The Holy See admits that “extremely painful situations” are not solved, but claims it is too early to assess the effects of the deal.
Vatican and China Renew Their Agreement
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China
Clergy Ordered to Promote the Communist Party in Sermons
The government increases censorship on was is said in state-run Protestant churches, demanding pastors and preachers to advocate CCP policies and praise its leaders.
State-Run Protestant Churches Demolished on Bogus Pretexts
Even members of government-approved churches find it hard to practice their faith, as authorities throughout China exert increasingly harsh suppression measures.
New High School Textbooks for Patriotic Education
The new teaching materials are one more tool to indoctrinate China’s youth by promoting Maoism and slating Western democratic values.
House Churches Closed as ‘Illegal Venues,’ Believers Punished
The CCP eradicates unregistered Protestant venues, harassing and arresting believers, imposing hefty fines on them.
550+ Church of Almighty God Members Arrested in 4 Months
Adherents to this banned religious movement, a key target of CCP’s persecutions, were taken into custody in Jiangxi, Henan, and Guangdong provinces.
Now They Come for the Uyghur Children: Thousands Sent to Jail-Like Boarding Schools
Eyewitnesses talk to Bitter Winter, and confirm that data published by scholar Adrian Zenz, unlike CCP propaganda, are believable.
Inner Mongolians Pressured to Sinicize Their Children
Amid the CCP’s campaign to eradicate Mongolian cultural and linguistic identity, schoolteachers and parents are threatened to accept CCP’s cultural genocide policies.
Religious Weddings and Funerals Banned as Illegal Activities
People of faith, Buddhists and Christians alike, are not allowed to celebrate life’s most significant moments according to religious traditions and rites.
Believers Forced to Renounce Faith for Social Benefits
People of faith who receive subsistence allowances from the government face a hard decision to choose between religion and sustaining their livelihood.