UCANews: Catholics in Suiyuan diocese have called on fellow believers around the world to pray for them tomorrow on the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China during what they say is their most difficult time in recent … Continue reading
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China’s Police Increasing Pressure on Underground Church to Join Schismatic Patriotic Association
AsiaNews: The Easter holiday will be “very discreetly” celebrated this year in unofficial (underground) communities in China. Many community leaders, bishops and priests, were in fact called in by the police for a “conversation” and even underwent weeks of indoctrination … Continue reading
Another Underground Bishop Dies, Soon They Will All Be Gone to Their Eternal Reward
UCANews: “Underground” Coadjutor Bishop Anthony Zong Changfeng of Kaifeng in central Henan province was laid to rest during a funeral ceremony in his Zhouzhi home town on November 29. Read more here.
Latest Vatican Communiqué to China Nothing New, Disappoints Faithful
UCANews: The latest communiqué of the Vatican’s Commission on the Church in China has mostly fallen flat with the faithful on the mainland, although some see hopeful signs. An “open” community bishop said the most important point in the document … Continue reading
RIP Underground Chinese Bishop Spent Decades in Prison and Labor Camps
Zenit News: Bishop Augustine Hu Daguo of the apostolic prefecture of Shiqian, Shihtsien, in the Chinese province of Guizhou, died on Feb. 17 at the age of 90. The bishop, who was approved by the Pope and part of the … Continue reading
Chinese Confessor Bishop, Suffered More Than 30 Years in Prison, Dead at 91
UCANews: Retired Bishop John Yang Shudao of Fuzhou who spent at least 30 years in prison life because of his faith has died at the age of 91. Read more here.
Chinese Underground Priest Rearrested While Walking to Prison Gate After Finishing Three-Year Sentence
UCANews reports: Officials in northern China’s Hebei province have rearrested Father Peter Wang Zhong of Xiwanzi moments before he could walk to freedom following a three-year prison term. News report is here.
In China, to Be a True Catholic One Cannot Be a Member of the Government’s Catholic Patriotic Assoc.
It’s as simple as that. The CPA rejects the authority of the pope over the Church in China. The CPA has been condemned by Pope Benedict in his 2007 Letter to the Church in China for pretending to be Catholic. … Continue reading
Underground Church in China Appeals to Pope Over Their Bishop’s Joining Patriotic Association
He was one of the principal leaders of the suffering underground Catholic Church in China. The faithful of Mgr. Francis An Shuxin’s diocese, Baoding, are now in great distress. Asia News reports: Beijing (AsiaNews) – “A disaster for the diocese … Continue reading
Heroic Underground Bishop Dies Under House Arrest, Spent 16 Years in Labor Camp
Hong Kong (AsiaNews) – Mgr James Lin Xili, bishop of Wenzhou (Zhejiang) died on 4 October at the age of 91. For his faith he spent 16 years in labour camps and in recent years, though ill and immobilised in … Continue reading
Chinese Underground Bishop Arrested for 13th Time in Five Years
Prior to the more recent harassments, Bishop Jia had been jailed by the Communists for fifteen years from 1963-1978. Rome (AsiaNews) – Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo, the underground bishop of Zhengding (Hebei), was arrested yesterday by police and taken away … Continue reading
