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
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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
Cardinal Zen wants Hong Kong to pick up Tiananmen flags
Catholic leader urges people to carry on the mission of protesters who were massacred in 1989...Read More
2020-06-09
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
Church-Run Orphanages Shut After Bans on Religious Charities
With restrictions imposed by the new law on religion in China, many private orphanages across the co...Read More
2020-05-12
Public Church Activities Suspended for Another Month in China
As China gradually resumes business to return the virus-stricken country to normal life, all public ...Read More
2020-05-05
Pope Francis Should Speak Out Against Beijing’s Abuses
In February 2020, the foreign ministers of the Holy See and China met in their highest-level officia...Read More
2020-03-18
Crosses Purged from Churches in Northeastern China
The CCP’s campaign to remove religious symbols from places of worship continues unabated, as believe...Read More
2020-03-08
Catholics Pray Outside Their Shut Down Churches
To push all believers under its control, the Chinese government is closing down all churches that re...Read More
2020-03-02
Zhengzhou Diocese Priest Ousted for Disobeying the Party
Even state-approved Catholic clergy members are subjected to severe persecution when they start ques...Read More
2020-02-09
Catholic Church in Jiangxi Stifled on the First Day of 2020
After removing the crucifix from Xiahuang village’s church on Christmas Day, government officials or...Read More
2020-02-06