Pro-Beijing Hong Kong Priest Cancels Vatican Trip After Media Leak
The canceled trip comes amid growing concerns that Beijing is tightening control over Hong Kong’s Catholics and pushing for pro-China appointments.
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Vatican-China Agreement Enters New Phase With Pope Leo XIV at the Helm
ANALYSIS: A Chinese delegation is expected to visit the Vatican this month for talks on the future of the bilateral agreement on bishops.
What China’s DeepSeek AI Says (and Won’t Say) About Christianity
Some responses were candid, others disappeared moments later — but all revealed something about the state of the Catholic Church in China.
Never Forget the 120 Martyr Saints of China
SAINTS & ART: The last members of the Chinese Martyrs, canonized by Pope St. John Paul II in 2000, died in 1930.
This is the Prayer that Catholics Are Asked to Say for the Church in China on May 24
Adding to the urgency for prayer this year are reports that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the 90-year-old retired bishop of Hong Kong who is an outspoken support of the pro-democracy movement there, is expected to return to court on Tuesday.
Cardinal Zen’s Arrest: A Window Into Religious Persecution in China and Hong Kong (Season 4 — Ep. 2)
How has the Communist party “winnowed down” Christianity in China and Hong Kong and what does this mean for the future of the Catholic Church there? International Rights Lawyer Nina Shea of the Hudson Institute sheds light on the persecution of religious believers in China on Religious Freedom Matters.
Catholics in China Told to Celebrate Communist Party and Forgo Marian Pilgrimage
Father Cervellera said that the Communist Party fears the interior freedom that religion can bring.
Feast of Chinese Martyrs an Opportunity to Pray for Persecuted Christians in China
One of the more well-known native martyrs was a 14-year-old Chinese girl named Ann Wang, who was killed during the Boxer Rebellion when she refused to apostatize.
After China Retaliates with Sanctions, U.S. Religious Freedom Advocates Say They Won’t be Silenced
On Saturday, China announced sanctions against top USCIRF officials, after the U.S. and several other countries last week leveled sanctions against regional officials in Xinjiang connected to the abuses of the Uyghurs.
Chinese Bishop Denies Government Has Plans to Demolish Cathedral
Reports of plans to destroy the historic church circulated on Chinese social media after it emerged that local government officials intend to seize Church lands on either side of the cathedral.
