The U.S. State Department on Dec. 7 designated China a “country of particular concern” for its systematic, egregious, and ongoing violations of the religious freedom of its citizens. The Chinese Communist Party has rightly been under scrutiny for its persecution of...
A court in central Vietnam has imposed a harsh prison sentence on an elderly poet and blogger for his posts critical of the communist government. On Dec. 15, the People’s Court of Nghe An Province sentenced 68-year-old Tran Duc Thach to 12 years in prison for charges...
Joshua Wong is a young Chinese human rights activist, recently sentenced to 13 and a half months in prison on the Orwellian charge of “incitement to knowingly take part in an unauthorized assembly”—meaning, in Chinese Newspeak, urging others to protest peacefully the...
High-ranking government officials have praised Vietnamese Catholics for their great contributions to the Covid-19 fight and returned some former church properties as Christmas gifts during their festive visits. On Dec. 22, National Assembly chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim...
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issue as press released, approved by the Pope, whereby it “is morally acceptable to receive COVID-19 vaccines that have used cell lines from aborted foetuses in their research and production process.” The statement comes...
