China’s Dire Clampdown on Religious Freedom

Since 1989, when the pro-reform demonstrations in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square inspired similar uprisings in at least 200 other cities across China, the CCP has been on watch for any movement that might build a national organization. A major barrier to mutual recognition has been the CCP’s insistence that priests, bishops and cardinals must all be approved by the party and be ultimately answerable to the Beijing regime. Photo: AFP / Imagine China / Zhang Taoquan
In the provisional accord made last September, Pope Francis agreed to recognize seven bishops of the open church that had been appointed by the CCP, while Beijing in return said it would accept some of the underground bishops appointed by the Vatican.

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