In recent weeks, the Chinese government has intensified rhetoric against Christian churches in Hong Kong, portraying them as part of the “foreign hostile forces” that seek to create political unrest aimed at bringing down China’s one-party rule.
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The Editors: We need to take the threat of nuclear arms more seriously
Why we need to uphold our arms control agreement with Russia and take the existential threat of nuclear weapons more seriously.
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Secret documents reveal how China mass detention camps work
Taken as a whole, the documents give the most significant description yet of how the mass detention camps work in the words of the Chinese government itself.
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Hong Kong bishop urges independent inquiry into student’s death
A student at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology was found injured in a parking lot Nov. 4 as police clashed with protesters. He fell into a coma while being treated at the hospital and died four days later.
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Hong Kong bishops: God can help us to recognize human dignity
As demonstrations pitting pro-government groups against pro-democracy protesters continue, a bishop urged Catholics to pray for the realization that all are humans and not “cockroaches or dogs.”
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Many think Chinese regulations designed to stymie worship and church growth
The new rules are the latest in a string of regulations that many in the Chinese Church believe are designed to stymie worship, the operations of parishes and dioceses as well as the growth of the church.
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First Chinese bishops consecrated with Pope Francis’ approval after deal
Antonio Yao Shun has been consecrated bishop in the first ordination since last year’s Vatican-China deal.
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As confrontations in Hong Kong escalate, anxieties grow over Beijing’s response
Protests in Hong Kong have entered their eighth week and are showing no signs of abating. As the government has refused to acknowledge the protesters’ demands, tensions and tactics have escalated.
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Rare exhibit of Jesuit artists’ work in China displayed in Washington
An exhibit on Chinese empresses featured a rare display by two Jesuit missionaries whose artwork was in the past largely seen only by royalty and high government officials.
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China is practicing child separation and organ harvesting against Uighur Muslims, new reports allege
Two new reports conclude that China is engaging in organ harvesting and a child separation campaign against the country’s Uighur Muslim minority.