Pope Francis has appealed for “a new presence of Catholics” in Latin American politics.
The Rome-Beijing agreement "will greatly help the Catholic Church" in China, Cardinal Fernando Filoni has said.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill has accepted Kim Jong-un’s invitation to visit North Korea.
Fr Michael Sweeney OP asks why the Church has come “to be identified with the bishops and the ordained”.
Fr James Schall SJ argues that “great efforts have been made to re-center Catholicism on feelings and compassion, not reason”.














