[The_Media_never_lie]

I hadn't thought of that. There are probably PARTY mics in the confessionals. And, I bet the Chinese population know that...and simply don't go to confession. Confessants are supposed to trust their priest completely in confession. How can they trust their leaders?

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I would put my trust in God and pray and confess directly. Party leaders, not so much.

[arthurus]

As soon as the Church becomes a department of government Confession withers away quickly, The Patriotic Association is a department of government. Francis has handed the Catholics of China over to the government. Because the primary Christian entity in China has collapsed the Protestants there are having a harder time of it, too. For a Communist true believer, the State and only the State is god and the, in this case, emperor - for so he is- is his prophet and messiah.

[cloudmountain]

I would put my trust in God and pray and confess directly. Party leaders, not so much.

Pax tibi.