Pope Francis “initiated and approved” last week’s Holy See-China meeting, reports the South China Morning Post. Nelson Pérez has been

One in four new priests in Europe is ordained in Poland, according to a new study. The cardinal entrusted with

“People who make war do not know how to master their passions,” Pope Francis said at yesterday’s Angelus (full text,

The question of married priests “must now be worked out with the Pope and the offices of the Holy See”,

Syria is still facing a potential “humanitarian catastrophe”, apostolic nuncio Cardinal Mario Zenari as said. Ouagadougou archdiocese has become one

Nigeria’s future “hangs precariously in a balance”, a bishop has said at the funeral of a murdered seminarian. Pope Francis

A new Catholic television station has begun broadcasting in Uganda. Ireland’s next government must remedy “scandalous” healthcare failings, Archbishop Diarmuid