Catholic Churches Destroyed or Repurposed by the Government

The Vatican-China deal of 2018 has not attained the Church s specific spiritual and pastoral aims, namely, to support and advance the preaching of the Gospel, and to reestablish and preserve the full and visible unity of the Catholic community in China, as the Pope had hoped, addressing China s Catholics after signing the provisional agreement. Instead, priests and congregations refusing to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) are severely suppressed and controlled, disregarding the Vatican Guidelines of 2019 that, while allowing Catholics to join the CPCA, asked that those who refuse to do so for reasons of conscience should be respected.  Persecutions seem to intensify ahead of the renewal of the deal, which expires in September.

via bitterwinter.org