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1 - Feb 2016 - Letters: Chinese government’s anti-women policy, Terry O'Brien
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A womens rights group Womens Rights without Frontiers has pointed out that despite the Chinese governments misleading announcement that it will abandon its One Child Policy womens rights in China are in more danger than ever before especially for baby girls.
2 - Dec 2015 - China: New clampdown on believers in China, Bernardo Cervellera
In short he said this is the only way they will survive in China.
3 - Jul 2015 - Books: THE MYTH OF HITLER’S POPE, by Rabbi David G. Dalin, Paul Simmons
What made the Jewish holocaust different from the others was not numbers: arguably more were killed in Ukraine and China.
4 - May 2015 - Books: RESURGENCE: Revitalising Western Catholicism, by Fr James Grant, Peter Westmore
Resurgence examines the current state of the Western world using Australia as a prime example but with insights taken from contemporary eastern Germany China Dubai and with historical snapshots of different societies down the ages from the ancient Greeks and the Roman Empire to the Byzantine era the Renaissance the Reformation the Enlightenment down to the present age.
5 - May 2015 - Television: "Jesus: Rise to Power" - flawed account of early Christianity, AD2000 Report
This is similar to the position faced by a Falun Gong practitioner in China today.
6 - May 2015 - The situation of Catholics in China is worsening, Lina Chan
The Justice and Peace Commission of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese is concerned about the situation of the Catholic Church in mainland China.
7 - Apr 2015 - Letters: The Holy See's relations with China, Francis Vrijmoed
After it became known that China would host the Olympic Games in 2008 the Holy See started to show interest to switch recognition from Taipei to Beijing: I have said many times that if we had contacts with Beijing our Charg d Affairs who is now in Taiwan would go to Beijing not tomorrow but tonight (Cardinal Angelo Sodano Vatican City October 2005.
8 - Mar 2015 - Letters: Persecution in China, Christopher Rule
In his letter in the February AD2000 Paul Simmons states The facts are that from the time when the Chinese Communist Party seized control of China in 1949 it has attempted to persecute the Church.
9 - Feb 2015 - Letters: The Church in China, Paul Simmons
I wish to respond to the letter China and the Holy See by Francis Vrijmoed of Shenzhen China ( AD2000 November 2014).
10 - Feb 2015 - Consistory: Pope Francis names twenty new Cardinals, AD2000 Report
An omission which should be noted in the absence of cardinals from China where the Church has been relentlessly persecuted since the communists seized power in 1949 and where nevertheless Christianity is enjoying spectacular growth.
11 - Dec 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Religious persecution growing in China The state of religious freedom in China is moving from bad to worse said US Rep.
12 - Nov 2014 - Letters: China and the Holy See, Francis Vrijmoed
Referring to a recent report by Catholic News Agency: Pope Francis pursues a thaw in relations with mainland China it is my hope that some background information may be useful.
13 - Oct 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
AsiaNews also reported that a dozen Chinese priests who are currently in South Korea have been warned that they would face problems when they returned to China if they stayed for the papal visit.
14 - Oct 2014 - Pope Francis' pastoral focus in visit to South Korea, AD2000 Report
Thousands of Catholics continue to face daily persecution in North Korea and China where the Communist Party has alternately attempted to suppress and control the Church.
15 - Jul 2014 - Dubai: is this the largest parish in the world?, Patrick Byrne
Around 85 per cent of Dubais population is made up of foreigners working on the worlds largest construction site outside China.
16 - Jun 2014 - Reflection: Eucharistic adoration: path to union with the Holy Trinity, Bishop James Conley
For 500 years Christians have been martyred in China.
17 - Jun 2014 - Chain of generosity from Australia to Nigeria, Madonna Brosnan
For just under $100 the wheelchair is made from the triangular frame of two old bicycles a wooden platform base wide tread BMX wheels and plastic seats imported from China in container loads.
18 - Jun 2014 - Saints John XXIII and John Paul II canonised, AD2000 Report
On his election in 1978 he began an extraordinary missionary pontificate making over 100 international journeys in which he visited most of the countries of the world (except the Soviet Union and China) strengthening the faith of believers and building better relations with non-Christians and governments.
19 - May 2014 - Books: HOW THE WEST WON: The Neglected Story of the Triumph of Modernity, Rodney Stark, Father John Flynn LC
Democracy is sorely lacking in Middle Eastern countries and in China for example.
