One fruit of this Sino-Vatican agreement, which neither side has confirmed, will be that “from now on, there will be no more the crisis of a division between the open and underground communities in the church in China,” wrote Cardinal Tong.
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China seeks to convince the pope (and the world) its controversial organ harvesting practice is over
Chinese officials say the country has stopped using executed prisoners as organ donors, but the international medical community remains skeptical.
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Wives of detained lawyers fear torture used in China
“Every time I think of my husband and imagine what torture would have made him into, my heart aches.”
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Rule of Law and other ‘Western’ notions are worrying Beijing. Here’s why.
“We must never fall into the trap of erroneous Western thinking and judicial independence.”
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‘Catholics must be patriots’ in China to end divide with Vatican
The ruling Communist Party has long feared that opposition to its rule could be spread by religious and other civic groups outside its control.
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The Vatican is looking for ‘positive signals’ from Beijing to gain trust of Chinese Catholics
The Holy See declared that it is closely monitoring what is happening to the church in China and asked for “positive signals” from Beijing.
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The Holy See should not abandon Taipei, even for better relations with Beijing.
Despite its functional independence, Taiwan is still regarded in Beijing as a renegade province.