BEIJING: Communist regime’s persecution of Christians in China is escalating. The Chinese government has closed more than 100 Catholic prayer centers in the Diocese of Fujian, which is part of Fujian Province. The government shut down prayer centers run by clergy who refuse to join a government-sanctioned patriotic church. The Vatican appointed and former Apostolic Administrator of Fujairah Fr. The Bitter Winter online media, which discusses religious freedom and human rights in China, has announced that it has closed all Catholic shrines in the city of Phuqing, the hometown of Lin Yuntuan.
In August last year, the government organized a special program aimed at bringing in clergymen who refused to join the government-approved Patriotic Church. Only five clergymen attended the Trivia Training Conference, jointly organized by the United Front Work Department (UFWD) and the Ethnic Religious Affairs Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPF), the secret agency of the Communist Party of China in the Diocese of Fuju. This is due to the closure of temples in the Archdiocese.
Leading clergy who refuse to join the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) will be led by Fr. The government assumes that Lin. This clergyman is an obstacle to the government trying to bring Catholic priests to their fold. The clergy in Fouquing told Bitter Winter that the temples were closed to exert pressure on him. Since the establishment of the Catholic Diocese of Fuju, the government has been trying to destroy the archdiocese
Many churches have been destroyed. All the clergy of the Archdiocese are under government surveillance. Illegal incarceration of clergy has become a regular occurrence. All the churches in Jin and Gulau districts have already been closed. All these reports point out that the 2018 Sino-Vatican Agreement did not benefit the Church.
