The Vatican said Saturday it had renewed a secretive 2018 deal with Beijing allowing China to choose bishops on the mainland and then have Rome approve them.
The Vatican said Thursday it has sanctioned a Nobel Peace Prize winning-bishop accused of sexually abusing underage boys in East Timor over a 20-year period.
Pope Francis will preside Sunday over the beatification of John Paul I, the so-called "Smiling Pope" who led the Catholic Church for just 33 days…
