Travels abroad for priests in China are restricted, and their movements are monitored via cellphones and surveillance cameras.
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Local Government Demolished an Altar in Fuzhou (VIDEO)
Bitter Winter accessed a video that shows the destruction of an altar of a Catholic church in Fujian’s Fuzhou city. According to sources, on the morning of July 29, 2018, the local government in Fuzhou mobilized nearly 100 urban management and armed police officers...
Forced Demolition of Church Caught on Video
Bitter Winter has accessed an exclusive video of a forced demolition of a Catholic church in Fujian. The church was located in Houxue village in the province’s Fuqing city. Nearly 600,000 RMB or 90,000 USD had already been spent on building the church, and its...
New Book by 100-year-old Catholic Missionary Warns Against CCP’s False Claims of Religious Liberty
The long-awaited memories of Father Quirino De Ascaniis, a Catholic missionary to China who died in 2009 at age 100, warns against claims by CCP that Chinese enjoys “religious liberty” and offers new insights on the persecution of Catholics in China.
CCP Persecutes Catholic Bishop From Shaanxi
Authorities detained and continue to monitor a bishop who traveled abroad for religious purposes. In 2012, Bishop Tong Changping traveled to the Vatican City in the hope of meeting the then Pope Benedict XVI. Bishop Tong left behind the cell phone given to him by CCP...
Catholic Oratory Shut Down in Fuqing City (VIDEO)
The authorities illegally closed a Catholic establishment two years prior to its lease expiration. In December 2015, officers from the Chengtou police station in Fuqing city charged into a Catholic oratory and ordered the believers to move out. When they persisted,...
New Catholic Document on Death Penalty Likely to Create Problems for the Vatican-China Dialogue
On August 2, Pope Francis declared the death penalty “always inadmissible” and promised a vigorous action by the Catholic Church to eliminate it throughout the world. At least 60% of the world’s executions every year happen in China. On August 2, 2018, the Vatican...
Authorities Demolish a Part of Religious Heritage Building
The Catholic Henan Regional Seminary is an essential part of the province’s religious and cultural heritage; authorities recently forcibly demolished the entrance to the seminary. Bitter Winter has recently learned that at 6 a.m. on April 27, 2018, claiming the...
Catholic Bishop Jia Zhiguo, 30 Years of House Arrest
The bishop of Zhengding of the underground Catholic Church has been in and out of detention since 1989, and is still kept under strict surveillance. Hebei is an important base for the Catholic Church in China. For many years, bishops and priests from the underground...
Images: Destruction of the Way of the Cross in Henan
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 21, 2018 Bitter Winter reported earlier about the destruction of a Roman Catholic Way of the Cross in Henan Province. In the evening of June 5, officials ordered excavators and other heavy machinery to destroy the monuments...