Posted on 10/15/2021 7:04:06 PM PDT by marshmallow
‘What we want to do is simply to care for souls, to seek every lost sheep, and to lead them back to our Father's house with our holy Catholic Church.’
(LifeSiteNews) — A group of persecuted Chinese Catholics told LifeSiteNews of its hopes to reach tens of thousands of uncatechized souls in China with the good news of the Gospel.
Psalm 42 Ministries was established in October 2020 to bring faithful Catholic teaching to an online audience in China whom they hope to fully catechize, despite the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to control and suppress the influence of religion there.
The program is currently working with 1,400 catechesis teachers and thousands of students. In addition to those children, Psalm 42 Ministries also reaches almost 5,000 people directly via podcasts and messaging platforms in China.
At the moment, the group cannot register as a non-profit due to persecution and targeting from the CCP, whilst government officials have already shut down one platform used to distribute the catechetical program.
Despite these hurdles, the director of Psalm 42 Ministries told LifeSiteNews that “the truth of the Church must be taught!”
“There are billions of people in Asia and the only way for the Catholic Church to grow and flourish is for programs like this to be available,” the director, who maintains anonymity, said. “Soon the Catholic Church in Asia will just be another propaganda source for Asian governments. We must act now while the people are open to learning the true faith.”
“Many young Chinese Catholics feel isolated, confused, and trapped in a society that lives by hostile values, so our mission is to connect Catholics in China with the worldwide Catholic family and its catechetical resources,” he continued. “As a Chinese Catholic, I have always been convinced that not only there is much........
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“despite the Chinese Communist Party’s attempts to control and suppress the influence of religion there.”
I thought the Pope was ok with ChiComs picking the clergy now.
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