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Fears rise over China’s growing crackdown on Christian religious leaders
The recent arrest of a Vatican-approved bishop, priests and seminarians in north-central China came as a shocking development, if not surprising, as religious persecution in the communist-led country has continued to intensify under President Xi Jinping.
Darkness does not mean devil has won, pope says at audience
Prayer is not a magic wand or a way to ask God to be at one's service, Pope Francis said.
English bishop warns assisted suicide could become law with new bill
England and Wales face "the very real threat" of assisted suicide becoming law, the bishops warned Catholics on the eve of the introduction of new bill to legalize the practice.
Hearing mulls 2022 Winter Olympic boycott over China human rights record
A congressional panel, during a May 18 hearing, weighed the possibility of a boycott of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing to call attention to China's long-standing human rights abuses.
High Court orders jailed Indian Jesuit to hospital for evaluation
Indian Jesuits have petitioned the National Human Rights Commission to examine the health of a jailed 84-year-old priest following suspicions that he has contracted COVID-19.
Washington cardinal leads worldwide rosary for end to COVID-19 pandemic
Washington Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory led a recitation of rosary May 17, imploring Mary to "entrust to her Son" all those affected by the pandemic.
Pray Our Lady’s rosary for an end to pandemic
We have all heard the adage "April showers bring May flowers," but for Catholics, there's something about Mary this month.
Papal vaccine campaigns offered punishments, rewards 200 years ago
When popes were king, they ordered all their subjects in the Papal States to be vaccinated, using punishments and rewards to convince the hesitant and making sure the poor and the prisoners were inoculated as well.
Addressing effects of slavery calls for looking ahead, panelists say
The work of Georgetown University and the Jesuits in reckoning with the history of owning and selling enslaved people may hold lessons for the rest of the Catholic Church and American society, said several panelists at an April 29 discussion at the university.
Nuns in Vietnam help tuberculosis patients get back on their feet
Truong Van Lenh contracted tuberculosis from fellow inmates while he was serving a nine-year sentence for drug trafficking.
