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China keeps faithful away from underground bishop’s funeral
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On Ash Wednesday, 95-year-old Bishop Andrew Hao Jinli of Xiwanzi, who shepherded believers in the illegal, underground Catholic church in northeastern China, died of natural causes. Security forces were mobilized to block the faithful from paying last respects or attending his funeral. China allows adult Catholics to worship in state-sanctioned Patriotic Catholic Churches,…
China celebrates Lent with new crackdown on Christians
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The Chinese government has begun its annual observation of Lent – what has become a yearly wave of repression against Christians. “Like clockwork,” notes Brett M. Decker, editorial page editor of The Washington Times, “China’s communist government ramped up its persecution of the country’s Catholics. Every holy season, Beijing and local cadres bulldoze churches and…
Wife of missing Chinese Christian lawyer asks Christians to pray
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A Christian Chinese lawyer who has disappeared after being arrested by Chinese police told a human rights group that his detention and probable torture were inevitable. High-profile lawyer Jiang Tianyong, 41, who has campaigned for religious freedom in China, was seized by police on February 19. His concerned wife, Jin Bianling, has appealed to Christians…
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