Pope Francis will not meet Xi Jinping when the Chinese president visits Italy this month, Taiwan’s foreign ministry has said.

Nuncio Archbishop Waldemar Stanisław Sommertag has met political prisoners in Nicaragua.

A Kenyan archbishop has denied claims that the Church accepts donations from corrupt politicians.

A priest “credibly accused” of sexual misconduct has been shot dead in Nevada.

John Allen asks why, more than five months on, the Vatican has not revealed the results of its review of the McCarrick files.

Fr Anthony Corcoran explains how the Church is engaging in “pre-evangelisation” in Kyrgyzstan.

And a Catholic soldier will receive a posthumous Medal of Honor later this month.

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