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China has opened itself up to the world since then, but wariness about the Vatican persists. The latest episode in the stormy relationship unfolded last week, when the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA), the state-controlled church to which 4 million Chinese Catholics belong, ordained two new bishops without the...
It's not surprising, given their common penchant for intrigue and suspicion, that the rulers of China and the Roman Catholic Church have had a hard time getting along. Beginning five centuries ago, emissaries from the Vatican visited Beijing to seek permission to conduct missionary work in China. During the...
For China's rulers, improving relations with the Vatican would seem to fit with their efforts to burnish the country's international prestige. But the government remains cautious about expanding religious freedoms, mindful, no doubt, of the role the Catholic Church played in the collapse of communist regimes in Eastern...
A Seneca-sponsored discussion on sexuality and religion brought together undergraduate women—and one man—of various faiths last night to discuss topics that ranged from premarital sex to masturbation to homosexuality. The event, entitled “Faith and Foreplay: A Discussion on Women, Religion...
At the end of the DVD accompanying his recent album Bo$$ Hogg Barbarians, rapper J-Zone sits in his studio and answers fans’ questions. After he answers a question about what a vagina would say if it could shrink itself, the interviewer says, “The next...