By Tessa Gervasini Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 30, 2025 / 16:45 pm China tries to exert total control over religion, and the U.S. Department of State should redesignate China as a “country of particular concern” regarding religious freedom, according to reports by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). USCIRF, a federal commission…
Beijing has sent condolences on the passing of Pope Francis, along with reassurances that China is ready to continue to work constructively with the Vatican. Despite having no normal diplomatic relations as the Vatican is among a handful of states that still recognise Taiwan, the two sides have maintained a cordial relationship. The main reason…
By Jonah McKeown CNA Staff, Nov 22, 2024 / 06:00 am A Chinese bishop with a history of support for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) emphasized in a recent diocesan seminar the socialist state’s influence over the Church more than the Vatican’s, according to Catholics who attended the bishop’s talks. Bishop Joseph Shen Bin of Shanghai,…
By Madalaine Elhabbal Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 1, 2024 / 12:00 pm A Catholic diocese in China recently announced that it had made a tour of “gratitude” to heroes of the Communist Party of China. The Yibin Catholic Diocese of the Shian Province announced in a press release earlier this month that it had led all of…