Canada, not China: Police, ‘health’ officials force embattled church underground for Sunday service
‘They can take our facility, but we’ll just find another one,’ said Pastor James Coates during his sermon.
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Articles tagged Underground Church
Chinese government wipes out public religious references in traditionally Catholic village
The erasure of authentic Catholic expression is part of a crackdown that has intensified since the secret Vatican-China deal.
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Cardinal Zen calls out Pope Francis for not answering dubia about ‘murder’ of Chinese Church
The 88-year-old bishop accused Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin of 'a trilogy of murdering the Church in China' and 'manipulating the Holy Father.'
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China cracked down on live-streamed services of underground churches during coronavirus lockdown
'Our first and only online gathering was blocked by the government soon after it started'
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Cdl. Zen urges loyal Chinese Catholics to ‘fight’ for the faith amid worsening persecution
The retired Hong Kong archbishop brought his concerns directly to Pope Francis but has yet to receive a follow-up response.
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Communist Party uses Vatican deal to bludgeon the Catholic Church in China, activist says
Reggie Littlejohn of Women's Rights Without Frontiers describes the situation as worse instead of better.
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Vatican OKs Chinese clergy ‘registering’ with communist government
The Vatican's new 'pastoral guidelines' recognize the 'complex' reality of the relations between the Vatican and China and invited laypeople not to judge their pastors' decisions.
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Faithful Chinese bishop died under house arrest, denied a Catholic burial
Bishop Stefano Li Side's body remains in a funeral parlor while the government insists he can't be buried in a Catholic cemetery.
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Top Vatican diplomat optimistic on China deal as persecution of Catholics continues
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, claimed there is 'increased trust between the two sides.'
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After Vatican agreement, China’s Communist leader is still trying to stamp out religion
By now it is clear to everyone — even Vatican diplomats, presumably — that things are going from bad to worse for Catholics in China.
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