The Friday afternoon prayers are a focal point of the week ... and the majority Han Chinese. Up the street a few blocks from the White mosque was the Yang Hang mosque, where in the morning a ...

At the Lama Temple in Beijing, dozens of people bowed in prayer before the ornate west ... Each year is named after one of the 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac, with this year being the Year of ...

“I leave with sorrow,” he said to those who came to meet him, “and my prayer is constantly for the Chinese people, for our priests, for our sisters and the faithful.” There were special ...

Leo noted that on the feast day, “in the churches and shrines in China and throughout the world, prayers have been raised to God as a sign of the solicitude and affection for Chinese Catholics and ...

VATICAN CITY, June 19 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday called for prayers for the Chinese people, in unscripted remarks coming amid the Vatican's desire to upgrade its relations with Beijing.

Leo noted that on the feast day “in the churches and shrines in China and throughout the world, prayers have been raised to God as a sign of the solicitude and affection for Chinese Catholics ...