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Tag Archives: Church in China
Catholic Church Still Under Severe Persecution in China
Lina Chan for AsiaNews: The Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese is concerned about the situation of the Catholic Church in the Mainland China. The Chinese authorities have imposed political and religious policies that have been … Continue reading
Chinese Communist Economist Argues That Christianity Would Be Good for China
Four years ago I posted a column on our website about Lou Tseng-tsiang, a Prime Minister in the Chinese Republic in the early 1900s. While serving in his post Lou Tseng, who had been Protestant, converted to the Catholic Faith, under … Continue reading
Chinese Catholics Call for Resistance of Government Interference in Ordinations
AsiaNews: Some Catholics have expressed strong opposition to the Chinese government’s plan to push forward bishop ordinations without papal approval in 2015, as indicated by comments respondents made in response to recent news reports inCatholic Online in China (Tianzhujiao Zaixian) on … Continue reading
China Will Continue to Ordain Bishops Without Pope’s Approval
UCANews: China will continue its practice of electing and ordaining bishops independent of the Holy See, according to a 2015 working plan by the State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA). The plan, which appeared on the SARA website on January … Continue reading
China: Obama Adm ‘Outraged’ Over Life Sentence for Moslem Separatist
Where is the outrage; where was the outrage, from US State Department, for the thousands of Catholics, priests and bishops, sentenced to life imprisonment in China over the past fifty years? Where is the outrage for those “missing” clergy and … Continue reading
China: Bishop Ma Offers Blessing in Detention for New Bishops
AsiaNews: Auxiliary Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daqin of Shanghai, who is confined at Sheshan seminary, offered his blessings on Aug. 31 for the three new auxiliary bishops of Hong Kong ordained the previous day. The new auxiliary bishops are Shanghai-born Michael Yeung … Continue reading
China: Unbending Underground Priest Released After 8 Years in Detention
UCANews: 52-year-old Father Joseph Lu Genjun from the unofficial community of Baoding of Hebei province was released on August 9 after eight years of isolation and imprisonment. At the time of his arrest, Father Lu had been carrying out the … Continue reading
Chinese Catholics Breathe Devotion to Sacred Heart
AsiaNews: Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in China is a fact of life for the Catholic faithful, just as, and perhaps more so than, in all the regions of the Catholic Church throughout the world. Ask a Chinese … Continue reading
Archbishop of Singapore Asks Prayers for the Church in China
AsiaNews: In May 2007, Pope Benedict XVI released a Letter to Chinese Catholics, in which he asked that May 24 each year be celebrated as a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. He chose May 24 because it … Continue reading
Underground Bishop of Shanghai RIP at 97
AsiaNews: Bishop Joseph Fan Zhongliang (see photo), the underground bishop of Shanghai, who had spent almost 20 years under house arrest, died yesterday at the age of 97. He had been gravely ill for the past 10 years. The date and … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Says Communists Still Trying to Destroy the Church
Father Z’s Blog: Cardinal Zen says destruction of the Catholic Church continues in China. Despite the hopes raised by Pope Francis’ election, Sino-Vatican relations are still at a standstill. China’s new leader, Xi Jinping, has not kept his promises and the … Continue reading
China: Two More Underground Priests Imprisoned
AsiaNews: Two priests from the underground Church are in prison since early October. They are “guilty” of having organized catechism classes for adults in the town of Qinyuan , near Baoding (Hebei ). The two men are Fr. Tian Dalong and … Continue reading
China: Government Tightens Grip on Election and Ordination of Bishops
AsiaNews: Church observers in China have reacted strongly to a revision of the regulations surrounding the election of bishops, which they say grants the government-backed Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC) overarching control. More on this here.
Chinese Cardinal Speaks of Pope Francis’ Concern for Church in China
AsiaNews: “The Church in China is in my heart,” Pope Francis told Cardinal John Tong of Hong Kong in the Vatican in March. In his homily at a Mass celebrating the inauguration of the Pope Francis at the Cathedral of … Continue reading
