Tag: religious restrictions
Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong appears in court over protest defense...
Cardinal Zen's arrest has triggered outrage from Western nations, who have accused China of eviscerating the freedoms it promised Hong Kong
Without mentioning Cardinal Zen’s arrest, pope says he is praying for...
Chinese Catholics have a special devotion to Our Lady, Help of Christians, who is venerated under that title at a Marian shrine in Shanghai
Christians prohibited from celebrating Sunday Mass in Indonesian air force base
Air Force personnel reportedly cordoned off the main door of the church and blocked entry to churchgoers
10 priests of China’s ‘underground Church’ disappear under police custody
At least four of those who went missing disappeared on the 29th and 30th of April
Chinese authorities shut down Presbyterian Church’s website
Shanghai’s Xinguang Presbyterian Church was already listed as an illegal social organization by the government in July 2021
False and misleading: Bangalore archbishop on Bible in class row
The archbishop challenged the public to provide “even a single instance of conversion” in hundreds of Christian schools
China tightens control over funds for religious groups, says report
The new rules will place the supervision of the finances of religious sites into the hands of the government
Chinese authorities arrest Catholic bishop of Zhejiang ahead of Easter
The local faithful are worried because they do not know the whereabouts of the bishop because the police even took his phone
Indonesia urged to review blasphemy article in draft Criminal Code
Civil society and human rights groups said the existence of the blasphemy article is “very worrying” in Indonesia
Despite Vatican-China deal, Chinese Catholics continue to face persecution
The report said that all religions, including the state-controlled ones, have suffered from "aggressive repression on religious freedom"
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