[GoldenState_Rose]

"Cross gets torn down from Shangqui Catholic Church."

[WayneS]

The anti-religion actions of the Communist Chinese government and its government-sponsored thugs are many things, but shocking is not one of them.

[Roman_War_Criminal]

The Crown of Life awaits all Christians being persecuted for Christ.

Keep them in your prayers - we are next probably.

[circlecity]

And these are the people Francis want to let pick the Bishops for the catholic church in China.

[txrefugee]

Too bad we no longer love God enough to separate ourselves from doing business with these haters of Jesus.

[I want the USA back]

This is because the pope gave the commies the right to form a communist-friendly “catholic” church.

[rlmorel]

And yet there are some, including here on FR, who think that Red China is being run by more “tolerant” and “modern” Communists.

They think that there isn’t any persecution over there.

Unbelievable.

[MeganC]

Here’s the full statement from Mr. Bergoglio condemning the Communist Chinese for their atrocity:

[arthurus]

I suspect this is part of the deal Francis has made with the Chinese government.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!