premiere by hours in a move that underscored Hollywood's