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Chinese Catholics defy Day of Prayer ban
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Chinese underground Catholics have decided to challenge their government’s ban on the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. The Communist government has forbidden the underground Catholic community in Shanghai from visiting the shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan on 24 May — a day the Pope has called for Catholics worldwide to…
Will you join 150 million Chinese Christians in four days of prayer and fasting?
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Will you fast and pray with your persecuted brothers and sisters in China? In an unprecedented move, clergy from dozens of mainland Chinese house churches have announced that they are taking the dangerous action of petitioning China’s legislature, asking that the Communist Party guarantee freedom of religion and to peacefully resolve an on-going church-state conflict involving one of the…
IN HER OWN WORDS: Arrested, held for 48 hours. Her crime: going to church
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The following has been smuggled out of China, past what is called the “Great Firewall of China,” which the Communist Chinese government uses to block e-mail, Facebook, Twitter and other communications between its citizens and the rest of the world. It is the first-person account of a young professional woman who was arrested last…
Across the world, He is risen! Allelujah!
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How can we rejoice? In Egypt, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan, in China … our Christian brothers and sisters are being tortured, imprisoned and killed because of their faith. How can we rejoice? The Disciples felt that same way that Sunday morning. Trembling with fear for their lives, they huddled in the Upper Room, unsure what would happen…
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