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China’s Catholics in 2024: A Year in Review

December 22, 2024 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 12

“Even though the New China continues to reject Christianity and tries to wipe away all traces of Christianity from its land, a dialog between Christianity and Mao’s ideology is essential.” — Fr. Domenico Grasso, SJi […]

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Christmas and China at the end of 2022

December 23, 2022 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 10

China’s Catholics have celebrated Christmas in Beijing since the first church was built there in 1299 by the Franciscan friar John of Montecorvino (1247-1348). Since that time the Church there has both enjoyed eras of […]

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The Saints of Wuhan: Isolation, Suffering, and the Breath of Faith

December 29, 2020 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 21

Note: This account of the Catholic martyr saints who died in the Wuchang district of Wuhan, China, was delivered after the Holy Mass offered by Bishop Thomas Daly at the Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, […]

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China’s Catholic Leviathan: Jesuits and the Sino-Vatican Agreement

October 26, 2020 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 36

On October 22nd, the Holy See Press Office announced that the Vatican has renewed its agreement with China’s state officials – the new expiration date of the agreement is October 22, 2022. The Vatican states: […]

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Understanding the 2018 China-Vatican agreement a year later

November 10, 2019 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 21

It has been more than a year since the Sino-Vatican agreement signed on September 22, 2018, and the situation of China’s Catholics continues to attract media attention. In my long career of researching and publishing […]

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China, politics, faith, and the liturgical village: Cardinal Joseph Zen in context

June 10, 2019 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 8

Editor’s note: During the week of May 28 to 31, 2019, several hundred Catholic lay faithful, priests, deacons, nuns, and three bishops gathered at Spokane, Washington, for the annual Sacred Liturgy Conference. The conference was […]

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Confusion and mixed messages: A view from China

September 24, 2018 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 2

“During the past forty years, the Church in China has suffered severe persecution. . . . Please pray for the suffering Church in China!” – Ignatius Cardinal Gong Pinmei (June 30, 1991)  The Vatican has […]

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The Catholic Church in China: Historical context and the current situation

March 9, 2018 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 14

Chinese Catholics—“above” and “underground”—view themselves as part of “one suffering Catholic Church.” Will the Vatican’s present negotiations with China help or hinder those struggling to […]

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“This is not a movie theater!”: A view from the pews in China

January 24, 2018 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 4

I have always preferred attending Masses for local Chinese Catholics while I’m in China; this is where the faith is experienced most authentically. In order […]

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Chinese Catholics who changed China and the world

January 16, 2018 Anthony E. Clark, Ph.D. 4

The inspiring and little-known stories of Fr. Ma Xiangbo, SJ, Princess Yu Deling, Ying Lianzhi, Abbot Lu Zhengxiang, OSB, and Bishop Fan Xueyan. […]

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