The Vatican sent mixed messages to the People rsquo s Republic of China before and at the end of Pope Francis rsquo s two-country Asia visit which ended earlier this week In mid-December the Pope declined to meet the Dalai Lama who was visiting Rome At the time the Vatican cited the sensitivity

What percentage of China’s population considers itself Christian is a question that has come to the fore here recently, in part because that number may have grown to nearly equal the membership of the Communist Party of China.The C.C.P. operates “patriotic” churches that are headed

Church involvement could undermine aims of Hong Kong's Occupy Central.

Authorities plan to promulgate an official version of Chinese Christian theology.