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The head of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong has said the Chinese government is willing to reach an understanding with the Vatican.

• 05 августа 2016, 16:02

The band Boxi Rocks features Sekino and three other pastors, who don church robes during their raucous performances.

• 25 марта 2016, 14:37

Pope Francis approved sainthood for Mother Teresa, the missionary nun who became a global if controversial symbol of compassion for her care of the sick and destitute.

• 15 марта 2016, 17:32

Chinese court sentenced a Christian pastor to 14 years in jail for embezzlement, after he opposed forced removal of crosses from churches.

• 29 февраля 2016, 15:39

Emotions ran high as defiant mourners held the first funeral services for nine African Americans shot dead by a white alleged supremacist in a Charleston church.

• 26 июня 2015, 13:45

Walmart announced it has decided to remove Confederate flag merchandise from its stores as a debate rages around the banner seen by many as a symbol of racial violence.

• 23 июня 2015, 14:14

The historic black church in South Carolina where a white gunman murdered nine African Americans, held its first church service since the massacre.

• 22 июня 2015, 12:03

A fire has engulfed the roof of a church under reconstruction in Almaty.

• 20 февраля 2015, 21:21

Pope Francis urged the divided Koreas to reject suspicion and confrontation and unite as "one family, one people".

• 18 августа 2014, 11:41

Pope Francis beatified 124 early Korean martyrs at a mass in Seoul and challenged the crowd to ask what values they might be willing to die for.

• 16 августа 2014, 15:43

More than 20,000 followers of the Unification Church gathered in South Korea for the second anniversary of the death of their "messiah" .

• 12 августа 2014, 11:54

China will construct a "Chinese Christian theology" suitable for the country with both believer numbers and tensions with authorities.

• 07 августа 2014, 13:27

A fire largely destroyed one of China's oldest churches early Monday, state media reported, gutting the inside of the late 19th century structure.

• 29 июля 2014, 03:01

Poland's powerful Catholic Church apologised for paedophilia committed by its priests during an unprecedented ceremony attended by top clergy and abuse victims.

• 21 июня 2014, 20:03

President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev visited the Ascension Cathedral in Almaty to wish Happy Easter to all Christian Kazakhstanis.

• 21 апреля 2014, 17:01

Thousands of people flocked to rural fields in the Philippines on Friday to witness the gruesome spectacle of men being crucified in their annual Easter re-enactment of the death of Jesus Christ.

• 18 апреля 2014, 11:50

Pope Francis on Friday personally asked forgiveness for thousands of child sex abuses carried out by priests and promised more action following accusations of cover-ups and excessive leniency by the Vatican.

• 12 апреля 2014, 14:46

Gay couples across England and Wales said "I do" on Friday night as a law authorising same-sex marriage came into effect at midnight, the final stage in a long fight for equality.

• 29 марта 2014, 10:19

Pope Francis will spend the first anniversary of his election in a spiritual retreat, far from the adoring crowds in Rome and the tensions within the Church hierarchy that have defined the last year.

• 13 марта 2014, 17:10

Pope Francis celebrates one year in office on Thursday swaddled in a blanket of approval world leaders would die for and most of his predecessors could only dream of.

• 13 марта 2014, 10:25