What China’s Secret Documents Reveal. ... Free China’s ChurchThe Communist country may ease some religious restrictions, but they still want an apolitical church. (January 3, 2002) ...

(RNS) — Church officials say the life of the church in China takes precedence over diplomatic strategizing against the leadership in Beijing. Pope Francis, left, on May 7, 2019, and Chinese ...

Mother Teresa’s three visits to China were “heartbreaking” experiences, as she was successively denied permission to initiate work, despite well-prepared ground in Beijing (1985), Shanghai ...

Beijing, China, Mar 17, 2004 / 22:00 pm. After a secret trial March 16, three Chinese Christians are facing 10 years to life in prison for exposing a government crackdown against Christians to ...

BAO DING, China, Nov. 20, 2005 — -- On Sundays in China, most Chinese Christians worship at home and in secret. In effect, China has two religious communities -- an underground one where ...

The Vatican’s secret pact with the Chinese government has been violated repeatedly and brazenly, but it remains to be seen whether Pope Francis — who as recently as September 4, 2023 ...

In the 1950s, the newly established People’s Republic of China co-opted Protestant leaders with the Three-Self Church’s anti-colonial slogan: “Self-governance, self-support, self-propagation.” ...

China Frees Church Leader After 6 Months in Detention Share full article Wang Yi and his wife, Jiang Rong, at their home in Chengdu, China, last year. Ms. Jiang was released on bail this week.

In October 1993, the Church’s newest saint set off on a high-profile trip to Shanghai and Beijing, with a one-month visa, declaring, “I have to go to China; the Holy Father wants me to go.” ...

Tagle told the church news agency Fides on Saturday that the life of the church in China takes precedence over diplomatic concerns. The main objective of the agreement, therefore, is to appoint ...