Wenzhou, New Crackdown on Catholic Conscientious Objectors
Despite the agreement with the Vatican, China continues to arrest priests, nuns, and believers who r...Read More
2025-07-11
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Fuyang: New Raid, Arrests Target Maizhong Reformed Church
The third raid in one year led to the arrest of Elder Ma Tao and Pastor Chang Shun. Despite its refo...Read More
2025-07-07
Xi’an: Crackdown on Zion’s Light Church, Ten Pastors and Co-Workers Arrested
Pastor Gao Quanfu, who is among those detained, is a key leader in the house church movement in Shaa...Read More
2025-05-30
Diocese of Baoding, Repression of Catholic Conscientious Objectors Continue
Those who refuse the Vatican-China deal and do not join the Patriotic Catholic Church are “disappear...Read More
2024-05-31
Bishop Arrested Again for Refusing to Join State-Managed Chinese Church
01/08/2024 China (International Christian Concern) —Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou, in the east...Read More
2024-01-08
Chinese Nuns Working in Vatican’s Hong Kong Mission Detained in Hebei
Two Chinese nuns working at Vatican’s unofficial diplomatic mission in Hong Kong were detained and p...Read More
2021-01-05
Catholic Churches Suppressed and Secularized Nationwide
Although Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church bear the brunt of persecution, state-run ...Read More
2020-12-01
Catholic Nuns Deemed ‘Dangerous’ and Forced out of Convent
The CCP ramps up intimidation and persecution of Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church. ...Read More
2020-11-04
Catholics Increasingly Harassed Ahead Vatican-China Deal Renewal
Some churches refusing to join the Patriotic Church are repurposed by the state, while others are ba...Read More
2020-10-02
One More Priest Tortured to Force Him into Official Church
Father Liu Maochun from the Diocese of Mindong, who refuses to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic A...Read More
2020-09-27
Official Catholic Church: State-Approved, Hounded Nonetheless
Joining the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association does not mean that persecutions end: state-sancti...Read More
2020-09-23
Why does the Vatican experiment in China?
As the deal on bishops’ appointments expires, Catholics in China are not convinced that the Va...Read More
2020-09-21
Catholic Churches Destroyed or Repurposed by the Government
To make unregistered Catholics join the official Patriotic Church, authorities throughout China hara...Read More
2020-08-28
CCP Investigates Leaks about Persecuted Catholic Priests
Ahead of the Vatican-China deal renewal, the regime makes sure that no information about repressions...Read More
2020-08-09
Is the Vatican Turning a Blind Eye to Chinese Human Rights Violations?
The Vatican is likely to renew next month an agreement with Beijing governing the appointment of Rom...Read More
2020-08-05
Unregistered Catholic Priests Pressured into Patriotic Church
As the Vatican-China Deal of 2018 expires in September, the CCP intensifies persecution of Catholic ...Read More
2020-07-26
In China, ‘Civilized’ Means Having Nothing to Do with Religion
Offering monetary rewards and praises, the CCP encourages communities to do away with religions to b...Read More
2020-07-16
Chinese bishop missing for 17 years feared dead
Officials say the case can be solved only by the Chinese central government and the Vatican An under...Read More
2020-07-11
Protestants, Catholics Stifled to Curb ‘Foreign Infiltration’
Amid escalating tensions with Western democracies, China’s regime incites nationalist sentiment amon...Read More
2020-07-02
Chinese communists’ nod for bishop deepens division
Fuzhou bishop’s state approval has rendered underground Catholics without a leader, but they r...Read More
2020-06-15
Chinese Official Churches Gradually Resume with Many Restrictions
Given the Coronavirus pandemic, the state-vetted Chinese churches have not been able to gather for n...Read More
2020-06-08