Chinese authorities have reportedly blocked an app popular with underground Catholics.

Brazil's National Security Office has confirmed that its chief minister is concerned that the Amazon synod might touch on issues of “national sovereignty”.

A Indian nun has said that a documentary's victory at the Oscars is "good news for us who serve poor women in rural areas".

Fr Frank Brennan SJ explains why he was surprised by the Cardinal Pell verdict.

Andrea Gagliarducci says we are witnessing the emergence of a "new Vatican world".

Kathleen Hill explains what drew her back to church.

And Kyle Smith praises a 21st-century Christian masterpiece.

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