Former Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, who served as ambassador at large for international religious freedom in the first Trump ...

A Catholic bishop ordained his auxiliary in a diocese in China's Hebei province two days after he became bishop with the approval of the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), says a report.

Giuseppe Wang Zhengui, 62, was installed and ordained as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday (Sept. 10) in an important milestone for a controversial arrangement ...

In July 2012, a priest named Thaddeus Ma Daqin was to be ordained auxiliary bishop of Shanghai. The Communist body that has governed the church for six decades had angered the Holy See by appointing ...

ROME, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin said on Wednesday that a controversial deal with Beijing on the appointment of Roman Catholic bishops in China would be ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV said in his first interview as history's first American pope that he has no intention of getting involved in U.S. politics but will raise his voice on issues of concern to the ...