Posted on 04/30/2018 5:09:06 PM PDT by marshmallow
Local government accused of trampling on religious policies with 'brutal enforcement' of revised regulations
Beijing has extended its crackdown on religion in Henan province — a key center of Christianity in China — by seizing an unregistered Catholic church managed by an official priest.
The parish priest in charge of the seized church was registered with the government but the church was not, a source told ucanews.com.
"The government will not allow the church to register or to open," he said.
On April 24, cadres from Diandian Town in Shangcai County sent two officials in the morning to seal the main entrances of Gadazhang Catholic Church in Zhumadian Diocese.
A video circulated online showed an elderly Catholic tearing a seal from the church's gate and a group of Catholics arguing with an official suspected to have posted the seal.
The official told them the closure was the policy of the Communist Party.
The source said authorities would probably not confiscate the church but clergy would not be able to return for some time.
The parish priest has asked Catholics to "pray for the church under suppression."
The source condemned "such brutal enforcement" and said the local government had blatantly trampled on and undermined the state's policies on religion.
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Article 36: Citizens of the People’s Republic of China enjoy freedom of religious belief.No State organ, public organization or individual may compel citizens to believe in, or not to believe in, any religion; nor may they discriminate against citizens who believe in, or do not believe in, any religion.
The State protects normal religious activities. No one may make use of religion to engage in activities that disrupt public order, impair the health of citizens or interfere with the educational system of the State.
Religious bodies and religious affairs are not subject to any foreign domination.
On Atheistic Communism, Pope Pius XI - 1937:
26. Above all other reality there exists one supreme Being: God, the omnipotent Creator of all things, the all-wise and just Judge of all men. This supreme reality, God, is the absolute condemnation of the impudent falsehoods of Communism.
Let’s face it..the underground Church in China was a scandal to this Peronist pope, Bergoglio. An embarrassment to pope. These saints stood fast with the Cross, for the Cross, carrying the Cross, living The Sorrowful Mysteries, contrary to faithless Jorge.
The contrast between their faithfulness and his was stark, and must been made to sting his cheeks. He possibly even despised them for it.
was talking with our friend from china now american. she was very suspicious of the korean deal. Xi is making himself the head of all of the religious orgs in china. it was an interesting conversation.
The Communist party is already trying to show how Communism is better than religion. In many parts of China, Christians are forced to take down religious items in their home to get some basic needs and services. The government does this to show that the Party is more responsive to the needs of its people rather than religion.
The crackdown on religion is ramping up in China. It’s not hard to imagine a start-up of a “new cultural revolution.”
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