20 - May 2014 - Vatican Library to digitise archives
The manuscripts that will be digitised extend from pre-Columbian America to China and Japan in the Far East passing through all the languages and cultures that have marked the culture of Europe said Monsignor Jean-Louis Brugues Archivist and Librarian of the Holy See.
21 - Mar 2014 - Pope Francis puts indelible mark on College of Cardinals, Peter Westmore
He was also involved in Vatican attempts to establish diplomatic relations with Communist Vietnam and China so is well-informed on Asia.
22 - Mar 2014 - News: The Church Around the World
Among the other countries on the World Watch List were Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Iran Colombia and China.
23 - Nov 2013 - Letters: Clutching at straws, Anne Lastman
Then Dr Mobbs brings in the China issue.
24 - Nov 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
Proving to be a true messenger of peace in Venezuela the archbishop played a lead role in difficult negotiations for the Church with Vietnam China and Russia Cardinal Urosa added.
25 - Oct 2013 - Letters: Dr Mobbs replies ..., Frank Mobbs
But consider China which has a very high abortion rate.
26 - Aug 2013 - Understanding Syria's religious war, Fr Paul Stenhouse
China with her Islamist and separatist Uyghur on her north-west border and Russia with her own Islamist headaches in Chechnya and throughout her former Central Asiatic Soviet empire are for the present sitting out this dance.
27 - Aug 2013 - Holy See announces canonisation of Blessed John Paul II, Peter Westmore
The only countries he did not visit were Russia China and parts of the Islamic world where he was not welcome.
28 - Jul 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
Benedict XVI established 24 May as day of prayer for the Church in China coinciding with an annual pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Sheshan near Shanghai.
29 - Jun 2013 - Pope begins reform of the Vatican Curia, Peter Westmore
These include the need to revitalise religious life with many orders in decline in recent decades; to address the tortured relations with communist states like China and Vietnam as well as the Islamic world where Christians are subject to discrimination if not persecution; and to build on the improved relations with Eastern Orthodoxy fostered by Benedict XVI.
30 - May 2013 - Letters: Hypocricy, Arnold Jago
The other day in China a car thief Mr Zhou strangled a two-month-old baby which he found asleep in the car.
31 - May 2013 - Abortion: confused pain in a confused society, Anne Lastman
Such experiences which during the 2008 Parliamentary debate making abortion law in the State of Victoria the most atrocious law outside of China were admitted to in emotional outbursts and confessions by female politicians helped win the abortion on demand case.
32 - Apr 2013 - Obituary: Vale Dr Lyn Billings AM, DCSG, MBBS (Melb), DCH (Lond), Joan Clements
They were a formidable team whether addressing members of the Pontifical Academy for Life or of the Department of Health in the Peoples Republic of China.
33 - Apr 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
EWTN News Hopeful signs for Church in China Archbishop Savio Hon Tai Fai secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples since 2010 and formerly a professor of Theology at the Holy Spirit Seminary in Hong Kong told an interviewer in Rome on 7 February that he saw many reasons for hope for the Church in China.
34 - Mar 2013 - The bitter harvest of induced abortion, Babette Francis
France China Mexico - the evidence keeps mounting - abortion not only kills babies it exacts a heavy toll on the physical and mental health of their mothers.
35 - Mar 2013 - STOP PRESS: Vale, Pope Benedict!, Peter Westmore
He gave inspirational leadership through his three encyclical letters through his visits to many countries as pope through his extraordinary writings (including weekly sermons and three books on Jesus Christ) and in his administration of the Church where he had to deal with issues of major complexity including rebuilding relations with the Russian Orthodox Church establishing the Anglican Ordinariate the continuing scandal of sexual abuse and relations with governments which persecute the Church such as the Communist Party in China.
36 - Feb 2013 - News: The Church Around the World
In six countries - the Czech Republic North Korea Estonia Japan Hong Kong and China - the religiously unaffiliated make up the majority of the population.
37 - Dec 2012 - Pilgrimage: Crossroads: young people spread the message of life and love, Angela Schumann
Prayerful witness The journey will end with Mass and a pro-life rally in Melbourne on Saturday 12 January which will be the launch-pad for a campaign to overturn Section 8 of Victorias abortion laws (the second worst in the world behind only Chinas) which violates the rights of doctors consciences to refuse participation in an abortion which is now legal up until birth.
38 - Nov 2012 - Worldwide religious persecution continues, Cardinal Timothy Dolan
In China religious freedom conditions for Tibetan Buddhists and Uighur Muslims remain particularly acute as the government broadens its efforts to discredit and imprison religious leaders control the selection of clergy ban certain religious gatherings and control the distribution of religious literature.
