In 2002 Pope St John Paul made the appointment that would underpin the Catholic Church’s efforts to begin repairing relations with Asia’s two main communist states, China and Vietnam, when he named Msgr. Pietro Parolin as undersecretary of state for relations...
A Russian Orthodox Church representative has confirmed its readiness for dialogue with the Patriarchate of Constantinople, the relations with which have soured over its plans to grant an autocephaly to the Ukrainian Church. Despite all the decisions of the Russian...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has invited Pope Francis to visit Pyongyang, a spokesman for South Korea’s presidential Blue House said on October 9. “Chairman Kim said he will ‘ardently welcome the Pope if he visits Pyongyang,’” spokesman Kim Eui-kyeom said...
Prominent German magazine Der Spiegel has published a 19 page report criticising Pope Francis’s leadership of the Catholic Church and accusing him of ignoring abuse survivors in Argentina. Their cover story, titled “Thou shalt not lie” and subtitled “The silence of...
Aggression and violence against Christians have been registered in recent weeks in Uttar Pradesh, a state in northern India. This is what A.C. Michael, human rights activist, Christian and former member of the Indian Government’s minority commission says in an...
