1+ day, 31+ min ago  (694+ words) Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China's estimated 12 million Catholics, a rights group said Wednesday. The detailed report from Human Rights Watch…...

1+ day, 19+ min ago  (148+ words) Trump claims offensive Jesus meme was him 'as a doctor' healing the sick REUTERS - Rev. Franklin Graham, a leading evangelical figure, defended Donald Trump against accusations that an AI-generated image depicted him as a Christ-like figure. - The image, shared by…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (81+ words) Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is his first major overseas trip of the year and will include 11 cities and towns. Pope Leo XIV's four-nation, 11-day trip to Africa is his first major overseas trip of the year…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (171+ words) The Independent Cameroon fighters hold three-day ceasefire as Pope Leo arrives - Pope Leo XIV is visiting Cameroon as part of a four-nation African tour, aiming to deliver a message of peace to the nation's separatist region and engage with President…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (898+ words) As conspiracists lose their mind over the deeper meaning of Trump's now-deleted Jesus picture, Charlotte Cripps talks to religious art experts about some of the "symbolic' details that look a little less divine But as the days of controversy have…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (543+ words) Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday doubled down as U. S. President Donald Trump's criticism showed no sign of letting up, insisting that the message "the world needs to hear today" is one of peace and dialogue. Leo spoke to journalists aboard the…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (883+ words) Sometime the next morning, he deleted the post. "I thought it was me as a doctor," he explained to reporters, according to Time magazine. Jesus? "Only the fake news could come up with that one." But the post was widely…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (338+ words) Jimmy Kimmel takes aim at JD Vance's defense of Trump Jesus image Source: Jimmy Kimmel Live! Is Trump's "Jesus' image blasphemous? A religion expert explains - Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image on Truth Social depicting himself in white robes, appearing…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (587+ words) After a pointed attack on "weak" Leo XIV, the US president further angered Catholics by posting an AI image that depicts him as a Messiah-like figure healing the sick. But it will take more for the Maga faithful to start…...

10+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1242+ words) The romer'a del Roc'o has grown into one of world's largest, most unique Catholic pilgrimages. Pilgrims, their faces and vibrant flamenco dresses coated in dust, congregated around an ox-driven carriage carrying the icon of the Virgin Mary. They had journeyed…...