“A decade into Xi Jinping’s Sinicization campaign and nearly eight years since the 2018 Holy See-China agreement, Catholics in China face escalating repression” researcher Yalkun Uluyol said.

Caracas Auxiliary Bishop-elect José Gómez reminded Venezuelans that they “possess the capacity, through the grace of God and with the solidarity of their brothers and sisters, to overcome” suffering.

Numbers of U.S. young men and women who frequently attend religious services have increased, Gallup data shows.

The president downplayed his public criticism of Leo while falsely claiming that the Holy Father said Iran “can have a nuclear weapon.”

The Holy Father will ultimately spend several days in Cameroon before heading on to Angola and then Equatorial Guinea during his first apostolic journey to Africa.

The exhibition by the Dicastery for Culture and Education features the work of contemporary artists in various fields, inspired by the life and spiritual legacy of St. Hildegard of Bingen.

The bomb threat was determined to be “unsubstantiated,” according to law enforcement.

The pope urged Cameroonians to reject resignation and obey God over “earthly ways of thinking.”

At a peace gathering in Bamenda’s Cathedral, the pope praised interreligious solidarity and urged a “true conversion” away from war.

A series of events will take place in 2027 marking the centenary of the birth of the late pope, honoring his legacy and his extensive contributions to the fields of philosophy and theology.