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Pope Francis entrusts China to the Blessed Virgin Mary
Pope Francis Sunday entrusted China to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and asked all people to pray for a new outpouring... Read more
Livestream of Mass with Pope Francis on Chinese social media raises censorship questions
The Vatican revealed this week that Catholics in China were able to use the most popular Chinese state-monitored social media... Read more
Senate approves Uyghur human rights bill
The Senate approved a bill on Thursday to sanction Chinese leaders complicit in the persecution of Uyghur Muslims. Read more
La Civiltà Cattolica launches Chinese edition
The Catholic periodical La Civiltà Cattolica will now be published in simplified Chinese, in what its publishers say is an... Read more
Arrested Catholic lawyer warns of Chinese repression in Hong Kong
A Catholic lawyer says his arrest last Saturday is part of mainland China’s wide-ranging efforts to tighten control over Hong... Read more
Chinese Communist Party 'is the most serious virus of all,' human rights activist says
The Chinese Communist Party covered up the spread of the coronavirus in the country, suppressing the real rate of infection and... Read more
China’s first saint was martyred on a cross in Wuhan
China’s first canonized saint was martyred by suffocation on a cross in Wuhan, the epicenter of today’s coronavirus pandemic. Read more
Vatican thanks Chinese groups for donations to combat coronavirus
The Vatican has thanked Chinese organizations for donating medical supplies to help it combat the coronavirus. Read more
China owes ‘apology and compensation’ for coronavirus, says cardinal
Poor countries are suffering from the coronavirus because of the Chinese Communist Party’s negligence and repression, a cardinal from Burma... Read more
Did China use slave labor to keep factories open during coronavirus?
Chinese authorities have been accused of forcing Muslim Uyghurs to work in factories as the coronavirus pandemic spread in the... Read more
Cardinal Zen: 'Parolin manipulates the pope,' and Vatican's China policy is 'immoral'
Cardinal Joseph Zen published Saturday a blog post accusing the Vatican’s secretary of state of manipulating Pope Francis, and continuing... Read more
Chinese forced labor is in US supply chain, Congressional report finds
Political, ethnic and religious prisoners are being used as forced labor in China, making goods that end up in U.S.... Read more
Brownback points to Nigeria, China and global spread of religious persecution
U.S. Ambassador at Large for Religious Freedom Sam Brownback has warned that religious persecution is spreading worldwide, and highlighted the... Read more
Hong Kong Catholics told to look online as Mass cancelled across China
The Diocese of Hong Kong has told Catholics to make use of online resources following the cancellation of Masses in response to the... Read more
Bishops and aid agencies praise coronavirus response
American bishops and leaders of Catholic aid agencies have praised Vatican and U.S. responses to the coronavirus outbreak, and encouraged... Read more
Chinese churches closed in response to coronavirus
As the deadly coronavirus continues to spread in China, church services in some areas have been cancelled for this weekend. Read more
Taiwan president appeals to Pope Francis over China’s 'abuse of power'
Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen has written to Pope Francis describing China’s aggression and persecution of religion as “obstacles to peace,”... Read more
Congressional leaders raise plight of US pastors in Chinese prisons
More than a dozen members of Congress have asked President Trump to press for the release of U.S. pastors imprisoned... Read more
Rubio blasts 'blatant violations of human rights' in Tibet
The Chinese Government have announced that, as of May 1, new policies to “strengthen ethnic unity” will go into effect... Read more
China announces new crackdown on religious freedom
China will enforce new restrictions on religious groups, organizations, meetings, and other related events starting on Feb 1. Read more
