After emerging from cloistered isolation in 1865, following more than 200 years of violent harassment by Japan’s insular ...

The underground Church, China’s unsanctioned Catholic community, is a “pawn in the political game, as well as a thorn,” an “unstable element,” and a “hot potato” for the Holy See, said a Chinese lay ...

As the Trump administration has moved to end protections for thousands of Afghan nationals, faith leaders and advocates are sounding the alarm over the potential deportation of Christian converts ...

The heads of the member Churches of South Sudan’s Council of Churches (SSCC) have empathised with the people of South Sudan who fled their homes to take refuge in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia as a result of ...

The report drew parallels to longstanding criticism of the Vatican’s approach to China, which many argue legitimizes the authoritarian regime while neglecting the persecuted underground Church.

The celebration pays homage to the history of the neighborhood and St. John's Episcopal Church as a final stop on the Underground Railroad. “The people in this community would join together to ...

The human rights organization expressed significant concern over China's continued practice of appointing clergy aligned with the Communist Party while stepping up its crackdown on underground ...

As we chatted and I mentioned I was a freelance photojournalist, he asked — almost casually — if I knew the church had ties to the Underground Railroad. I nodded. Then came the moment that changed ...

Another 6 million are believed to be members of the underground Church, putting the total number of faithful on par with the population of Belgium. It is unclear how the incoming pontiff will ...

Another 6 million are believed to be members of the underground Church, putting the total number of faithful on par with the population of Belgium. File photo: Pope Leo XIV, left, appears with ...

And, surprisingly, an American pope. Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost was chosen by Catholic cardinals as the 267th pontiff to lead the church, the Associated Press reported. Prevost ...

There’s a long history of hate groups using new technologies to spread their message. In the 1930s, it was radio. In the 2010s, it was social media. In 2025, it ...