It seemed he was giving a matter-of-fact description of how religion is practiced under rules set by China’s Communist Party. “My children know who our holy creator is, but I don’t give them ...
Ching Ming is an occasion for Chinese families to honour their dead by burning paper money and objects useful in the afterlife, offering food and wine, and clearing tombs of dust, weeds and debris.
Cardinal Chow said that beyond discussions on inculturation, "the Catholic Church, as well as the Protestant church, has always been seen until now as foreign religions." As a result, "the government ...
but rather to achieve their own political and economic goals through violent and terrorist activities under the guise of religion. Chinese Moslem leaders and believers have never asserted that ...