Authorities are using efforts to control the pandemic to step up enforcement action against Christians who worship in house churches, insiders said

Google searches for "prayer" have surged worldwide in step with the surge of emerging cases of COVID-19, according to a European researcher

Pope Francis' favorability ratings among Americans of virtually all stripes are up from their low in 2018, according to a Pew report

The 2020 Annuario Pontificio lists it as a 'historic title', but Vatican press office director Matteo Bruni said 'there has been no suppression'

Cardinal Peter Turkson visited Rome’s largest hospital on Friday, encouraging staff and handing out rosaries blessed by Pope Francis

"In the silence of our cities, the Easter Gospel will resound," Pope Francis said

An investigation by the country's bishops found 16 cases of sexual abuse of minors by clerics, which occurred from the 1950s to 2010s

The use of churches “is an act of tenderness towards people who die alone and [whose] bodies are likely to remain piled up,” Bishop Francesco Beschi said

The Holy See has extended its lockdown measures until April 13

The Vatican Secretary of State said that he hopes churches closed because of the coronavirus crisis will reopen “as soon as possible.”

The longtime China critic has been asking whether the WHO can be trusted

“Today it will do us good to stop a little and think about the pain and sorrows of Our Lady. She is our mother.”