Chinese churches
Christian group and family raise outcry over detention of another ‘house church’ elder in China
By Huizhong Wu — December 20, 2023
BANGKOK (AP) — Beijing in the past several years has increased the pressure on house churches.
Vatican and Vietnam agree to open resident Holy See office in Hanoi, as relations improve
By Nicole Winfield — July 28, 2023
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Vietnam formally agreed Thursday to let a Vatican representative live in the country and open an office, a notching up of relations that could have implications down the line for the Holy See’s delicate ties with China.
Beijing hounds Chinese church seeking safety overseas
By Tassanee Vejpongsa and Dake Kang — September 7, 2022
BANGKOK (AP) — The story of the exile of the Shenzhen Holy Reformed Church illustrates how the Chinese government is going to increasing lengths to control religious faith and its citizens, even far outside its borders.
Five tech innovations used as weapons against people of faith
By David Curry — November 12, 2021
(RNS) — We are witnessing the rampant criminalization of faith, enabled by the smartphones in our pockets.
‘Underground’ Catholics complicate pope’s hope of better relations with China
By Reuters — December 24, 2016
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) Some Chinese Catholics are not ready to accept reconciliation with a government that has persecuted them for years.
Chinese dissident-evangelist accused of sexual misconduct
By Timothy C. Morgan — July 12, 2016
(RNS) Yuan is recognized as one of the leading preachers and theologians for the global Chinese Christian community, which has at least 70 million Christians and more overseas.
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