A New Pope Must Have a New, Pro-Freedom China Policy
BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Monday emphasized the importance of ensuring that religions in China further adapt to the Chinese context. Xi called for providing active guidance to religions so that they can adapt to socialist society while he was presiding over a group study session of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.
In the Catholic Church of Zhejiang Province, where Bishop Shao is a victim of repression, the priest who administered the “official” diocese is also targeted. Missing since November, he set to go on trial for publishing a book of sacred hymns without permission in another province, while rumours are circulating about his bank accounts. According to some sources, his real crime is insufficient loyalty to the Party.
Despite the agreement with the Vatican, China continues to arrest priests, nuns, and believers who refuse to join the CCP-controlled Patriotic Church.
BEIJING (BP)—The Chinese Communist Party enacted new restrictions on foreign missionaries there May 1, preventing them from preaching, evangelizing and establishing various religious organizations among other activities without official government approval.
On April 30th, members of the Committee on the Present Danger: China (CPDC), the Save the Persecuted Christians (STPC) coalition and other freedom-fighters will launch an initiative aimed at exposing and ending an appalling and closely held agreement between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party. The “Reveal the Deal, Repeal the Deal” (RTD2) campaign is designed to educate the cardinals, the bishops, the faithful, and the world about the ongoing damage being done pursuant to and in the wake of that Secret Deal.
At least ten Chinese Catholic bishops, all Vatican-approved, are currently in indefinite detention, have disappeared or been forced out of their episcopal posts, or are under open-ended investigation by security police. To evade Western sanctions, the Chinese Communist Party uses less bloody and more hidden methods of coercion against these bishops than the show trials and physical torture of the Mao era.
