Tuesday, April 9, 2019

vatican

Sovereignty
- The Lateran Treaty (Italian: Patti Lateranensi; Latin: Pacta Lateranensia) was one of the Lateran Pacts of 1929 or Lateran Accords, agreements made in 1929 between the Kingdom of Italy and the Holy See, settling the "Roman Question". They are named after the Lateran Palace, where they were signed on February 11, 1929. The Italian parliament ratified them on June 7, 1929. Italy was then under a Fascist government, but the succeeding democratic governments have all upheld the treaty. It recognized the Vatican as an independent state, with Prime Minister Benito Mussolini agreeing to give the church financial support in return for public support from the pope at the time. In 1947, the Lateran Pacts were incorporated into the democratic Constitution of Italy.

The Order of Pope Pius IX (Italian: Ordine di Pio IX), also referred as the Pian Order (Italian: Ordine Piano), is a papal order of knighthood originally founded by Pope Pius IV in 1560. The awarding of the order fell into disuse and was re-instituted by Pope Pius IX as a continuation on 17 June 1847.[1] Since November 1993, it has been granted to women. The highest rank awarded by the Pope is the gold Collar of the Order, awarded to heads of state on the occasion of official visits to the Holy See. The Grand Crossis the highest Papal award given to lay men and women, often given to Ambassadors accredited to the Holy See after two years in post as well as exceptional Catholics in the wider world for particular services, mainly in the international field and for outstanding deeds for Church and society. The next rank is that of Knight (and now Dame) Commander, to whom the Star (the same as worn by the Grand Crosses) may be given as a higher distinction. The lowest rank is that of Knight or Dame. It is awarded to Catholics and non-Catholics and, on occasion, to non-Christians.

Corporate governance
- http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/408bc3ba-9c37-11e5-b45d-4812f209f861.htmlThe Vatican has appointed PwC to undertake its first audit based on international accounting standards, as Pope Francis presses on with his bid to reform the city-state’s murky economy in the wake of the latest corruption allegations to hit senior Catholic clergy The Holy See, which announced the move, said the 2015 audit by PwC would begin “immediately” and the auditors would be working closely with staff in the secretariat for the economy, led by Australian Cardinal George Pell.

Filial correction
- Sixty-two scholars and priests have issued a “filial correction” of Pope Francis, saying that his words and actions risk leading Catholics into false doctrines. The signatories emphasise that they do not accuse the Pope of committing the personal sin of heresy, or the canonical crime. But they claim that the publication of Amoris Laetitia, and the Pope’s subsequent words and actions, have led to the spread of “heresies and other errors”. Others have since added their names to the letter (the full list is here). Most of the document’s first signatories were academics. They include Mgr Prof Antonio Livi, formerly rector of the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome; Prof Thomas Stark, who teaches at the Benedict XVI Academy of Philosophy and Theology in Austria; and Claudio Pierantoni of the University of Chile. Bishop Bernard Fellay, superior general of the SSPX, is also a signatory, as is Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, former Vatican bank president. Another signatory, Prof Stéphane Mercier of the Catholic University of Louvain, has been disciplined by the university for voicing his pro-life views. Some of the signatories put their names to a letter addressed last year to the College of Cardinals, asking them to request that the Pope condemn certain heresies and errors.
A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Roman Catholic Church. It is named after the leaden seal (bulla) that was traditionally appended to the end in order to authenticate it.Papal bulls have been in use at least since the 6th century, but the phrase was not used until around the end of the 13th century, and then only internally for unofficial administrative purposes. However, it had become official by the 15th century, when one of the offices of the Apostolic Chancerywas named the "register of bulls" ("registrum bullarum").