39 - Nov 2012 - Hong Kong's Catholic Bishop interviewed
Bishop John Tong is also a member of the Vatican Commission on China and as he says the relations with the government in China are warm and open but he will not sacrifice what he calls the bottom line.
40 - Sep 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
The announcement by the 44-year-old native of Shanghai was made in front of several state officials and was seen by many as a rebuke to Chinas communist regime.
41 - Jun 2012 - Latin: Pope John XXIII's document on Latin: 50th anniversary, Salvatore Cernuzio
In our Institute for example we receive students from China sent by their universities because they feel the need to know European civilisation and its cultural origins expressed in Latin.
42 - May 2012 - Letters: Pro-life apathy, George Simpson
The demographic winter has engulfed Europe and Japan and is even starting to become apparent in China.
43 - Apr 2012 - Books: FRANK DUFF: A Life Story, by Finola Kennedy, Donal Anthony Foley
The Legion would revitalise the Church in the Philippines while there were to be many Legion martyrs in China when the communists came to power.
44 - Apr 2012 - Books: LIGHT OF THE WORLD: The Pope, the Church and Signs of the Times, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Books themes Seewald covers a lot of terrain with his questions from China to liturgy to Fatima to the theology of the End Times.
45 - Apr 2012 - Pro-Life: Albury hosts well-attended Family Life International conference, Wanda Skowronska
Also he noted the 400 million missing people in China (mainly girls) a number greater than the entire population of the US and the stagnation of the Japanese economy which is not likely to improve given the countrys ongoing demographic decline (the birth rate has been below replacement since 1964) and which is an indicator of things to come in other countries of the world.
46 - Apr 2012 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Agency Vatican and China: stronger stance needed Cardinal Joseph Zen Zekiun former Archbishop of Hong Kong says the Vaticans recent policy in dealing with China has failed and that the Church must now take a tougher stance.
47 - Feb 2012 - Letters: Abortion laws, Terry and Rosemary McDonnell
Indeed one may compare Victorias abortion laws with the eugenics of Nazi Germany or Chinas one child policy.
48 - Feb 2012 - Religious Freedom: Freedom of religion American style, Babette Francis
President Obama during his speech to the Australian Parliament last November welcomed the rise of a peaceful China while rejecting that countrys one-party political system: History is on the side of the free; prosperity without freedom is another form of poverty.
49 - Feb 2012 - Curia: Benedict XVI names 22 new cardinals for his fourth consistory, Peter Westmore
Other interesting names include John Tong Hon Bishop of Hong Kong a highly sensitive position given the ongoing tensions between China and the Holy See over Beijings unauthorised episcopal appointments.
50 - Nov 2011 - Books: ST THOMAS BECKET, by Michael Green, Michael E. Daniel
In a world in which numerous countries such as communist China and Vietnam seek to limit the role of the Church and practice of the faith the story of this English saint continues to resonate.
51 - Sep 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
LifeSite News Outspoken criticism of Chinas religion policy Cardinal Joseph Zen has denounced the preposterous and ridiculous efforts by the Chinese government to exert control over the Catholic Church.
52 - May 2011 - Books: CHRISTIANITY IN IRAQ, by Suha Rassam, Michael Daniel
Both denominations were noted for their miss-ionary focus the Church of the East for example sending missionaries to China where Christianity flourished until it was wiped out.
53 - May 2011 - Two million in Rome for beatification of John Paul II, Peter Westmore
His evangelical spirit led to an unprecedented number of visits to almost every country of the world (except the USSR China and some Islamic countries where he was unwelcome) where he addressed the most difficult pastoral issues of each country strengthening Christianity around the world.
54 - Apr 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
90 ISBN 978-1-58617-161-5 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
55 - Mar 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-0-85244-683-6 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
56 - Mar 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Benedict also offered words of encouragement to Catholics in China who he said were facing a time of difficulty and trial.
57 - Feb 2011 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-1-90607-705-1 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
58 - Feb 2011 - Letters: Apostles' wives, Francis Vrijmoed
FRANCIS VRIJMOED Hong Kong China.
59 - Feb 2011 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Chinese bishop ordained without papal approval The Vatican has denounced China for ordaining a bishop without papal approval in a statement which also called for his excommunication.
