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The Vatican has announced two Chinese episcopal appointments in recent weeks, signaling the continuing operation of its eight-year-old agreement with China’s government on the appointment of bishops.Xishiku Church, Beijing, China. Image via Shutterstock.The bishops, both appointed for dioceses in th...

The Archdiocese of Bombay has voiced “deep concern” over a new anti-conversion law that it says could penalize the work of the Church in the state of Maharashtra, and reflects an ongoing effort to intimidate religious minorities — including Christians — across much of India.The archdiocese said in a...

Last month’s illicit SSPX consecrations and subsequent excommunications raised expectations that Pope Leo might soon act to expand the celebration of the TLM in communities that are in union with Rome.But more than a month later, that expected papal action has not come.Credit: Thoom / Shutterstock.S...

Firefighters are racing to fight a trio of fires in Spokane County that are currently threatening thousands of homes.Three fires just north of downtown Spokane ignited on Saturday, and are continuing to burn a span of more than 10,000 acres, with no containment so far.Devastation from the Spokane fi...

An Australian bishop has appeared in court as a witness for the prosecution in the trial of the former head of the neighboring diocese on charges of sexual abuse.Bishop Michael Morrissey of the Diocese of Geraldton appeared in court to give evidence in the trial of Bishop Christopher Saunders, the f...

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A Polish man has been identified as the main suspect of a vandalization and desecration of the Medjugorje shrine in Bosnia on July 28.Statute of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Medjugorje, vandalized July 28. Credit: Bosnian tourist board.Security camera footage showed a man dousing the altar of Saint Ja...

Ten years ago this week, Pope Francis created a diocese for Syro-Malabar Catholics in Great Britain.Mar Joseph Srampickal, Bishop of the Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Great Britain. Credit: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk.On July 28, 2016, the Argentine pope named Fr. Joseph Srampickal as the first bishop of the Syr...

Pope Leo XIV issued a new Fundamental Law of Vatican City State Friday, replacing a previous version adopted in 2023.The dome of St. Peter’s Basilica. Credit: Livioandronico2013/wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0.In a preamble to the new document, which was issued only in Italian July 31, Leo XIV explained that...

From the outside, the Madre di Misericordia clinic may not seem like much. In fact, it’s easy to miss the clinic entirely.Located just steps from the security lines where tourists and pilgrims wait to enter St. Peter’s Basilica, the entrance to the clinic is modest enough that a passerby could easil...