Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his new ...

Three years ago in a Hong Kong courtroom, 90-year-old cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun leaned heavily on his cane. Wearing his ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues ...

For many Chinese believers the agreement was "a big, big deal", a lifelong attendee of an underground church in northern Inner Mongolia told AFP by phone. The man, surnamed Wu, credits Francis with ...

In his explicit silence on the plight of Christians in China, the pope appears to continue the policy of Pope Francis, who ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his ...

Mary Yang and Michael Zhang, with Isabel Kua in Beijing AFP Apr 23, 2025 Apr 23, 2025 Updated Apr 24, 2025 In a small church tucked into a side street in northern China's Hebei province, a group of ...