people
- Pope Martin I (Latin: Martinus I; born between 590 and 600, died 16 September 655) reigned from 21 July 649 to his death in 655.[1] He succeeded Pope Theodore I on 5 July 649. He was the only pope during the Eastern Roman domination of the papacy whose election was not approved by a iussio from Constantinople. Martin I was exiled by Emperor Constans II and died at Cherson. He is considered a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.In 641, Pope John IV sent the abbot Martin into Dalmatia and Istria with large sums of money to alleviate the distress of the inhabitants, and redeem captives seized during the invasion of the Slavs. As the ruined churches could not be rebuilt, the relics of some of the more important Dalmatian saints were brought to Rome, where John then erected an oratory in their honour.
- Pope Marcellus II (6 May 1501 – 1 May 1555), born Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, was Pope of the Catholic Church from 9 April 1555[1] until his death 22 days later on 1 May 1555. He succeeded Pope Julius III. Before his accession as pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He is the most recent pope to choose to retain his birth name as his regnal name upon his accession, as well as only the second and most recent pope to date to take the name "Marcellus" upon being elected. After his death, it would be 423 years before another pope would choose a name with an ordinal number less than IV (John Paul I).
- Monsignor Carlo Capella

  • A Vatican diplomat already under suspicion for child pornography-related offenses in the United States has now been accused of downloading child porn in Canada. Monsignor Carlo Capella was recalled to the Vatican, where an investigation into his alleged crimes has been initiated.https://cruxnow.com/cns/2017/09/29/vatican-diplomat-also-wanted-canada-child-porn-charges/


History
- 15th century - fight for supremacy between the conciliar party and the pope
- at the end of 18th century/beginning of 19th century, pope was without territory - a dethroned temporal monarch. On the fall of napoleon empire in 1814, he was restored to his temporal dominions and remained in possession of a diminished realm (for a large part of papal states demanded and obtained union with kingdom of italy in 1860) until on 20sept1870, the italian troops entered rome (such action by king victor emmanuel endorsed after a plebiscite of papal states). Royal degree of 9oct1870 declared rome and roman provinces form an integral part of kingdom of italy.

  • it was the duty of all catholic states to protect pope against any change external or internal which might compromise his temporal sovereignty and thus militate against the free exercise of his spiritual functions.  interventions in papal states were results of this teaching. Napoleon Bonaparte took the extreme step of making pius vii prisoner and removing him to france. france, austria and spain at different times during the 19th century intervened, and movements in favour of popular government were suppressed. For nearly the whole period between 1849 and 1970, french troops guarded the pope.   
- papal agents

  • earliest reps were apocrisarii or responsales, in time of constantine to reside at constantinople; subsequently they resided at the courts of frankish kings
- institution of legates
  • papal envoys sent for various purposes
  • ablegati (no political mission)
  • legati a latere
  • legati a missi, known as nuntii when sent as permanent residents (a lower class called inter-nuntii)  
- participation in international politics

  • papal envoy to hague conference in 1899 refused; italy protested against his admission
  • papacy not been admitted to membership of league of nations, nor to various conferences which followed the conclusion of the wars of 1914-18.
- The Schola Cantorum was the trained papal choir during the Middle Ages, specializing in the performance of plainchant for the purpose of rendering the music in church. In the fourth century, Pope Sylvester I was said to have inaugurated the first Schola Cantorum, but it was Pope Gregory the Great who established the school on a firm basis and endowed it.[1] The choir ranged anywhere from twenty to thirty boys or men. Only the most skilled in singing were selected to participate in the Schola Cantorum. The Lombards, Franks, and Goths dominated the face of Western Europe in the seventh and early eighth centuries. The idea of unity and centralization was simply unknown during this time so local churches were relatively independent.[14] Each region of the West probably received the Eastern heritage of musical elements in a slightly different form. This caused each region to produce several distinct liturgies and bodies of liturgical music of its own.[15]Although each region shared the same language of Latin, they had different texts and music. We know for certain that there existed Beneventan chant, Roman Chant, Ambrosian chant, Hispanic chant, and several types of Gallican chant. Each of these political divisions developed their own repertory of melodies for singing sacred texts.

