Cardinal Charles Maung Bo of Yangon has demanded an apology from the government of China “for the destruction it has caused” due to the spread of the new coronavirus disease.
Top officials from China and the Vatican held a bilateral meeting in Germany, in what is believed to be the highest-level official encounter between the two sides in decades.
Former bishop of Hong Kong and vocal opponent of Pope Francis’ rapprochement with China, Cardinal Joseph Zen, has been named this year’s winner of the Wei Jingsheng Chinese Democracy Champion Prize.