The United States' chief advocate for religious freedom expressed his "disappointment" in the Vatican over its provisional agreement with China on the appointment of bishops in the country. Nury A ...

Officials reportedly kidnapped two bishops connected to Rome for the ... the only independent bishop is the one named by the Vatican. China argues against the interference of the Vatican as ...

Pope Francis has tapped Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native who currently leads the Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru, ...

The original agreement recognized the status of seven state-appointed bishops who hadn't been approved by the Vatican, smoothing over relations between the two.

moving beyond the harder line approach of his predecessor to sign an agreement in 2018 on the appointment of bishops in China. At the same time, the Vatican has maintained diplomatic relations ...

VATICAN CITY _ The recent consecration of bishops in China without the approval of Pope Benedict XVI is prompting the Vatican to reevaluate its push to restore diplomatic relations with Beijing.

Saying “we must walk patiently in China,” Pope Francis views continued dialogue with Beijing as the guiding principle in his ...

Divinely guided Papal wit also gave legitimacy to hunting for human beings in Africa to replace genocidal killings of native ...

A Catholic cleric has attacked Pope Francis’s deal with China to jointly appoint Chinese bishops, warning ... also compares the Vatican’s silence over Beijing’s crushing of human rights ...

Critics have faulted Francis for not protesting assaults on the Church in China and Nicaragua. But is the criticism ...

Germany's bishops do not have the authority to establish a permanent decision-making body of bishops and laypeople that would ...