Communist Party Archives

Smith says China’s threats over House action on pandemic won’t deter him

May 22, 2020

When China threatened May 14 to retaliate against U.S. politicians for their support of federal lawsuits over the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the proposals involved stopping all trade involving certain states, including Missouri.

By Kurt Jensen

Soviet prisoners of conscience petitioned St. John Paul II for help

May 13, 2020

Soviet political prisoners from various backgrounds begged St. John Paul II’s help in secret messages after his 1978 election, according to a former inmate in recollections published for the late pope’s hundredth birthday.

By Jonathan Luxmoore

Asia’s top cardinal: China’s ‘criminal negligence’ responsible for coronavirus pandemic

Apr 3, 2020

One of Asia’s top prelates has laid the blame for the coronavirus on the doorstep of China’s communist government, saying it has the “primary responsibility” for the pandemic which has put much of the world under lockdown.

By Nirmala Carvalho

China tells some priests they can’t celebrate funerals in people’s homes

Feb 4, 2020

Christian funerals outside of churches have been banned in some areas of China as the communist government begins to enforce new regulations on religious practices.

By Catholic News Service

New rules in China target unregistered Catholic, Protestant churches

Jan 7, 2020

The Chinese government has targeted unregistered Catholic and Protestant churches with a new expansion of rules and regulations governing religious organizations.

By Michael Sainsbury