As the coronavirus lockdown measures were eased, the CCP recommenced threats and intimidations against Catholics who refuse to join the Patriotic Church.
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Catholic Nursing Homes Raided and Closed
The CCP uses any tools possible to force Catholic conscientious objectors into the Patriotic Church, even by disbanding charitable organizations they run.
Catholics Disallowed Religious Funerals
Even the dead are not spared religious persecution in China, as most religious ceremonies are prohibited, and symbols are removed from believers’ gravesites.
Catholic Priests Tortured to Join the Patriotic Church
The coronavirus pandemic doesn’t prevent the Chinese government from persecuting Catholic conscientious objectors in the Diocese of Mindong.
Catholic Schools, Kindergartens Shut Down in Hebei Province
To stifle faith in the cradle, the CCP bans church-run education of children, implements measures to prevent minors from having any contacts with churches.
Coronavirus, Cardinal Bo: The CCP Is Clearly Responsible, Should Pay Compensation
Senior Catholic prelate insists we should blame the Party, not the Chinese people, for spreading the virus throughout the world.
‘Unpatriotic’ Catholic Churches Shut Down Across China
The CCP continues to suppress places of worship that refuse to be governed by the state.
Cardinal Kung Pin-mei: A Saint Without Halo
He died twenty years ago and his beatification process has been blocked after the Vatican-China agreement. He should not be forgotten.
Crosses Purged from Churches in Northeastern China
The CCP’s campaign to remove religious symbols from places of worship continues unabated, as believers are harassed in places of worship and at home.
CCP’s New Measures to Control ‘Disobedient’ Catholic Priests
The government offers money to believers to pressure Mindong Diocese’s priests to join the state-run church, seeks to cut off clergy’s contacts with abroad.