WORLD_ For China’s Catholics, State-Controlled Church Is ‘Like a Tree With No Roots’

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For China’s Catholics, State-Controlled Church Is ‘Like a Tree With No Roots’

Specter of Vatican allowing state more oversight sows uncertainty in independent congregations

By Eva Dou
Updated Feb. 14, 2018 10:50 p.m. ET


LUOJIANG, China—An emerging rapprochement between the Vatican and Beijing is unsettling communities of Chinese Catholics and increasing pressure on them to join the government-backed church after decades of resistance.

There have been many Catholics in Luojiang since Spanish Dominicans came to farming villages along China’s southeast coast four centuries ago. Today most of the 84,000 Catholics in the area, including the community’s popular bishop, worship outside the state-sanctioned church. ...

READ MORE: https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-catholic-parishes-rattled-by-prospect-of-more-control-from-beijing-1518652580

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