VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis has issued his first appeal directed at Catholics in China, long the source of concern for his predecessor Benedict XVI. ...

By reopening the contacts between the Catholic Church and China, Francis and Xi Jinping would not only revive one of the most significant moments of the dialogue between civilizations but they would also contribute to the solidarity and unity of mankind.

BEIJING -- China congratulated former Argentine Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio on Thursday on his election as pope, but said establishing formal relations w...

BEIJING -- China has ordained a bishop in the state-run Catholic church despite Vatican protests that he lacked papal approval. The official China Ne...

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service (RNS) In a move likely to aggravate tensions with the Vatican, China's state-run Catholic church announced ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday urged bishops in China to remain loyal to Rome, speaking out in the latest round in the Vatican's ...

VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican has put a Chinese Catholic scholar who lived nearly five centuries ago on track for beatification, a move intended to rais...

By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) The Vatican on Thursday (April 14) lamented China's interference with the Roman Catholic...

By Francis Wong Religion News Service HONG KONG -- Vatican and Hong Kong cardinals criticized the official Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association for...