According to reports, Chinese officials are not permitted to express themselves publicly on Pope Francis’ death due the ...

Father Wu Jianlin, vicar general of Shanghai, was chosen to be the city’s new auxiliary bishop, while Father Li Jianlin was ...

Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convertWanted: A holy man.Job ...

Dancers from the Chinese Catholic Community of New Jersey participate in the call to prayer featuring sacred songs and ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday ...

Hong Kong’s outspoken Roman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Zen has been allowed to leave the southern Chinese city to attend Pope ...

People take photos of a portrait of Pope Francis after a mass ... Chinese. “Today, we gather in a sacred remembrance of a man who has left an indelible mark, not only on the Catholic Church ...

After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened ...

The Basilica is the largest Catholic ... Eve Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica reminded us how diverse the world is – and how much that diversity is captured in the Catholic Church.

Royals, presidents, prime ministers, and a legion of faithful gathered on Saturday in St. Peter's Square in Vatican to bid ...

About 1,000 people flocked to Hong Kong’s main Catholic ... mass on Monday evening, with mourners at the service hearing of the pontiff’s “deep care and concern about the church in China”.

The Catholic Diocese of Hong Kong has announced that a condolence service will be held until Saturday for the late Pope Francis, followed by a requiem mass next Monday. Seen as a radical pontiff and ...