The new martyrs: in the papal silence 10 priests have disappeared in a single region of China
While in the West the Catholic Church has become a kind of cultural and political phenomenon, there are places where Faith is still a matter of profession, done in a dangerous way and at the expense of life.
As RFA reports in the last four months, at least ten priests of the underground church, unofficial, but Catholic, of the diocese of Baoding, in Hebei, have been missing, many of whom were taken away by the police between 29 and 30 April.
As local pastor Fu Xiqiu, head of the US civil rights group ChinaAid explains, the disappearance of this large group of clerics from the Baoding is linked to the "Administrative measures against religious personnel" that the Chinese authorities implemented last year. “These measures aim at the communization and sinicization of religions. Clergy of various religious groups, from priests to priests, bishops, imams and monks, should be trained to support Xi Jinping and support the CCP's Ideology. These campaigns are part of the Chinese Communist Party's efforts to eliminate independent-minded clerics ”.
The "Administrative Measures for Religious Clerics" require clergy members to report to the religious department in the manner requested by the State Religious Affairs Administration of China and to be identified. This measure also stipulates that religious personnel must "love the motherland, support the leadership of the Communist Party of China, support the socialist system", "practice basic socialist values" and adhere to China's "principle of religious independence and self-management" and leadership of "religious China". In practice, they must become, at best, the military chaplains of the Communist Party.
This is obviously not acceptable to those who faithfully profess their political beliefs, that is, they also care about the separation between Caesar and Christ. The unofficial Catholic underground church in the diocese of Baoding in Hebei has flourished for many years. Local Catholics themselves, a minority but active, say it is unacceptable for church members to obey the Chinese government-led Catholic Patriotic Association. This is because, quite simply, many of the ideas imposed by Beijing do not conform to the doctrine of the Catholic Church. therefore, those who follow the so-called “National Chiena” believe in something different, schismatic with respect to the Catholic Church.
For Italians, who now live in disbelief, even for a church that now cares more for political relations than the Creed, and for a demographic death that is erasing European Christianity, hearing of people who are persecuted for following the Doctrine of the Church Cattolica seems unreal. Yet there are people who are willing to lose their lives to respect it, martyrs that no one will adore. The Curia is busy making calls with the latest Made in China smartphone.
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