Chinese president Xi Jinping. Credit: Gil Corzo/Shutterstock Next month, the 2018 Vatican-China deal expires. Those close to the negotiations, both in Rome and in Beijing, …

Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer preaches in Regensburg Cathedral June 11, 2020. Credit: Diocese of Regensburg. A Catholic bishop has sharply criticized a text produced by the …

Pope Francis with Lebanese priest Fr. Georges Breidi at his general audience Sept. 2, 2020. Photo credits: Vatican Media. At the end of his general …

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev prays outside the Akrestsin Street pre-trial detention center in Minsk, Aug. 19, 2020. Credit: Catholic.by. Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev, …

Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard at the Vatican, Sept. 2, 2020. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA. Other photos: Vatican Media. …

Pope Francis arrives for his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard at the Vatican, Sept. 2, 2020. All photos: Daniel Ibañez/CNA. In his first …

Credit: Mike Rogal/Shutterstock. A temporary measure allowing UK women up to 10 weeks pregnant to take both abortion pills at home following a tele-conference with …

Downside Abbey in Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset, England. Credit: D.O.G.A./Rabanus Flavus (CC BY-SA 3.0). An English Benedictine community’s decision to leave their home for the past two …

Socially distanced bishops attend the Polish bishops’ plenary assembly at Jasna Góra, Aug. 27-29, 2020. Credit: Polish Bishops’ Conference. Poland’s bishops expressed concern Saturday about …

Pope Francis pictured in St. Peter’s Square March 16, 2016. Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Pope Francis released a message Tuesday for the World Day of Prayer …

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz. Credit: Raviaka Ruslan/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). A Catholic archbishop appealed for prayers today, a day after he was blocked from entering …

Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz prays outside of the Akrestsin Street pre-trial detention center in Minsk, Belarus, Aug. 19. Credit: Catholic.by. Border guards blocked a Catholic archbishop …

The interior of St. Joseph’s Church in Wedding, Berlin, Germany. Credit: Ansgar Koreng/CC BY-S.A 3.0 (DE) An unknown assailant punched a priest during Sunday Mass …

Pope Francis gives the Angelus address June 21, 2020. Credit: Vatican Media. Pope Francis said Sunday the crucifix we wear or hang on our wall …

St. Junipero Serra. public domain. Bishop Robert Barron this week delivered a homily in support of St. Junipero Serra, an 18th century Franciscan missionary whose …

The manuscript of Newman’s “Apologia Pro Vita Sua” at the Birmingham Oratory in England. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Credit: Unsplash. Catholics have a duty to respect people who identify as LGBT+ but are not obliged to accept their views uncritically, Poland’s bishops said …

St. Peter’s Basilica. Credit: feliks/Shutterstock. The Vatican confirmed Friday that World Mission Sunday will take place as scheduled 18 October, underlining the importance of evangelization …

Pope Francis prays in the Basilica of St. Augustine in Campo Marzio, Rome, which contains relics of St. Monica. Credit: Vatican Media. Other photos: Daniel …