Chinese communist authorities continue to detain Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou and numerous Catholic priests, according to ChinaAid, in addition to Bishop James Su Zhimin of Baoding, if he is even still alive.
The deal, signed between China and the Holy See in 2018 and renewed in 2020 and 2022, aims to normalize relations in the communist state but faces criticism for increasing persecution of underground Catholics.
Fears raised for the future of the Catholic Church in Hong Kong look to be well supported after legislators passed Article 23 of the draconian National Security Law, especially as the Vatican is likely set to renew its secretive deal with China later this year.
Fr. Donald Kloster sees a marked difference between the immense fruit borne from the Traditional Latin Mass as compared with the meager results of the Novus Ordo Mass. There’s no denying it: Young people are flocking to the Traditional Latin Mass with zeal and love for the faith that the Novus Ordo Mass simply does not attract. When the bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut decided that Fr. Kloster could no longer celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass, Fr. Kloster continued offering the Traditional Latin Mass anyway — even losing his priestly faculties as a result. Then, San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller denied […]
The conviction of Father Joseph Yang Xiaoming is yet another act of persecution on the part of the Chinese Communist Party, which has increased its crackdown on underground Catholics since its signing of a secret deal with the Vatican.
The Chinese government ‘for decades, has rebelled against God and His Incarnate Son, Our Lord Jesus Christ, and has cruelly persecuted His children, the members of the Mystical Body of Christ,’ said Cardinal Burke.
Fr. John Lovell returns to The John-Henry Westen Show for a discussion on the sorry state of the Church and the noble work of the Coalition for Canceled Priests.