China has said it is willing to have constructive dialogue with the Vatican - as long as its Catholics are loyal to Beijing and their religion is adapted to Chinese society.

Pope Francis has arrived in South Korea on the first papal visit to the Asian nation in 25 years, stepping off a plane on to a red carpet and greeting the president, Catholics and grieving relatives of the ferry disaster.

China has revoked the title of a new Catholic bishop in Shanghai who outraged Chinese officials by immediately dropping out of a government agency which oversees the country’s officially sanctioned church, religious leaders have said.