AsiaNews: Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, May you have a Happy Easter! I am happy to share with you the good news that at the Easter Vigil on March 30 this year our diocese will be blessed as … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Church in China
China: Catholics Warn New Pope Not to Compromise With the Communists
AsiaNews, Jian Mei: Making compromises with China’s atheistic Communist authorities weakens the Church and leads to chaos among the faithful. The members of the Chinese Church should quit politics and positions of privilege. The new pope’s simple lifestyle should be an … Continue reading
Detailed Interview With Cardinal Tong, Archbishop of Hong Kong
AsiaNews: What can the church of Hong Kong do for the evangelization of Hong Kong, China, Asia and the world? We all acknowledge that all the baptized should be missionaries and have the spirit of evangelization, following the instructions given … Continue reading
Cardinal Zen Says Vatican Officials Frustrated Pope’s China Policy
AsiaNews: But unfortunately I have to add that often he was a lonely voice in the wilderness. I have said and I repeat: his work was wasted by others close to him, who did not follow his line. I’m not here … Continue reading
Most Catholics in China Unaware of Pope’s Coming Abdication
Catholic World Report: After a week of international news coverage about the pope’s imminent retirement, China’s news has so far failed to announce it. China’s Catholics, even the priests, are still unaware of what is happening in Rome, and this media … Continue reading
China to Next Pope: Break with Taiwan and Leave China’s Catholics to Us
Vatican Insider: China has sent a message to the new Pope who will be elected in March, calling on him to break the Holy See’s diplomatic relations with Taiwan and to refrain from interfering in its internal affairs in the name of … Continue reading
China Releases Some Political ‘Dissidents’ Not Catholic Clergy
AsiaNews: The Chinese government has started to release pro-democracy dissidents from the “re-education through labor” camps (laojiao). The releases were made ahead of the end of their sentences, but Catholic priests and bishops remain in the communist regime’s labor camps. AsiaNews sources have … Continue reading
Report Says China Will End Forced Labor and Re-education Camps
AsiaNews: In 2013, China will put an end to forced labor camps, in particular the laojiao (“reform through labor”), where many Christians, members of the Falun Gong and persons responsible for petty crimes are sent. The news, for now unofficial, was … Continue reading
China: New Year Penal Code Reform, Just Words?
AsiaNews: Hebei priests and faithful are eagerly awaiting the return of their bishops and priests who have disappeared in police custody for years. From 1st January 2013, their hope of seeing their pastors, some detainees without trial for 15 years and … Continue reading
Bishop Thaddeus Ma Still Under House Arrest: His Refections
The forty-four year-old auxiliary bishop is still confined under house detention in the seminary of Shanghai, which was shut down after his arrest last July 7 in retaliation for his courageous public resignation from the government-controlled Catholic Patriotic Association. He … Continue reading
Cardinal Tong Addresses Pope on Growth of Church in China
AsiaNews: The Synod on the New Evangelization has just started, but already the difficult situation of secularization, lack of certainties and the spiritual quest is being seen not only a challenge, but a good opportunity for Christian witness. This was underlined … Continue reading
Chinese Bishop Has Spent 40 Years in Prison, No Word on Whereabouts
AsiaNews: For 15 years the underground bishop of Baoding (Hebei), Msgr James Su Zhimin, has been held in police custody in an unknown location. On the anniversary of his disappearance, 8 October 1997, his family have made yet another request to … Continue reading
160 Priests and Nuns Forced to Take Communist Indoctrination Classes in Shanghai
AsiaNews: At least 160 priests and nuns of the diocese of Shanghai underwent a period of “brainwashing” to inculcate in them a “service to the nation” and the ideal of a Church independent of the Holy See . More on this … Continue reading
‘Help the Chinese People Become Catholic’: Plea of an Exiled Priest
I just read in Our Sunday Visitor an inspiring account of the mission of a fairly young Chinese priest who was exiled from China six years ago. The writer of the article, Emily Stimpson, gives him the cover name of … Continue reading
500 Mostly Young Nuns Are Sacred Heart Franciscans in China
The Fides news agency is reporting that 500 women religious, 80% of whom are “very young,” now belong to the Franciscan Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a community devoted to education and the corporal works of mercy. More … Continue reading
