coronation from Pope Francis on 19 February 2021. The decree was released to the Taiwanese media on 2 March 2021. The image is then crowned on 14 August 2022. Veneration and controversy A mosaic rendition of Our Lady of China exists within the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. established in 2002. Controversy arose due to the Marian iconography not being officially sanctioned by the Holy Office for religious propagation. Adding more political issues, a Chinese cardinal, Thomas Tien Keng-Hsin, sanctioned this variant image for a religious prayer card for the persecuted in China, and was widely promoted in America and Canada. References Citations Notes Sources https://web.archive.org/web/20050425130840/http://www.udayton.edu/mary/resources/olchina.html http://www.catholicculture.org/docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=3172 External links Our Lady of China Pastoral Mission, Washington, D.C. Catholicism in China China, Our Lady of Titles of Mary