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Altar servers lead a Palm Sunday procession March 25 in Youtong, in China's Hebei province. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The pope appeared to be alluding to the fact that since February there has been a crackdown by the Chinese authorities on religion in the mainland.
 A woman prays during Holy Thursday Mass March 29 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Beijing. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Michael Ryan
In Poland, the church created the space for people to breathe—physically, intellectually and spiritually.
In this March 31, 2018, file photo, Chinese acolytes pray during a Holy Saturday Mass on the evening before Easter at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, a government-sanctioned Catholic church in Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
FaithDispatches
Hong Kong contributor
The Chinese Communist Party sees young people turning to religion as an alarming trend.
FaithNews
Catholic News Service
A clampdown on religious freedom has intensified in the province in recent months.
Politics & SocietyNews
Yanan Wang—Associated Press
It also highlights how high-level deliberations in the marble-columned splendor of the Vatican City and in Beijing's walled leadership compound could have reverberations in places like rural Saiqi for generations to come.
A girl reads a Bible during Mass in the state-approved Xuanwumen Catholic Church in Bejing, China, in December 2016. (CNS photo/How Hwee Young, EPA) 
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
The bishop emeritus of Hong Kong said, “Pope Francis promotes the Holy See’s negotiations with China for the good of the church, to bring something good to the church and to the whole of humanity.”