  • 費明儀had studied there (hkcl exhibition)



international relations
- A concordat is convention between the Holy See and a sovereign state that defines the relationship between the Catholic Church and the state in matters that concern both, i.e. the recognition and privileges of the Catholic Church in a particular country and with secular matters that impact on church interests. According to P.W. Brown the use of the term "concordat" does not appear "until the pontificate of Pope Martin V (1413-1431) in a work by Nicholas de Cusa, entitled De Concordantia Catholica". The first concordat dates from 1098, and from then to the beginning of the First World War the Holy See signed 74 concordats. Due to the substantial remapping of Europe that took place after the war, new concordats with legal successor states were necessary. The post-World War I era saw the greatest proliferation of concordats in history. Although for a time after the Second Vatican Council, which ended in 1965, the term 'concordat' was dropped, it reappeared with the Polish Concordat of 1993and the Portuguese Concordat of 2004. A different model of relations between the Vatican and various states is still evolving in the wake of the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Liberty, Dignitatis humanae.
- Law of Guarantees, Italian Legge Delle Guarentigie, (May 13, 1871), attempt by the Italian government to settle the question of its relationship with the pope, who had been deprived of his lands in central Italy in the process of national unification. The first section of the law sought to ensure the freedom of the pope to fulfill his spiritual functions despite the loss of his temporal power. It gave the pope special status as a sovereign person, assured him the right to receive ambassadors and to communicate freely with Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world.

vatican summit
- http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-vatican-idUSKBN15L11L A top Chinese health official will attend a conference at the Vatican on organ trafficking this week, a state run newspaper said on Monday, with the visit coming as China and the Holy See try to improve ties. Pope Francis would like to heal a decades-old rift with China where Catholics are divided between those loyal to him and those who are members of a government-controlled official church.

sports
- 天主教梵蒂岡教廷上周四與意大利奧委會簽訂協議，梵蒂岡將成立一支官方田徑隊，參與奧運等國際賽事。隊員包括神父與修女，他們將來會親身上陣為教廷爭取獎牌。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190113/00180_031.html
judaism
- http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2017/02/21/vatican-and-romes-jewish-museum-team-up-for-first-joint-show/ The museums of the Vatican and Rome’s ancient Jewish community are hosting their first joint exhibit, building on decades of improved Catholic-Jewish relations following centuries of mistrust. The focus of the exhibition opening in May will be the menorah, the seven-armed candelabrum described in the Jewish Torah and depicted in Jewish, Catholic and secular art over the centuries. Part of the show will explore the legend of a solid-gold menorah that was kept in the first Temple of Jerusalem. The menorah was taken to Rome after the 70AD destruction of the temple by troops of the Roman emperor Titus. The historic trail of the menorah seems to have been lost during the 5th century, when it was possibly hauled off by the Vandals who sacked Rome in 455.

USA
- http://www.reuters.com/article/uk-pope-trump-idUSKBN17D1FF U.S. President Donald Trump has not asked to meet Pope Francis during his visit to Italy next month for the Group of Seven summit, sources said on Tuesday, in what would be a highly unusual omission. Trump, who Francis suggested was "not Christian" if he wanted a wall on the Mexican border, is due in Sicily on May 26-27 for a meeting of the heads of the world's richest nations.
- 美國天主教教會爆出大規模性侵醜聞後，周一召開年會，就落實對抗性侵事件的措施投票。惟梵蒂岡教廷在表決前夕急傳指令，要求美國教會暫勿採取行動，此舉引發猛烈抨擊。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181114/00180_014.html

netherlands
- in 1592 the church of rome officially abolished the church hierarchy with appointment of the first vicar apostolic, sasbout vosmeer, who was to head what eventually came to be known as the Holland Mission

switzerland
- graubunden

  • Ilanz articles of 1524 - provided considerable lay control of church affairs 
  • second Ilanz articles in 1526 - relieved bishop of his territories and placed religious houses under political control
- bern

