Amid these alarming developments, an extraordinary movement is taking place within China’s underground church. Despite decades of oppression, the Christian population in China is estimated to ...

His efforts, particularly the accord on appointments of bishop, has disappointed some Catholics who believe the Vatican has ...

Chinese authorities imposed a fine on a bishop in Zhejiang province for celebrating a public Mass on 27 December with several ...

and thereby deprive him of the megaphone he has used to embarrass the Church, to grossly distort Catholic social doctrine, and to betray the persecuted Catholics of China.

In China, all Christian churches must pledge loyalty to the ruling Communist Party and register with the government. Any unregistered congregation is considered an underground church whose ...

Hebei, China Bishop Melchior Shi Hongzhen of Tianjin was born on January 7, 1929. He was ordained priest on July 4, 1954. Bishop Stephano Li Side of the underground church, on June 15, 1982, secretly ...

For him, the challenge of reaching out to underground communities ... confirmation of a second important appointment in the Church in China. The new bishop of the Diocese of Fuhzou, the capital ...