60 - Dec 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-1-90607-705-1 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
61 - Dec 2010 - Call to Holiness: Facing life issues in love and truth, Babette Francis
In the past 18 months there have been five new studies confirming the link between abortion and breast cancer: from Turkey China USA Sri Lanka and Iran.
62 - Dec 2010 - News: The Church Around the World
After receiving an invitation to attend the event house church groups in China formed a selection committee and raised significant funds to pay the expenses of their chosen delegates.
63 - Nov 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-1-90607-705-1 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
64 - Nov 2010 - Gendercide: how abortion targets baby girls, Peter Kavanagh
There is similarly little interest or evidence of sympathy for the women who later kill themselves because of the guilt they feel over killing their daughters as in the case of many young women in rural China who are suiciding through drinking fertilisers.
65 - Oct 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-1-90607-705-1 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
66 - Sep 2010 - Books: Order books from www.freedompublishing.com.au
00 ISBN 978-1-90607-705-1 Christianity in Iraq Suha Rassam Christianity in Iraq played a major role in the early centuries of the Church bringing the faith to India China and Central Asia.
67 - Aug 2010 - Books: DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CATHOLIC HISTORY: From the Catacombs to the Reformation, Terri Kelleher
One can easily gain the impression that the Church was to blame for most of the bad things that occurred in history for example the so-called Dark Ages despite the fact that it was the Hun people from the north of China pushing the Germanic or Gothic barbarians from the north and east into the Roman empire that accelerated its decline destroying buildings art water systems and books (the foundations of civilisation) while the Church in its monasteries preserved and copied books so that when the time was right the learning therein could once again be mastered and passed on to future generations.
68 - Jul 2010 - Trends: The Church in 50 years: John Allen's predictions, Frank Mobbs
While no reliable figures for China exist there are many reports of rapid growth in the number of Protestants mostly Baptists and Pentecostals with some increase in Catholics.
69 - Feb 2010 - Letters: Overpopulation, George Simpson
China often quoted as overpopulated has an area of 9571300 square kilometres.
70 - Feb 2010 - Letters: World government, Emidio Restall
It would be a UN body the same UN that gave us the oil for food bribery scandal with Saddam Hussein ongoing corruption Darfur and the likes of a Human Rights Commission headed by representatives of freedom-loving Libya China Sudan and Cuba.
71 - Nov 2009 - Climate change alarmism: a new 'religion' for Christians?, John Morrissey
In reality China and India are to be praised for refusing to sacrifice their peoples living standards to satisfy a lemming-like Western delusion based on the inconclusive and inadequate science of computer models.
72 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Persecution in China, J. Loring
The underground Church clergy suffered (and still do) persecution for standing up to Chinas human rights abuses.
73 - Jun 2009 - Letters: Church in China, John R. Barich
I need to take issue with Francis Vrijmoeds views on the Church in China (April AD2000).
74 - May 2009 - FOUNDATIONS OF FAITH: The Crusades: the truth behind the myths, Frank Mobbs
As recently as 2008 the atheist government of China executed 1700 people.
75 - May 2009 - News: The Church Around the World
China re-arrests underground Bishop Chinese police have re-arrested Bishop Jia Zhiguo of Zhengding the most prominent leader of the Chinese underground Church.
76 - Apr 2009 - Letters: Church in China, Francis Vrijmoed
In particular the article headed Cardinal Joseph Zen: Conscience of China by AD2000 publisher Peter Westmore (April 2008) is obviously an insult to the more than 70 orthodox Catholic bishops in mainland China as it is precisely Bishop Zen who through his biased anti-Chinese government opinions has blocked a reconciliation between the Catholic faithful in China still divided between an Open and an Underground Church notwithstanding the Holy Fathers efforts to bring these two groups of loyal Catholics together as stated in his letter to the Catholic Church in China of 27 May 2007.
77 - Nov 2008 - Foundations of Faith: God's gift of sex: building a civilisation of life and love, Catherine Sheehan
The situation in China with forced abortions and sterilisations used by the government to reduce the population size demonstrates the possible extreme consequences of the contraceptive mentality.
78 - Nov 2008 - Human rights: Religious persecution in China, India, Vietnam, Fr John Flynn LC
China is one country in the news and according to the Department of State the governments repression of religious freedom has intensified in some regions including in Tibet and in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.
79 - Oct 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Chinese bishop arrested as Olympics close Chinas most prominent underground Catholic bishop was arrested on 24 August the day that also saw the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Beijing.
80 - Sep 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
LifeSite News President Bush: religious freedom in China On 10 August in Beijing President Bush attended the Beijing Kuanjie Protestant Christian Church.