  • reformation mandate in feb1528 which laid out details of a new church order
- in 1529, cities of basel and schaffhausen followed bern's lead and adopted reformation mandates



malta
- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/25/vatican-takes-leadership-knights-malta-chivalric-order-british/ the Vatican is to take over the Knights of Malta after the British head of the ancient chivalric order resigned over an acrimonious row about condoms. Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Grand Master Matthew Festing on Wednesday after his defiance of papal authority ended in a spectacular own goal. The Pope will now appoint one of his own men as the new head of the ancient order, in an unprecedented intervention by the Vatican into the affairs of one of the world’s most illustrious Catholic bodies.
- http://www.ansa.it/english/news/world/2017/02/03/knights-of-malta-affirm-loyalty-to-pope_57acf050-afe7-4092-b6c2-bc5413384e18.html

palestine
- http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/14/world/vatican-palestine-embassy/ Pope Francis and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Saturday to open a Palestinian embassy in Vatican City. "We are very grateful about the role that the Holy See has played for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land, and for having opened an embassy of Palestine in the Vatican for first time," Abbas said, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.

north korea
- http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/pope-francis-calls-on-norway-to-mediate-in-north-korea-row/news-story/d91f0a3ddecdb82a93919cfb634378e0 The Pope says a third country, such as Norway, should try to mediate the dispute between Pyongyang and Washington to cool a situation that has become “too hot” and posed the risk of nuclear devastation. “There are so many facilitators in the world, there are mediators who offer themselves, such as Norway for example,” he said in his customary freewheeling news conference at the end of each trip. “It (Norway) is always ready to help. That is just one but there are many. But the path is the path of negotiations, of a diplomatic solution,” he said in the discussion, which lasted about 30 minutes. Norway secretly negotiated an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians known as the Oslo Accords in the early 1990s.


