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President Trump has said he plans to raise the case of imprisoned Catholic activist Jimmy Lai with Chinese President Xi Jinping during a week of high-stakes diplomacy in Asia.

The announcement has renewed discussion about the direction of Catholic higher education in the US and the challenge of preserving a Catholic identity within modern academic culture

The report also highlights how anti-Christian incidents are on the rise not just in the Global South but also across Europe and North America

The US Vice-President visited Christianity’s holiest site in Jerusalem, lighting a candle and praying for peace at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The son of DUP founder Ian Paisley has said King Charles III would betray his coronation oath by praying alongside Pope Leo XIV in Rome, calling the planned Vatican service a denial of the Protestant faith and a departure from the Crown’s historic religious identity.

The Vatican’s Secretary of State has faced criticism for suggesting that attacks in Nigeria stem from social rather than religious causes.

Opus Dei responds to reports of major reform, stating that only its statutes are being updated to align with revised norms for personal prelatures, and reaffirming its mission to serve the Church “as the Church wishes to be served.”

A new Pew Research Center study shows a sharp rise in the number of Americans who believe religion is gaining influence in public life, with most viewing its impact as positive.

The appointment of Bishop Nicholas Hudson ends nearly two years of uncertainty in the Diocese of Plymouth, following a series of delayed and withdrawn nominations that left the West Country diocese without a resident bishop.

Johanna Sjöberg, who has accused Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew of sexual misconduct, says “faith, family and friendships” have sustained her as Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir renews scrutiny of the case.

A provincial court in Málaga has acquitted two priests and a journalist of hate crime charges over remarks critical of radical Islam, ending an eight-year legal battle that tested Spain’s boundaries on free expression in matters of religion.

Bishop Reinhold Nann, a former missionary in Peru, has admitted marrying a Peruvian woman in a civil ceremony without laicisation, citing loneliness and institutional failings, and reigniting debate over clerical celibacy.

Supporters of the bishop see his actions as a necessary defence of integrity and priestly discipline. Others see a conservative prelate silencing a priest who had connected powerfully with ordinary Catholics

A recent presentation at the Vatican has drawn attention for its symbolism and unexpected nature, continuing a long tradition of distinctive offerings made to the papacy.

A report by InfoVaticana alleges that the Holy See is preparing to restructure Opus Dei into separate clerical and lay bodies, a move that could end the unified model established by St José María Escrivá.

A major new study of over 1,000 U.S. priests shows a strong generational divide on synodality and tradition.

The state-backed ordination of Father Joseph Wu Jianlin without papal approval threatens to unravel years of cautious diplomacy between Rome and Beijing.

The Apostle’s account of the Last Supper, written before the Gospels, offers the clearest understanding of Christ’s command to “do this in memory of me” and reveals the true meaning of remembrance in the Eucharist.

New data from Barna’s State of the Church project show that young men are returning to faith in growing numbers, reversing decades of decline in male church participation and marking a major shift in the religious landscape of the United States.

The apparent movement of the relic, displayed in a shadowbox at St Thomas Aquinas Church on the campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, drew widespread attention after videos circulated online. The footage appeared to show the relic vibrating and shifting, while other nearby relics remained still