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A member of the U.S. bishops' committee charged with writing a controversial document on "eucharistic consistency" told the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Sept. 14 that "unity requires truth," or else it will fail.

The recent arrest of a Vatican-approved bishop, priests and seminarians in north-central China came as a shocking development, if not surprising, as religious persecution in the communist-led country has continued to intensify under President Xi Jinping.

Jesuit Fr. Stephen Chow, the newly appointed bishop of Hong Kong, did not at first think he was the right man for the job.

Hong Kong's incoming Roman Catholic bishop Stephen Chow called for respect for different views as he prepares to lead a diocese that has been polarized by the city's deteriorating political situation.

Distinctly Catholic: It's time for another installment, since tweets, columns and comments from certain conservative Catholics are piling up.

A religious freedom watchdog is urging the State Department to name four additional countries to its list of the worst religious liberty offenders.

All life on Earth is sustained by vital biogeochemical systems, which are in delicate balance. Humans are destabilizing these Earth processes, endangering the stability of the "safe operating space for humanity."

The United Nations and human right groups have strongly condemned the worsening bloodshed in Myanmar as at least 38 people were killed in the military's crackdown on protesters March 14.