Taiwan President Lai named former Vice-President Chen Chien-jen, a devout Catholic, as Taipei's envoy to the papal ...

Despite being the world’s smallest independent state b y both area and population, the Holy See—the ecclesiastical ...

Christians—some 380 million spanning 190 countries—face persecution of a unique breadth and intensity, with few advocates as powerful as the U.S.

The whistleblower’s first concern is the WEA’s growing engagement with Roman Catholic institutions and broader ecumenical ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican's alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged newly-elected Pope Leo XIV to initiate an immediate review of the Vatican's 2018 agreement ...

The groundwork for a substantial wish list was laid by Pope Francis, who visited Southeast Asia in 2023 and 2024, including ...

China congratulated Pope Leo XIV after his May 8 election. Now, the country’s 12 million Catholics are watching closely to ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

The new Pope, Leo XIV, should direct an urgent review of the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with the Chinese government that allows ...

Pope Leo XIV faces an array of challenges, from disputes over the place of women in the church, the Vatican's financial woes ...