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A Chinese comedy sketch broadcast on state media showing an Asian woman with her face blacked up has drawn accusations of racism. The skit was shown on state broadcaster CCTV on Feb. 16 and depicted the opening of a Chinese-built high-speed rail in Kenya. (CCTV via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Hong Kong contributor
To viewers aware of racism and the unpleasant history of colonialism, the sketch “Joy Together” was full of offensive content.
FaithNews
Wyatt Noble - Catholic News Service
Fides, the organization that published the data, said it is "an invitation and a call" to evangelize.
People pray during morning Mass Jan. 30 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. (CNS photo/Roman Pilipey, EPA)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Christiansen
Western journalists have been too easily swayed by misleading accounts circulated by those opposed to an entente.
A woman prays during morning Mass on Jan. 30 in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. (CNS photo/Roman Pilipey, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Since China's new regulations for religious affairs took effect Feb. 1, minors have been banned from entering places of worship in several regions.
In this April 9, 2009, file photo, Hong Kong's outspoken cardinal Joseph Zen speaks during a news conference in Hong Kong. The retired archbishop of Hong Kong has slammed the Holy See's negotiations with Beijing as a "catastrophe" that would bring suffering to millions of worshippers, as a bitter dispute inside the Roman Catholic Church over its future in China escalates in a dramatic fashion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)
Politics & SocietyNews
Gerry Shih - Associated Press
Zen said the Vatican had "given in" to the Communist Party
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Seven illicit bishops have asked Pope Francis for pardon and requested reconciliation with him and the universal church.