He said: Even today, there are many settings in which the Christian faith is considered ... to choose between membership in the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association or non-sanctioned ...

Known as ‘Confucius of the West,’ Aleni reached Fuzhou in 1625 and founded the Jesuit mission in Fujian Province ...

A COLLECTION of Chinese ink paintings by artist Hon Peow depicting local nature is on display at the Soka Gakkai Malaysia (SGM) branch in Bayan Lepas, Penang. The exhibition, titled “Depicting ...

ROME -- The Roman basilica of the Augustinians — Pope Leo XIV’s religious order — preserves an iconic painting of the Virgin Mary by Caravaggio, the blockbuster artist who revolutionized the use of ...

The monastery of Casamari in Italy was built in the 11th century on the foundations of a temple dedicated to Ceres, the Greek ...

An estimated 6 million Chinese belong to the country's state-approved Catholic Church, overseen by the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. Another 6 million are believed to be members of the ...

As the Catholic Church continues through a period of interregnum between the reign of popes, Chinese authorities have made moves to assert the Church in China’s autonomy from Rome by ...

Once clergy choose to "register for transformation," which means joining the officially recognized Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association and the official system, they obtain a "legal status ...

The 300 students at Nativity Catholic School, along with millions around the world, watched Thursday's announcement of Pope Leo XIV from the Vatican. RELATED | DMV leaders react to the ...

Xiaoling Tomb, at the foot of Zijin Mountain in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, is a mausoleum of the first emperor of the Ming ...

The Chinese authorities unilaterally “elected” two Catholic bishops in the week after Pope Francis’ death, including one to a diocese already led by a Vatican-appointed bishop. Fr Wu Jianlin ...