China
- history

  • according to 温州基督教編年史, 1951年温州市基督教革新學習情況第五階段的文件提要mentioned riberi as 中國人民的敵人
- chinese ritual
  • The Chinese Rites controversy was a dispute among Roman Catholic missionaries over the religiosity of Confucianism and Chinese rituals during the 17th and 18th centuries. The debate discussed whether Chinese ritual practices of honoring family ancestors and other formal Confucian and Chinese imperial rites qualified as religious rites and were thus incompatible with Catholic belief.[1][2] The Jesuits argued that these Chinese rites were secular rituals that were compatible with Christianity, within certain limits, and should thus be tolerated. The Dominicans and Franciscans, however, disagreed and reported the issue to Rome. Rome's Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith sided with the Dominicans in 1645 by condemning the Chinese rites based on their brief. However, the same congregation sided with the Jesuits in 1656, thereby lifting the ban.[1] It was one of the many disputes between the Jesuits and the Dominicans in China and elsewhere in Asia, including Japan[3] and India.[4]The controversy embroiled leading European universities; the Qing dynasty's Kangxi Emperor and several popes (including Clement XI and Clement XIV) considered the case; the offices of the Holy See also intervened. Near the end of the 17th century, many Dominicans and Franciscans had shifted their positions in agreeing with the Jesuits' opinion, but Rome disagreed. Clement XI banned the rites in 1704. In 1742, Benedict XIV reaffirmed the ban and forbade debate.[1] In 1939, after two centuries, the Holy See re-assessed the issue. Pope Pius XII issued a decree on December 8, 1939, authorizing Chinese Catholics to observe the ancestral rites and participate in Confucius-honoring ceremonies.[1] The general principle of sometimes admitting native traditions even into the liturgy of the church, provided that such traditions harmonize with the true and authentic spirit of the liturgy, was proclaimed by the Second Vatican Council (1962–65).Alessandro Valignano, Visitor of the Society of Jesus in Asia, was one of the first Jesuits to argue, in the case of Japan, for an adaptation of Christian customs to the societies of Asia, through his Résolutions and Cérémonial.In China, Matteo Ricci reused the Cérémonial and adapted it to the Chinese context. At one point the Jesuits even started to wear the gown of Buddhist monks, before adopting the more prestigious silk gown of Chinese literati.[7] In particular, Matteo Ricci's Christian views on Confucianism and Chinese rituals, often called "the Directives of Matteo Ricci [zh]" (Chinese: 利瑪竇規矩), were followed by Jesuit missionaries in China and Japan. In a decree signed on 23 March 1656, Pope Alexander VII accepted practices "favorable to Chinese customs", reinforcing 1615 decrees which accepted the usage of the Chinese language in liturgy, a notable exception to the contemporary Latin Catholic discipline which had generally forbidden the use of local languages.The Jesuit order was successful in penetrating China and serving at the Imperial court. They impressed the Chinese with their knowledge of European astronomy and mechanics, and in fact ran the Imperial Observatory.[13] The Kangxi Emperor was at first friendly to the Jesuit Missionaries working in China. Their accurate methods allowed him to successfully predict eclipses, one of his ritual duties. He was grateful for the services they provided to him, in the areas of astronomy, diplomacy and artillery manufacture.[14]Jesuit translators Jean-François Gerbillon and Thomas Pereira took part in the negotiations of the Treaty of Nerchinsk in 1689, where they assisted with translation.[12] The Jesuits made an important contribution to the Empire's military, with the diffusion of European artillery technology, and they directed the castings of cannons of various calibers. The Kangxi Emperor also retained several Jesuits in his court as scientists and artists.[15] By the end of the seventeenth century, the Jesuits had made many converts. They in turn were impressed by the knowledge and intelligence of the Han Chinese Confucian scholar elite, and adapted to their ancient Chinese intellectual lifestyle. In 1692, Kangxi issued an edict of toleration of Christianity (Chinese: 容敎令 or Chinese: 正敎奉傳)This edict elevated Christianity to an equal status with Confucianism in China.Besides the Jesuits, other religious orders such as the Dominicans, Franciscans, and Augustinians started missionary work in China during the 17th century, often coming from the Spanish colony of the Philippines. Contrary to the Jesuits, they refused any adaptation to local customs and wished to apply in China the same tabula rasa principle they had applied in other places,[7] and were horrified by the practices of the Jesuits.The Rites controversy continued to hamper Church efforts to gain converts in China. In 1939, a few weeks after his election to the papacy, Pope Pius XII ordered the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples to relax certain aspects of Clement XI's and Benedict XIV's decrees.[38][39] After the Apostolic Vicars had received guarantees from the Manchukuo Government that confirmed the mere "civil" characteristics of the so-called "Chinese rites", the Holy See released, on December 8, 1939, a new decree, known as Plane Compertum, stating that:
    • Catholics are permitted to be present at ceremonies in honor of Confucius in Confucian temples or in schools;
    • Erection of an image of Confucius or tablet with his name on is permitted in Catholic schools.
    • Catholic magistrates and students are permitted to passively attend public ceremonies which have the appearance of superstition.
    • It is licit and unobjectionable for head inclinations and other manifestations of civil observance before the deceased or their images.
    • The oath on the Chinese rites, which was prescribed by Benedict XIV, is not fully in accord with recent regulations and is superfluous.[40]
    According to Smit this meant that Chinese customs were no longer considered superstitious, but were an honourable way of esteeming one's relatives and therefore permitted by Catholic Christians.[41] Confucianismwas also thus recognized as a philosophy and an integral part of Chinese culture rather than as a heathen religion in conflict with Catholicism. Shortly afterwards, in 1943, the Government of China established diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The Papal decree changed the ecclesiastical situation in China in an almost revolutionary way.[42] As the Church began to flourish, Pius XII established a local ecclesiastical hierarchy, and, in 1946, named Thomas Tien Ken-sin (Chinese: 田耕莘) SVD, then Apostolic Vicar of Qingdao, as the first Chinese national in the Sacred College of Cardinals[42] and later that year appointed him to the Archdiocese of Beijing.1582年，耶稣会意大利籍传教士罗明坚及利玛窦抵達廣東肇庆，為近代天主教入華揭開序幕。1644年清兵入关时，天主教入華已62年，德意志籍傳教士汤若望協助編制曆法，獲清廷信任，天主教得以迅速發展。1664年，耶稣会住院共38所，耶稣会士来华人数累計82人，全国的教堂已经有156座，全国天主教徒达245000人之多[5]。1665年，杨光先發表《辟缪论》，批評汤若望历法不準，當時顧命大臣鰲拜不滿外國人參議朝政，於是支持楊光先，監禁汤若望，天主教在华發展直挫，史称「曆獄」。往後，康熙帝執政，禁錮鰲拜，重新起用外國人。南怀仁利用西方發明對中國貢獻，建立天主教士的聲望，又與利类思和安文思共同上奏，为汤若望平反。1669年（康熙八年）9月5日，康熙颁旨：「恶人杨光先捏词天主教係邪教，已经议复禁止。今看得供奉天主教并无恶乱之处，相应将天主教仍令伊等照旧供奉。」康熙初年，成為傳教士在中國的蜜月期。1689年，清朝与俄罗斯帝國準備劃訂疆界，商議尼布楚条约，精於拉丁文的传教士負責代表中方與俄國人溝通，這條條約最終以拉丁文簽訂。南怀仁等亦协助清廷铸造火炮，平定三藩之乱。他们准确预测日食，使皇帝可以为相关祭奠做好准备；一些耶稣会传教士則成为宫廷画家。康熙年間，新來中國的道明會及方濟會教士反對明末以來耶穌會教士容許中國教徒祭天、敬孔、祀祖等禮俗，爆發禮儀之爭，因此1720年（康熙五十九年）清廷決定禁教（未嚴格執行），1723年（雍正元年）清世宗開始嚴格執行禁教，再加上日後傳教士介入世宗未登極時，與兄弟爭奪皇位之事，還有擔心民眾信奉天主教後，國家命令無法貫徹，且會被教廷與西方天主教國家控制，因此清世宗下令除留京任職的傳教士外，其餘一律送往澳門，各地天主堂被拆毀，或改成公廁，屢下禁令，不許民眾對此信仰。清高宗乾隆年間，取締尤烈，因此傳教活動幾乎消失，直到西元1842清宣宗時期（道光二十年）爆發鴉片戰爭後，簽訂中國首條不平等條約——《南京條約》才解除禁令。耶穌會教士雖然對兩派主張意見分歧，但为避免纷争鬧大，耶稣会決定焚毁五十多篇反对利玛窦的作品，统一该会立场。這次糾紛只成為會內事務，但到了1628年，在华传教士在江苏嘉定舉行会议，讨论敬祖及Deus的译名问题。与会者意见很不一致，最終認為敬孔祭祖问题應沿用「利玛窦规矩」；对于译名，则主张采用龙华民一派的音譯。直至道明會進入這場紛爭，禮儀之爭才正式升級。道明會在華傳教事業，起步較耶穌會略遲。當耶穌會教士在中國朝廷及士大夫階層享有聲望時，1631年1月2日或3日，道明會的高奇神甫才從菲律賓抵達中國福建北部的福安，正式開始對華傳教，接任的黎玉范神父向教廷報告，指責耶穌會寬容中國信徒祭祖、敬孔，終引起羅馬介入。当时耶稣会受葡萄牙国王保护，基地是葡萄牙占据的澳门，道明會受西班牙国王保护，基地是西班牙占据菲律宾马尼拉。而葡西两国在海上对抗，关系紧张。

