A magazine on religious liberty and human rights
A daring AsiaNews analysis of the cost-effectiveness of the 2018 Vatican-China Deal recalls the sad precedent of the Napoleonic attempt to subdue the Church.
After Australia, for the first time a U.S. state introduces a bill that would force priests to report information on child abuse obtained in the confessional.
Politicians, citizens try to save the monument after a court ordered its destruction before February 5 next, upholding a claim by a secular humanist group.
A Supreme Court case about the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church raises concerns among Catholics too.
The village is a nationally famous pilgrimage site since the 19th century. Now, the Catholic signs and images are disappearing.
They were arrested on December 8 with vague accusations, part of a campaign to intimidate the Catholic Church.
Although Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church bear the brunt of persecution, state-run venues are also increasingly abused.
The CCP ramps up intimidation and persecution of Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church.
The CCP pressures Catholic priests and nuns to participate in indoctrination activities, like visits to revolutionary heritage sites or classes on patriotic education.
Some churches refusing to join the Patriotic Church are repurposed by the state, while others are barred from activities in the name of “epidemic prevention.”
