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Have China’s Christians Peaked? Pew Researches the Data Debate‍

Christianity’s growth in China has stalled since 2010. That’s according to a new Pew Research Centre report measuring religion in China published today. In 2010, approximately 23.2 million adults in China self-identified as Christian. In 2018, 19.9 million adults did so, which Pew researchers say is not a “statistically significant gap.” Among Chinese Christians, the percentages of zongjiao (Mandarin […]

One Chinese Catholic to Francis: ‘Pope, save our Church!’

At Pope Francis’s Mass in Ulaanbaatar on September 3 Sunday afternoon, which was attended by nearly 200 people from mainland China, one young Catholic from the mainland said life for the Church in his country is extremely difficult and asked that the pope help “save” them. Speaking to Crux in broken English, the young man, […]

Archbishop Licenses Priests to Confer ‘Gay Blessings’

The archbishop of Berlin has released an official statement permitting priests under his jurisdiction to administer blessings to same-sex couples, emphasizing that his directive aligns with the intentions of Pope Francis. Quoting Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia in a letter dated Aug. 21, Abp. Heiner Koch notes that “it is no longer possible to say that all who […]

The permanent diaconate comes to the Philippines

Pope Francis has approved the establishment of the permanent diaconate in the Philippines. In a letter dated 17 August 2023, the Vatican’s Secretariat of State informed Bishop Pablo Virgilio David, president of the Philippine Bishops’ Conference (CBCP), that the Holy Father has allowed the establishment of the permanent diaconate in the ecclesiastical circumscription of the […]

Gorakhpur diocese in Uttar Pradesh gets new bishop

Pope Francis on August 26 appointed Father Mathew Nellikunnel as the bishop of Gorakhpur diocese in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The new bishop was vested with the insignia of the episcopal office by the cardinal and Bishop Thuruthimattam. He is elder brother of Bishop John Nellikunnel of Idukki, Kerala.

Kandhamal survivors, supporters demand justice on martyrs’ day

The survivors of Odisha’s anti-Christian violence and their supporters have demanded the implementation of the Supreme Court’s 2016 order on compensation to the Kandhamal victims. They demanded in a memorandum prepared by about 2,000 people who observed on August 31 the 15th Kandhamal Martyrs’ Day Baliguda, a town in Kandhamal, a district in the eastern […]