Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Wednesday that a controversial deal with Beijing on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in China would be renewed.

The Vatican and China on Thursday renewed an agreement on the appointment of bishops in China and the Vatican promised to push the communist government to allow more freedom of religion.

The Trump administration has called for the immediate release of an underground church pastor detained in China whose ...

Pope Leo XIV says he has no intention of getting involved in U.S. politics but will raise his voice on issues of concern to ...

Catholics in China's Sanyuan Diocese celebrated the 400th anniversary of the faith's arrival in Shaanxi province with a ...

Yesterday's controversy, today's silence October 1 marked the anniversary of the canonisation desired by John Paul II which gave rise to the most ...

China tries to exert total control over religion, according to a September report by the United States Commission on ...

"Over the past half millennium, the world has continually studied China, driven by cultural curiosity, economic interests, ...

An analysis of the Vatican's policy on China, urging Pope Leo XIV to champion social justice, demand the release of political ...

Bishop Guo Jincai of Chengde diocese is vice president of the Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China. He was ...

Pope Leo XIV said in his first interview as history's first American pope that he has no intention of getting involved in US politics but will raise his voice on issues of concern to the Catholic ...

And then, 150 years after his death, his name became mud. Evagrius’ writings were suppressed and destroyed — only to turn up ...