At the beginning of the 17th century, one of the most important controversies in the history of Chinese Christianity developed in the Catholic Church, one whose consequences are still felt today. Jesuit missionaries proposed a new style of evangelization in China....
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Catholic Priest Persecuted for Over 60 Years
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 20, 2018 Han Jingtao is currently 97-years-old. He is a priest of a so-called “underground” Catholic church from Bairin Right Banner in Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia. As a priest of the church whose bishops are appointed by...
Catholic Church in Henan Vandalized, Priest Arrested and Forced to Leave China
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 19, 2018 In December of 2017, a Catholic “underground” church in the Weibin District of the city of Xinxiang in Henan Province set up a youth fellowship. Catholic underground churches belong to the clandestine Catholic...
Catholic Priest Detained for Plans to Discuss Proposed China-Vatican Agreement
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 19, 2018 The agreement currently being discussed between China and the Vatican on the appointment of Catholic bishops has been and still is a topic of particularly great interest and concern for Catholic clergy and...
Police Raided a Catholic Church in Jilin Province And Arrested Nine Nuns
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 13, 2018 On May 11, the Communist Party police raided a Catholic church in Helong town, Nong’an County, Changchun city, Jilin Province, and arrested nine nuns. Since the raid, the church, which is part of the so-called...
Catholic Church Demolished in Gongyi, Henan
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: June 12, 2018 On April 17, authorities demolished a Catholic church in the city of Gongyi, Henan Province, claiming that it was built unlawfully. According to the priest at the church, Father Yang (pseudonym, 54 years old), the...
Authorities Demolish Catholic Way of the Cross in Henan
Source: UCANews Date: June 11, 2018 A Roman Catholic Way of the Cross in China's Henan Province was forcibly demolished by authorities in the evening of June 5. Officials removed images of Jesus at the well-known Our Lady of Mount Carmel pilgrimage site in Tianjiajing...
Justice and Peace Commission of Hong Kong Calls to Release Catholic Bishop Cui Tai
Source: UCANews, Facebook Date: May 30, 2018 UCANewsreports that the Justice and Peace Commission of Hong Kong issued a statement on May 29 calling on the Chinese government to free Roman Catholic Coadjutor Bishop Cui Tai of the Diocese of Xuanhua in Hebei Province, a...
Believers Wrap the Cross in Black Net to Prevent Its Removal
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 25, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned that the Wantan town government in Zhongmou County, Zhengzhou city had threatened to remove the cross of a Christian church in Lixianwu village under its jurisdiction. To protect the cross,...
Catholic Church Closed in Zhengzhou, Henan
Source: Direct Reports from China Date: May 11, 2018 Bitter Winter has learned that the Chinese Communist Party police shut down an “underground” Catholic church in Zhengzhou as part of an effort to enforce the new Chinese regulations on religion. From April 1 to 21,...


