FaithVatican II
Francis called for reflection on the encyclical in which he “sought to draw attention to the cry of the earth and of the poor.”
Politics & SocietyDispatches
The mass protests that had roiled Hong Kong since June 2019, now largely subsided because of the Covid-19 pandemic, are likely to return, many warn, because of recent gestures by Beijing to tighten control over the former British colony.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
The Trump administration is moving toward a new nuclear arms race with Russia, warns David Cortright of the University of Notre Dame, but there is still a chance to turn back.
FaithVatican Dispatch
Chinese Catholics have donated significant medical supplies to the Vatican to assist in the fight against Covid-19.
Politics & SocietyNews
The Chinese government has temporarily closed all of the country's places of worship in an effort to contain the COVID-19 respiratory coronavirus that has now killed almost 3,000 people, with more than 80,000 around the world verified with infections.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
The meeting “renewed the will to pursue the institutional dialogue at a bilateral level to foster the life of the Catholic Church and the good of the Chinese people.”