WORLD_ China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church, Human Rights Watch finds (David Crary - Associated Press - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

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China raises pressure on underground Catholics to join official church, Human Rights Watch finds

A man walks out from a pavilion near the Xishiku Catholic Church during a rainy day in Beijing, May 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File) more >

By David Crary - Associated Press - Thursday, April 16, 2026


NEW YORK — Chinese authorities are increasing pressure on underground Catholic communities to join the state-controlled official church while tightening surveillance and travel restrictions on all of China’s estimated 12 million Catholics, a rights group said Wednesday.

The detailed report from Human Rights Watch said the heightened pressure was part of a decade-old campaign to ensure that religious denominations and independent churches are loyal to the officially atheist Communist Party.

China’s Catholics have been divided between an official, state-controlled church that didn’t recognize papal authority and an underground church that remained loyal to Rome through decades of persecution.

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