St. Martha Wang, Pray For Us!
St. Martha was beatified by Pope St. Pius X in 1909, and canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2000.
St. Martha was beatified by Pope St. Pius X in 1909, and canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2000.
SAINTS & ART: The last members of the Chinese Martyrs, canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2000, died in 1930.
The Vatican does not officially recognize the CCPA. The state-sponsored congress is held every five years.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is officially atheist, and religious believers of all stripes have faced persecution in China for years.
The Vatican has not had a nunciature in mainland China since the 1950s, when the Chinese government expelled the Vatican’s representatives.
Three Chinese Catholics give their eyewitness accounts.
In an apparent concession to protesters, government officials agreed to provide a piece of land for the church to be rebuilt, as well as money.
According to reports, the Catholics are attempting to prevent the Chinese government from tearing down the church.
Analysts interpret the apparent turnabout by the Shanghai bishop, who has been jailed since 2012 for distancing himself from the state-controlled Patriotic Association, as a pressure tactic by China’s Communist regime.
The Pope’s decision likely was made in order to avoid complicating the Vatican’s relations with the People’s Republic of China.
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