Even ‘Approved’ Christian Churches Now Victimized in China
Under an atheist regime like the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), it seems no spiritual belief is safe for long.
For years the CCP has been imprisoning and torturing Tibetans, Uyghurs, those who practice Falun Gong meditation, and house Christians (that is, Christians whose churches have not been officially approved by the communist regime).
In late 2013, the CCP cracked down even harder on such spiritual and ethnic groups, the Epoch Times reported. Now it has begun harassing even those churches that are officially registered, according to the Epoch Times.
Shortly before this renewed persecution began, the CCP’s State Bureau of Religious Affairs director Wang Zuoan gave a speech about how much religious tolerance the CCP has and how spiritual beliefs benefit the Chinese society, according to the Epoch Times.
Even as he said that, however, a Christian pastor from an officially approved church was being held in prison by the CCP after he tried to defend his church’s land rights. Later, officials no longer allowed his congregation to enter the church, Radio Free Asia reported.
When the church members tried to hold a Christmas service outside, they were surrounded by policemen, according to Radio Free Asia.
“The director of the Religion Affairs Bureau is ‘running’ the Church ever more ostentatiously,” Cardinal Joseph Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, told AsiaNews last month.
“The only purpose of their work seems to be ‘enslaving’ our Church (unfortunately with much success) by forcing our bishops and priests to betray their conscience, their faith,” Zen added. “They are destroying not only the religions but also the good name of our nation.”
Sources: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/474764-outburst-of-persecution-strikes-christians-across-china/
http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Card.-Zen:-Destruction-of-Church-in-China-continues-in-New-Year-of-the-Horse-30137.html
http://www.chinaaid.org/2014/01/rfa-chinese-protestant-pastor-to-face.html#comment-form
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