- http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/news/20160805/00176_025.html 中梵關係有傳或破冰簽訂前期協議，天主教香港教區主教湯漢最近發表文章指，「雖然雙方協議的具體內容仍未公開」，教廷與北京之間的初步協議正是對話的果實，亦是「人間對話的典範，是雙方關係正常化的開始」。他又不點名批評曾多次向教宗作公開呼籲的天主教香港教區前主教陳日君，指陳質疑教廷官員或教宗違反教會原則，「發出詛咒與謾罵」，他重申，教宗方濟各只會簽署促進中國教會與普世教會的合一共融協議。
-  The Vatican’s efforts to resolve the split between underground Chinese bishops and the government-recognized Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association face another challenge, as an aging bishop faithful to Rome  has reportedly declined a Vatican request to retire, to be replaced by a bishop favored by the Chinese government. The Church in China is split between an underground Catholic Church and the officially recognized Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association. Every bishop recognized by Beijing must be a member of the association.  The Holy See’s negotiations with the Chinese government could eventually lead to Vatican recognition of seven illicitly ordained bishops aligned with Beijing. The Holy See could be pursuing China’s official recognition of 20 bishop candidates appointed by the Holy See, some of whom have already been secretly ordained, in addition to state recognition of up to 40 bishops in the underground Catholic community. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/the-complicated-case-of-chinas-catholic-bishops-90994

