Vietnam celebrates 50 years of reunification, with the historic capture of Saigon in 1975; Beijing approves a law to help ...

As a young priest, the Verbite was a missionary in rural Ghana. Archbishop of Tokyo since 2017, he was elected president of ...

Sources told AsiaNews that local priests were summoned yesterday to ratify the choice of Fr Wu Janlin, vicar general, a loyal ...

The 74-year-old archbishop of Penang was born into an ethnic Indian family. He trained at the historic College of Martyrs ...

The upcoming vote will be the sixth since the fall of Saddam Hussein. This will occur against a background of intra-Shia divisions while incumbent Prime Minister al-Sudani is looking for a strong coal ...

After suspending operations in March 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine, the fast-food company has resubmitted its ...

The archbishop of Goa, 72, has chaired the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences since the start of the year. He has been ...

The apostolic nuncio in Damascus - who turns 80 next January - is among the cardinals called to choose Bergoglio's successor.

US tariff exemption for Bibles printed in China; Four former members of the Legislative Council released in Hong Kong after ...

Elevated by Pope Francis in 2022, the first East Timorese cardinal is a Salesian from a small Catholic country where young ...

According to the SIPRI report, global military spending hit a new high in 2024, at US$ 2.7 trillion. China accounts for half ...

A Franciscan of Belgian origin, he received the cardinal's red hat on 7 December during the last consistory. The Iranian ...