Christianity

China frees jailed pastor Ezra Jin

On July 4, rights group ChinaAid said in a statement that pastor Ezra Jin had arrived in Los Angeles after being released from detention in China.

Excommunications show a Pope Leo unafraid of making firm decisions

Pope Leo waving after leading the Angelus prayer from a window of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican on June 29.

What to know about Society of St Pius X, the Catholic traditionalists in new schism

Priests receiving episcopal consecration during a pontifical mass organised by Society of Saint Pius X in Econe, Switzerland, on July 1.

Rebel Catholic group’s forbidden ordinations caused ‘schism’, Vatican cardinal says

Priests receive blessings from newly ordained priests, after an ordination ceremony of the traditionalist Catholic Society of St Pius X, in Econe, near Sion, western Switzerland, on June 29. Defying Vatican, Society of St Pius X ordained its own bishops on July 1, 2026.

Breakaway Catholic society defies Vatican again by ordaining bishops

The Society of Saint Pius X intends to appoint two French, one American and one Swiss as bishops.

Sadness and joy as breakaway Catholic group nears schism

Defying the Vatican, the traditionalist Catholic Society of Saint Pius X will ordain its own bishops on July 1, despite the risk of being considered schismatic.

More S’pore residents have no religion in 2025 than in 2020

The number of people with no religious affiliation grew from 20 per cent in 2020 to 23.9 per cent in 2025.

South Korea arrests Shincheonji church leader Lee Man-hee for meddling in politics: Reports

Founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Lee Man-hee is accused of violating the Political Parties Act.

Faith, hope and Iran: US V-P J.D. Vance gambles on centrestage

The political stakes for US Vice-President J.D. Vance may be even greater, given that he is widely assumed to be eyeing a run for US president in 2028.

Priest who said aliens were demons removed as exorcist for Washington

The ousted clergyman, Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, is an ordained priest and psychologist who also served as an exorcist for the archdiocese, a role that involves investigating claims of demonic possession.

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