  • 獲梵蒂岡認可的廣東汕頭教區主教莊建堅及福建閩東教區主教郭希錦，據報被教廷派出的赴華代表團，要求讓位給中方任命的主教黃炳章和詹思祿。消息指莊建堅因認為有違教會信理和原則，沒有答應要求，且感覺被出賣。據報天主教香港教區前主教陳日君得知後，已飛往羅馬向教宗呈上相關資料。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180129/00178_010.html
  • http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/vatican-regrets-cardinals-disclosures-china-negotiations-52702651 The Vatican effectively rebuked the retired archbishop of Hong Kong for suggesting that Pope Francis was out of the loop on negotiations between the Holy See and China, saying Tuesday that the pope was "faithfully" informed about developments and followed the issue with care. The Vatican said reports to the contrary were "surprising and regrettable" and fostered "confusion and controversy."

-  The Vatican is to send 40 works of art to China in a cultural exchange amid signs that attempts at rapprochement between the two powers are faltering. The Vatican museums, home to the Sistine chapel and countless other works of importance, and the China Culture Industrial Investment Fund (CCIIF) announced the exchange initiative in Rome this week. Simultaneous exhibitions will open in March in the Forbidden City in Beijing and the Vatican’s Anima Mundi Museum.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/22/china-vatican-diplomacy-of-art-40-works-cultural-exchange
  •  《美，讓我們團結在一起--中梵民間美學哲學論壇》27日在北京舉行。來自北京大學、中國人民大學、中國社會科學院等國內知名高校和學術機構的二十多位學者，與來自梵蒂岡博物館的專家一起，以「美」這一人類共同的追求為題，從哲學的角度展開深入研討。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/11/30/a19-1130.pdf
-  據海外傳媒報道，北京鳳凰假期國際旅行社近日發出緊急通知，指國家旅遊局正對各大旅行社作秋冬檢查，禁止旅行社組團到梵蒂岡，任何行程中涉及梵蒂岡的景點亦必須全部刪除，又指目前已有兩間旅行社被罰款三十萬元人民幣。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171123/00178_009.htmlhttp://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20171123/00178_009.html

