Catholic Culure: As Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was about to celebrate his first Paschal Triduum as bishop of Wenzhou, Chinese police took him into custody. More here with link to AsiaNews.
Category: Persecution of the Church
China: Underground Bishop Taken From Mass for ‘Re-education’ Classes
Catholic Culture: Chinese officials have taken an ‘underground’ Catholic bishop into custody, just before he was due to celebrate the Chrism Mass for the first time in his diocese. Bishop Vincent Guo Xijn on Mindon, in the Fujian province, was taken … Continue reading
Boko Haram’s Continued Massacres Against Christians in Nigeria
In one state alone, Borno, Northern Nigeria, one and a half million people have fled from the terror and are now trying to survive in refugee camps and in bordering countries. Catholic Herald, Douglas Murray: “There is just too much to care … Continue reading
Social Disintegration and Catholic Hope
This week, my Reconquest show is an interview with John Horvat II, which we have already recorded. The discussion is a wide ranging consideration of Catholic social teaching, including the subject of immigration, as it effects various aspects of the … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Fears Vatican Selling Out Underground Church
Life Site News, Claire Chretien: Cardinal Joseph Zen says the Vatican is betraying Catholics living their faith out clandestinely in China. In an exclusive February 15 interview in Washington, D.C. with LifeSiteNews, he says he has been urged to speak out … Continue reading
Persecution of Christians in Pakistan Continues Unchecked
CT, Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra: Two of Pakistan’s biggest religious riots have finally gotten their day in court—with strikingly different results. An anti-terrorism court in Lahore has sentenced 42 Christians for rioting after two churches in Pakistan’s largest Christian neighborhood were bombed … Continue reading
In Praise of Cardinal Josyf Slipyj
Catholic Culture: Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has written a letter paying tribute to his predecessor, Cardinal Josyf Slipyj (1892-1984), on the 125th anniversary of his birth. More here with links.
They Fled for Their Lives: Catholic Pakistani Family Finds New Life in Chicago
Catholic Herald, Joyce Duriga:The Sharifs were living contentedly in Pakistan when life turned into a nightmare in 2012. A terrorist group called BLA targeted Amir Sharif, a Catholic and a well-known professor at a university in Quetta. He was told … Continue reading
Arrested After Quiting Patriotic Association, Bishop Ma Now Accepts CPA Post
Sad news. UCANews: A Chinese bishop has taken a second post in the same state-aligned organization he quit from during his 2012 episcopal ordination, an event that led to his house arrest. Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin took up a post … Continue reading
Retired Archbishop Warns of Moslem Takeover of Europe Due to Vacuum in Christendom
Fatima Network, Christopher Ferrara: Monsignor Carlo Liberati, Archbishop Emeritus of Pompeii, has received considerable publicity for his frank remarks on the condition of the Church and its relation to the threat of Islam. In an interview with La Fede Quotidiana … Continue reading
Pope Francis Had Ordered a Purge of Freemasons From Knights of Malta
EWTNews, Nick Donnelly: It has emerged that during a meeting between Pope Francis and Cardinal Burke in November about the scandal of the Knights of Malta distributing condoms and oral contraceptives in Africa, the Holy Father instructed Cardinal Burke to “clean … Continue reading
Pakistan: Assassinated Governor’s Son Could Be Indicted for ‘Insulting’ Mohammed
The assassinated governor, Salman Taseer, was an advocate for Asia Bibi. AsiaNews: The son of Salman Taseer, the former Punjab governor assassinated for criticizing the “black law” on blasphemy, is likely to be indicted for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Fundamentalist groups … Continue reading
Prayers: Indian Priest, 10th Month in Captivity, Sends Appeal to Pope
Reading this rending appeal by Father Tom Uzhunnalil, I think of Asia Bibi too, a Pakistani Catholic mother, now in her seventh year of captivity. She, too, is not European, only a poor woman. I think of the clergy and … Continue reading
Myanmar: Church of S Francis Xavier Destroyed by Bombs on His Feast Day, 3000 Refugees
AsiaNews: On December 3 last a government army air strike destroyed the St. Francis Xavier church in Mung Koe, Shan State (northeastern Myanmar). Msgr. Philip Za Hawng, bishop of the Diocese of Lashio, where the parish is located, wrote a message … Continue reading
China: First Anniversary of Finding Body of Indefatigable Underground Priest Fr. Yu
AsiaNews: Today, and in the past few days, many Catholics in and outside of China have remembered Fr Yu Heping, also known as Heping (peace in Chinese), on the first anniversary of his death. On 8 November exactly a year … Continue reading
