HONG KONG—A 90-year-old Roman Catholic cardinal and five others in Hong Kong were fined after being found guilty Friday of failing to register a now-defunct fund that aimed to help people arrested in the widespread protests three years ago. Cardinal Joseph Zen, a retired bishop and a vocal democracy advocate of the city, arrived at…

Siphoning U.S. innovation by luring talents from America’s top nuclear lab: a new report is highlighting how Beijing uses American technology to advance its own military. Thousands of homebuyers in China are living in unfinished buildings, without electricity, running water, or sewage systems. A 90-year-old cardinal stands trial in Hong Kong. The case is linked…

There is not enough evidence to open a formal church investigation into sexual assault allegations against Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Pope Francis said Thursday. The pontiff issued his statement through Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See press office. Allegations of sexual assault against Ouellet are part of a class-action lawsuit formally filed this week…

Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet is being accused of sexual assault in a class-action lawsuit against the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec. In court documents introduced today in Superior Court, an unnamed woman accuses the prominent cleric of kissing her at a cocktail reception in 2008 and sliding his hand down her back and touching her buttocks. The allegations…

VATICAN CITY—It has been nearly a year since proceedings in the financial scandal trial commenced within the walls of the Holy See. On Friday, May 6th, the senior-most defendant took the stand in his defense. The Vatican police in October 2019 conducted the first of a series of raids on the offices connected to the…

A magical story of a friendship between a man and a wild bird. …

When an extremely rare yellow northern cardinal showed up in his backyard, a Florida bird lover reached for his camera and started filming. Three months, and over 500 hours of footage, later, a special relationship with the bird had formed. Jeremiah Vreeland, 39, from Port Saint Lucie, told The Epoch Times that he and his…

Kentucky man Joe Castello became known as “The Cardinal Guy” after he befriended a red bird in 2019 and posted a video on TikTok. It was a snowy December in 2019 and Castello, 58, was at work, having lunch in his truck, parked next to a protected wild space, when he spotted a cardinal on…

VATICAN CITY—A cardinal who allegedly induced an underling to lie to prosecutors; brokers and lawyers who pulled a fast one over the Vatican No. 2 to get him to approve a disastrous real estate deal; a self-styled intelligence analyst who bought Prada and Louis Vuitton items with the Vatican money that she was supposed to…