  • 據外交部網站消息，在昨日舉行的外交部例行記者會上，有媒體問道，中國政府近期禁止旅行團到梵蒂岡、帛琉觀光。有分析稱這是大陸對台灣「邦交國」施壓。外交部發言人陸慷回應，沒有聽說過有關情況。http://pdf.wenweipo.com/2017/11/24/a18-1124.pdf
- 中國大陸與梵蒂岡關係出現歷史性的突破，雙方昨日（22日）宣布已就主教任命問題簽署了臨時協議，教廷亦隨即宣布教宗承認七名由中方單方面任命的主教。教廷強調今次協議在於牧靈而不涉政治，主要是讓信徒有梵蒂岡及中國大陸皆認可的主教。外界認為，這是大陸首次承認教宗在國內天主教的領袖地位。聲明中並無提及梵蒂岡與中國大陸或台灣之間的外交關係，惟有評論擔憂梵蒂岡將會「斷台結陸」。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180923/00178_001.html
  • 中國與梵蒂岡上周六就主教任命簽署臨時協議，教廷隨即宣布教宗方濟各承認八名由中方單方面任命及祝聖的主教，包括兼任中國天主教主教團秘書長的河北承德教區主教郭金才。教廷同時宣布在中國成立「承德教區」，意味郭金才得以擁有自己的教區，毋須與其他主教共同管理。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180924/00178_005.html
- 中國與梵蒂岡早前簽訂主教任命的臨時協議，教宗方濟各其後承認八名（其中一人去年已離世）由中方任命的中國主教。意大利媒體報道，教廷本月舉辦的世界主教會議，兩名中國主教將首度應邀參加，分別是剛獲教宗承認的承德教區主教、兼任中國天主教主教團秘書長的郭金才，及中國天主教主教團副主席楊曉亭。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20181001/00178_010.html- https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3003293/vatican-negotiator-says-deal-china-nominating-bishops-was The Vatican official who negotiated a landmark agreement between the Holy See and China on bishop nominations said on Monday that the path to normalising Catholic life in the country was “still long” but that a new future was now possible. Speaking in public for the first time since the accord was signed on September 22, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli revealed details of his four-decade effort to heal the rift with China while attending a book launch.Celli choked up at times, recalling the suffering he had seen while meeting clandestine bishops, as well as the “profound suffering” of illegitimate bishops forced to accept episcopal consecration without papal consent.Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte, fresh from a visit to Italy by Chinese President Xi Jinping and the signing of an agreement to support Beijing’s infrastructure strategy the “Belt and Road Initiative”, also attended the book launch, at the headquarters of the Italian Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica.
- 世界園藝博覽會（下稱世園會）本月二十八日將於北京展開，梵蒂岡教廷新聞室周二表示，將接受中國政府邀請參加該博覽會，並派出文化委員會主席拉瓦西樞機出席活動，同時教廷亦將設立自己的展館。中國外交部周三表示，自從去年九月中梵簽署關於主教任命的臨時協定後，雙方保持接觸，並努力改善關係。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190418/00178_012.html
- 中國官媒英文版網站周日刊登梵蒂岡國務卿帕羅林的專訪，他表示希望與中國的對話「能逐漸取得具體的成果」。他又指，中梵簽署主教任命臨時協議，是一段漫長旅途所取得的成果，也是一個起點。另據意大利媒體報道，北京和汕頭兩名主教周二到米蘭與帕羅林參加天主教大學的重要公開活動。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190515/00178_009.html

Taiwan
- http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-taiwan-vatican-idUKKCN10Z0YQ Taiwan's vice president will next month visit the Vatican, its sole diplomatic ally in Europe, on a trip that could anger China as the Holy See looks for rapprochement with the world's most populous country. Chen Chien-jen will be the special envoy for Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, who the Vatican invited for a Sept. 4 ceremony to declare Mother Teresa a saint, the Taiwan government said on Wednesday.
- http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2131561/taiwan-lawmakers-vatican-trip-hoping-audience-pope Taiwanese lawmakers are seeking an audience with Pope Francis as concerns grow over Taipei’s diplomatic relations with the Vatican, after it reportedly promoted bishops endorsed by Beijing.
- 台灣宗教人士廖武治，周三在梵蒂岡獲教宗方濟各接見。他呈交信函給教宗，指梵蒂岡與台灣有七十五年邦誼，希望教廷理解台灣具憲法保障宗教自由，天主教會在台灣的禮儀和神學研究都受支持，懇請教廷重視與台多年的邦誼，繼續維持兩國間的外交關係。他又邀請教宗訪台，教宗則指非常感謝邀請。http://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20180315/00178_010.html

hk
- 負責中國教會事務的前梵蒂岡駐港代辦尤安泰，周日在克羅地亞遇上嚴重車禍，座駕在隧道內與另一輛汽車迎頭相撞，尤安泰送院搶救後暫時情況穩定，另一名司機傷重不治。https://orientaldaily.on.cc/cnt/china_world/20190410/00180_024.html
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