Pope Francis Likely to Sign Deal on Chinese Bishops
According to a Vatican source, a deal between the Holy See and Beijing on the appointment of...
Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association
Religious Repression and Revival in China
U.S.-based democracy and human rights advocacy group Freedom House this week released the report...
Vatican’s Ordination Deal With Beijing Draws Criticism
Relations between the Vatican and China have been uneasy since the CCP took charge of the country...
China Cracks Down on Hong Kong Evangelists
On July 1, Hong Kong-based Lutheran pastor Philip Woo was called to the religious affairs bureau...
National Goals Murky After Zhejiang Church Razings
While officials in Zhejiang Province have denied that recent church demolitions and cross removals...
Christianity and Chinese Exceptionalism
At The New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson reviews two volumes on the past and present of...
Beijing Cautions New Pope on Meddling in China
The relationship between Beijing and the Vatican is a tense one. While the Vatican has been criticized by China for its ties to Taiwan, Beijing’s “illicit ordination” of Catholic bishops has been a cause for...
In China, Tensions Between Church and Government
In the officially atheist nation, Chinese clergy often find themselves struggling between an intrusive government and their occupation. As an ongoing battle between Beijing and the Vatican heats up, political pressure on...
Newly-Ordained Shanghai Bishop Goes Missing
Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin, who quit the state-endorsed Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) over the weekend during a mass for his ordination as bishop of Shanghai, has reportedly been isolated at a seminary on the...
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