Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association Archives

China pressuring priest at center of agreement with Vatican

A Chinese Catholic priest whose demotion was key to a now-stalled effort at reconciliation between China and the Vatican is being pressured to join the official Communist Party-controlled church organization, a fellow priest and Catholic news source said.

Many think Chinese regulations designed to stymie worship, church growth

Weeks after the first anniversary of the deal between the Vatican and the People’s Republic of China on the appointment of bishops — the first formal agreement between the two countries since the 1950s — Beijing promulgated a fresh batch of regulations governing places of worship.

Vatican issues guidelines on clergy registration in Communist China
- Church in Asia
- Jun 28, 2019
In a new chapter in its relations with the Chinese government, the Vatican has issued guidelines for how bishops and priests in China can register with civil authorities while urging that “no intimidatory pressures” be put on underground Catholics in the country.
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Questions remain despite Vatican-China agreement on bishop appointments
- Catholic News Service, Church in Asia
- Jun 9, 2019
China’s ruling Communist Party continues to persecute at least half of China’s more than 12 million Catholics despite last September’s agreement with the Vatican on the appointment of bishops.
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Love it or hate it, Francis’s China deal has a deep Vatican pedigree
- Vatican
- Apr 6, 2019
In recent weeks the Vatican has come under increasing fire for its preliminary agreement with China on the appointment of bishops, with many arguing that Francis has given authorities too much leeway, however, an approach of dialogue, allowance and even compromise is nothing new for the Vatican on China but is a papal strategy with communist regimes dating back to St. Paul VI.
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