Posted on 08/01/2019 5:50:04 PM PDT by marshmallow
US Ministerial denounces Beijing for suppressing religious freedom, but 'official' Chinese Catholic Church condemns US hype
State-aligned Catholic bodies and other officially sanctioned religious organizations in China have criticized the United States for accusing the communist authorities of suppressing religious freedom.
The Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CPA) and the Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCCC) July 20 condemned the U.S. Department of State's second 'Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom’ as it "maliciously hyped” China's ethnic and religious policies.
The Ministerial gathering held in Washington July 16-18 was promoted as the largest religious freedom event in the world, bringing together 1,000 civil society and religious leaders from 106 nations.
"The Chinese government conscientiously implements the policy of freedom of religious belief, and Chinese citizens enjoy freedom of religious belief in accordance with the law," said the CPA and BCCCC in a statement.
It added that Catholics in China has achieved great progress in pastoral work and evangelization as had other religions.
It also advised the U.S. to stop using religion to interfere in China's internal affairs.
However, the statement was issued without any signature, nor mentioning a name of any CPA or BCCCC leader.
Meanwhile, the China Christian Council, China Islamic Association, China Buddhist Association and the China Daoist Association all issued statements condemning the U.S. attacks on China in the name of religious freedom. All of these organizations are officially recognized by the communist government.
Former Republican Congressman Frank Wolf told the Washington conference that religious persecution in China is currently the worst it has been for 30 years.
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I think I liked it better when they didn’t pretend to tolerate religion.
We support Cardinal Zen! Communism will fail and the Chinese people will be free again.
Go Trump and Cd Zen...in their face and the dangerous vatican secretary of state’s too.
you say what you are told to say when you have a gun to your neck.
nothing has changed in communist china
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