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… ...

In recent months, several Chinese municipalities across the giant Asian nation have shut down congregations of The Church of ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his ...

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 ...

The late Pope Francis tried improving the Catholic Church’s relationship with Beijing by increasing engagement. Here’s what could come next.

Having native-born Chinese bishops and an official diocesan structure elevated the position of the Chinese Church, signaling to the world that it was an equal, not a mission territory governed by ...

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 ...

Chinese Bishop Han says following the state rules is important for the Church's mission and growth Chinese Catholics attend a mass on Holy Saturday, part of Easter celebrations at Beijing's government ...

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.