A recent analysis published by USCIRF asserts that the CCP’s “sinicization of religion” policy consistently violates the ...

For the first time, Pope Francis' catechesis at the general audience in various languages was also read in Chinese, a sign of ...

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Preachers must preach an idea, a feeling, and a call to action. Beyond eight minutes the preaching starts to fade, it is not ...

Often homilies are so long, 20 or 30 minutes, that people will go outside to smoke a cigarette and come back, the pope said.

At a general audience, Pope Francis said that homilies should run under 10 minutes and be guided by the Holy Spirit.

BANGKOK--Days after flying to Thailand to seek asylum, members of a Chinese church huddled in a restaurant to share their stories with journalists. But when they peered over their shoulders ...

That mixed message might be the result of two sides of the Church: registered and unregistered. Only some congregations are officially recognized by the Chinese government. Erik Burklin, CEO of China ...

Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the apostolic nuncio to the United States, presides as Tongxin Lucy Lu professes temporary vows ...

Mandarin Chinese is considered the world's most spoken language, with nearly one billion speakers, ahead of Spanish and English. Pope Francis gave a special message to Chinese Catholics at the end ...

Lamb, also translated from the original Chinese as 'Lam', was targeted by the government because of his refusal to merge his illegal house church into the Three-Self Patriotic Movement, the ...

Despite 10 Catholic bishops in China being held in detention, disappeared or forced from their positions, the ...