Rev. Michael Davitti is practiced in noodle diplomacy. Every spring, the pastor of St. Therese Chinese Catholic Mission in Chinatown leads an “international noodle night” in the basemen… ...

The St. Therese Catholic Mission was formally erected in 1947 by then-Archbishop Samuel Stritch, as a way to serve the growing population of Chinese immigrants in Chicago; the parishioners met in ...

Pastor Kwong-Wah Lau can’t hide his joy when he tours the bright yellow church his congregation struggled to build. After all, what began six years ago as a tiny mission meeting in borrowed ...

An underground Chinese Catholic bishop has applauded an agreement between Beijing and the Vatican over the appointment of bishops in China, saying the underground Catholic church has completed its ...

In 2007 Pope Benedict XVI wrote a “letter to the bishops, priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful of the Catholic Church in the People’s Republic of China,” assuring the Chinese ...

There are an estimated 6 million Chinese belonging to the country's state-approved Catholic Church, overseen by the Chinese Catholic ... wisdom and grace in his new mission," President of Taiwan ...

Rome Newsroom, May 15, 2024 / 16:17 pm. One hundred years ago, the First Council of the Catholic Church convened in China, gathering together more than 100 bishops, vicar generals, and religious.

He also ordained Bishop Ye as the first Chinese bishop of Ankang on Dec. 10, 2000. He was recognized by both state and the Vatican. Despite his poor health, Bishop Ye continued the reconstruction and ...