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Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

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People wait to enter the West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts ahead of the verdict for Hong Kong activist publisher Jimmy Lai’s national security trial, in Hong Kong, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025. (Credit: Chan Long Hei/AP.)

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, a Catholic, convicted in landmark national security trial

Dec 15
Kanis Leung,
Associated Press

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
Didi Tang,
Associated Press

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020. (Credit: Vincent Yu/AP.)

Trial against Catholic media tycoon in Hong Kong delayed once again

Aug 16
Christopher R. Altieri

Jesuit general on Rupnik: we were blind, we’ve learned from mistakes

Apr 12
Elise Ann Allen

U.S. President Joe Biden in Angola on Dec. 4, 2024. (Credit: Ben Curtis/AP.)

Biden’s Angola trip draws mixed reviews from Catholic leaders

Dec 9, 2024
Ngala Killian Chimtom

Vatican’s top diplomat says Trump won’t change Pope’s line on China

Nov 8, 2024
Crux Staff

Vatican, China renew provisional agreement on bishop appointments

Oct 22, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, who was allegedly kidnapped by authorities in late October 2021, has returned to his diocese, reported ucanews.com. He is pictured in an undated photo. (Credit: CNS photo/Courtesy UCAN.)

As Synod features Chinese members, British Lord draws attention to religious persecution

Oct 22, 2024
Charles Collins

Bishop Joseph Yang Yongqiang of Hangzhou shakes hands with Pope Francis during the October 2024 Synod of Bishops on Synodality at the Vatican. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Chinese bishops at synod stress collaboration, enculturation of faith

Oct 18, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

As Pope arrives in Singapore, all eyes are on China

Sep 11, 2024
Elise Ann Allen

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Pope Leo summons world’s cardinals for a key assembly to help him govern the church

Dec 20
Associated Press

Philippine Church rejects $138-million budget for anti-communism task force

Dec 20
Joseph San Mateo

Turning Point USA’s Erika Kirk, a Catholic, backs Vice President JD Vance’s potential 2028 presidential bid

Dec 20
Matt Brown,
Jonathan J. Cooper, Associated Press

Church court acquits a bishop from a small Anglican denomination embroiled in scandal

Dec 20
Peter Smith,
Associated Press