China Church Information

• Year of St. Joseph, Patron of the China Missions since 1668
  - by Fr. Sergio Ticozzi (December 17, 2020)
  

• New Administrative Measures For The Religious Activities Of Foreigners In China (December 2020)
  

• Three Pioneers in XVI Century China (Sept 2020)
  

• "CHINA’S SOFT POWER" (May 2020)
  

• "Holy Spirit Study Centre Loses a Friend" (May 2020)
  

• China: Ideology and Religious Policy in 2019 (22-01-2020)
  

• 2019 Christmas Season: Mass Schedule
  of Parishes of Beijing Diocese
  
• 2019 Christmas Season Mass Schedule 
  of Beijing Seminary and Parish, Beijing
  
• 2019 Christmas Season Mass Schedule,
  of Shanghai Parishes
  
• 2019 Christmas and New Year Mass Schedule,
  O.L.of Lourdes Church, Guangzhou
  

• Fr Ticozzi: Guidelines for the clergy in China, a step forward but still ‘somewhat theoretical and optimistic’ (29-06-2019) [Text]
  

• Pastoral guidelines of the Holy See concerning the civil registration of clergy in China (28-06-2019)
  

• Six Months after the Signing of the Sino-Vatican Provisional Agreement  (2019.04.03)
  

• Msgr. Peter Jin Lugang of Nanyang and the dilemma of the Patriotic Association. A clarification  (2019.02.13) [PDF]
  

• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Beijing (2018.12.24)
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Beijing (East Church) (2018.12.24)
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Hebei (2018.12.24)
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Shanghai2018聖誕彌撒時間表(2018.12.24)
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Shanghai Diocese (2018.12.24)
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Guangzhou
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Nanjing Diocese
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Hongzhou, Xi'an, Chongqing, Jiangxi Dioceses
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Inner-Mongolia
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Haimen
• Time Table of Christmas Mass 2018 of Weinan

• China’s Religious Policies in the 40 years of “Reform and Liberalization” (1978-2018) (2018.11.23)
  

• VATICAN - A Chinese nun among youth at Synod (2018.10.03) [PDF]
  

• VATICAN - Pope opens youth Synod with heartfelt greeting to the Chinese bishops (2018.10.03) [PDF]
  

• VATICAN - MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO THE CATHOLICS OF CHINA AND TO THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH (2018.09.26) [PDF]
  

• VATICAN - Provisional Agreement between the Holy See and the People's Republic of China on the appointment of Bishops (2018.09.22) [PDF]
  
• VATICAN - Pope readmits 8 Chinese Bishops to full ecclesial communion (2018.09.22) [PDF]
  

• The Fight Against Poverty: a “Political” Puzzle (2018.09.05)
  

• An open letter said to be written by the entire clergy of Cangzhou (Xianxian) diocese in Hebei  (2018.08.15)
  

• Banning Christian Children from Receiving Religious Education (2018.06.08)
  

• Official Statements on Religion in the recent two Assemblies (2018.03.29)
  

• Chinese Catholic Bishops at the ‘Two Assemblies’(2018.03.20)
  

• The Status of Catholic Bishops in China in 2017 (2018.01.10)
  

• Two Trends for Religions in China According to the State(2018.1.08)
  
  

• Mass Schedule of Beijing Diocese on Christmas 2017
• Mass Schedule of Shanghai Diocese on Christmas 2017
• Mass Schedule of the Cathedral of Guangzhou on Christmas
• Mass Schedule of Shamian and Tianhe Parishes in Guangzhou on Christmas and New Year 2018
  

• Religion at the Nineteenth National Party Congress (2017.11.30)
  
  

• The Pain and Worries of Faithful Catholics in Mainland China (2017.8.10)
  
  

• Religion in the Two Great Assemblies (2017.4.6)
  
  

• The future of the Sino-Vatican dialogue from an ecclesiological point of view (English) - Holy See (2017.2.9)
• Il futuro del dialogo Sino-Vaticano dal punto di vista ecclesiologico (Italiana) - John Cardinal Tong (2017.2.9)
  
  

• Excommunicated Chinese bishop joins episcopal ordination (English) (2016.11.30) (PDF)
  
  

• Msgr. J.B. Wang Xiaoxun ordained coadjutor bishop of Ankang (English) (2016.11.30) (PDF)
  
  

• Declaration of the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, concerning the purported episcopal ordinations without Pontifical Mandate in Continental China (English) - Holy See (2016.11.7) (PDF)
• Dichiarazione del Direttore della Sala Stampa, Greg Burke, sulle presunte ordinazioni episcopali senza il Mandato Pontificio in Cina Continentale (Italiana) - Holy See(2016.11.7) (PDF)
  

• The communion of the Church in China with the universal Church (English)(2016.8.4)
  La comunione della Chiesa in Cina con la Chiesa universale (Italain)(2016.8.4)
   
  

• Eleven new priests ordained on the Day of Prayer for the Church in China (2016.5.25) 
  

• Xi Jinping warns against "foreign infiltration" in religions (2016.4.25) (English only)
   
  

• Baoding Catholics call for safe return of missing Father Yang (2016.4.16) (English only)
   
  

• The 70th anniversary day of Church hierarchy in China (2016.0410) (English only)
   
  

• Religion on the sideline of China‘Two Sessions’(2016.03.29)
   
  

• Chinese underground priest found dead (2015.11.16)
   
  

• Chinese Catholics told to insist on 'sinicization' (2015.10.30)
   
  

• China Christians voice concern over punishment proposals (2015.09.07)
   
  

• The suffering of the Cross - an urgent appeal (2015.08.13)
   
  

• China ordains first Catholic bishop in three years (2015.08.04)
   
  

• Chinese bishop installed with government recognition (2015.07.13)
   
  

• Catholic leaders detained in China (2015.05.27)
   
  

• The Wenzhou Catholic Church published a protest against the recently issued Draft of Regulations (2015.05.14)
   
  

• March 2015: CPPCC - NPC Sessions and Religions (March 2015)
   
  

• "Do Not Be Afraid, Just Have Faith", by Bishop Zhu Weifang, Wenzhou Diocese (2014.08.05)
   
  

• "Wenzhou Priests' Letter About Crosses" (2014.08.05)
   
  

• Pope Francis invites all Catholics to pray for the Church in China on May 24th, memorial of Our Lady, Help of Christians and Our Lady of Sheshan. (English / Italian) (2014.05.24)
   
  

• Cardinal John Tong: Grateful memories of Bishop Fan of Shanghai Diocese (Chinese) (2014.03.17)
• Cardinal Joseph Zen: Grateful memories of Bishop Fan of Shanghai Diocese (Chinese) (2014.03.17)
   
  

• Pope Francis: That Chinese Catholics may have no fear to speak of Jesus (English) (2013.05.24)
   
  

• Grateful memories of Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai by Archbishop Savio Hon (English) (2013.05.01)
   
  

• Grateful memories of Bishop Aloysius Jin Luxian of Shanghai by Cardinal Tong (English) (2013.04.27)
   
  

• Wuhan diocese suffers government interference, tampered with distress (2012.12.20)
   
  

• Consistory for the creation of Cardinal John Tong (Feb.18, 2012)
   
  

• Link to the Episcopal Ordination of Msgr. Savio Hon on Feb.5, 2011 
  
  

• Researcher's Remarks on or before 2009