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Chinese pastor Ezra Jin Mingri becomes emotional during an interview with The Associated Press in Maryland, Wednesday, July 22, 2026 . (Credit: Mariam Zuhaib/AP.)

From prison fears to fireworks, Chinese pastor recounts sudden release after Trump’s intervention

Jul 26
Didi Tang,
Associated Press

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri speaks during an interview at the Zion Church in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Pastor freed from prison in China weeks after Trump requested his release; Catholic still in prison

Jul 6
Didi Tang,
Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press

Democratic advocate Jimmy Lai leaves Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal on Feb. 1, 2021. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastor’s case, but freeing Catholic activist Jimmy Lai is ‘tough’

May 16
Kanis Leung,
Didi Tang

Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri leads a class on the basics of Christian beliefs at Zion Church in Beijing, Aug. 4, 2018. (Credit: Ng Han Guan/AP.)

Christian pastor’s daughter urges US lawmakers to help free her father in China

Nov 22, 2025
Didi Tang,
Associated Press

Nigerian bishops decry ‘trail of terror’ after latest attacks

Aug 30
Ngala Killian Chimtom

India’s bishops call for solidarity with neighbors as scope of Nepal-China disaster grows

Aug 30
Nirmala Carvalho

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Premium article: On liturgy, Leo XIV sheds light (and knows it will bring a little heat)

Aug 30
Charles Collins

Catholic leaders welcome new President of Bangladesh

Aug 30
Stephan Uttom Rozario

Father John Ubel, pastor of the Church of Saint Agnes, celebrates the eucharistic prayer facing the altar, in the traditional custom, during one of the Catholic parish’s Latin Masses in St. Paul, Minn., Sunday, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Giovanna Dell’Orto/AP.)

Premium article: On liturgy, Leo XIV sheds light (and knows it will bring a little heat)

Aug 30
Charles Collins

This undated photo provided by Vanderbilt University on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, shows Amy-Jill Levine, the first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America. (Credit: Daniel DuBois/Vanderbilt University via AP.)

A Jewish scholar chosen to lead the Catholic Biblical Association is hit by backlash

Aug 29
Peter Smith

Catholic leaders welcome new President of Bangladesh

Aug 30
Stephan Uttom Rozario

India’s bishops call for solidarity with neighbors as scope of Nepal-China disaster grows

Aug 30
Nirmala Carvalho

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Nigerian bishops decry ‘trail of terror’ after latest attacks