81 - Aug 2008 - Letters: Climate change, Peter Finlayson
As a grandfather of 11 my concern is that apart from being unnecessary the urgent action Dr Lloyd seeks to involve the reader in will not have one iota of impact on the two main carbon dioxide emitters China and India.
82 - Aug 2008 - The tragic dilemmas of China's one-child policy, Babette Francis
Chinas earthquake tragedy with the death toll over 69000 at the time of writing has highlighted a series of interlocking dilemmas created by the nations totalitarian one-child policy.
83 - Aug 2008 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News Global warming and population control A British Labour backbencher praised Chinas controversial one-child policy during a debate in Parliament in June suggesting that population control should be considered in order to counteract global warming.
84 - Jun 2008 - Jury still out on global warming, Cardinal George Pell
In China the Chinese New Year coincided with a fierce cold snap and snow storms which prevented many city workers returning to their villages for the celebrations.
85 - Jun 2008 - Human Rights: China: Olympic rings - or shackles?, Babette Francis
When the 2008 Olympic Games were awarded to Beijing seven years ago China undertook to improve its compliance with human rights.
86 - Jun 2008 - Editorial: Man-made climate change: a moral issue, Michael Gilchrist
While Australias best efforts may make little or no difference to the quantity of carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere worldwide as long as China and India persist with their coal-fired economic expansions our nation will at least occupy the moral high ground until others follow our lead.
87 - Apr 2008 - Progress report: AD2000's worldwide outreach via the Internet, Francis Young
In February 2008 the top thirty list also included in order Italy Norway India Netherlands Singapore Philippines Germany China France Malaysia Brazil Poland Mexico Indonesia Switzerland Japan Belgium and Sweden.
88 - Apr 2008 - Human rights: Cardinal Joseph Zen: conscience of China, Peter Westmore
With the Beijing Olympics just four months away Cardinal Joseph Zen Bishop of Hong Kong a Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China is one of the few Chinese people able to speak freely about religious freedom and human rights in China.
89 - Mar 2008 - Tribute: B.A. Santamaria: ten years on, Cardinal George Pell
He would not have been surprised by the economic rise of India and China and would have continued to be a vigorous champion of the religious freedom of all Catholics in China especially those still underground.
90 - Sep 2007 - Letters: Infallible?, Francis Vrijmoed
FRANCIS VRIJMOED Hong Kong China.
91 - Jul 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
Vatican Information Service China and the Popes power to name bishops During an interview in Japan in May Archbishop Giovanni Lajolo who served for three years as the Vaticans Secretary for Relations with States said that the Church would not open diplomatic relations with China until the Beijing Government recognises the Popes authority to name bishops.
92 - Jun 2007 - Obituary: A tribute to natural family planning pioneer, Dr John Billings, RIP, Msgr Peter J. Elliott
If I can picture John Billings being welcomed into eternity by the Holy Innocents I invite you now to see in your minds eye those countless women in China who could rise up on the Day of Judgement to say thank you thank you Dr John and not only the women of China but women and men all around this planet especially the poorest of the poor.
93 - Mar 2007 - News: The Church Around the World
The list includes Saudi Arabia China Iran Burma North Korea Sudan Eritrea and Uzbekistan.
94 - Sep 2006 - Family in Society: Asian and Australian families face similar challenges, Leslie Sammut
In China because of the one-child policy the family as we know it is disappearing from society with the result that most children have no uncles brothers sisters or cousins.
95 - Sep 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency China halts illicit ordinations The Chinese Government apparently decided in July to stop the illicit ordination of Catholic bishops according to a Hong Kong auxiliary bishop.
96 - Sep 2006 - Editorial: 2006 Fighting Fund launched, Peter Westmore
China a one-party communist dictatorship established by Mao Tse-tung in 1949 is emerging as a more formidable threat to Western economic power and values than the Soviet Union ever was.
97 - Jun 2006 - Letters: The new barbarism, Fr. B. McGrath
When might becomes right basic human rights are not guaranteed as in China today.
98 - Jun 2006 - China defies Holy See to 'ordain' two bishops, Peter Westmore
Following the Chinese Governments decision to appoint two priests as bishops of the Catholic Patriotic Church in China the Vatican has excommunicated the two bishops and also the bishops who ordained them saying Church law mandates this penalty for bishops involved in ordinations without Vatican approval.
99 - May 2006 - Books: The Victory Of Reason, by Rodney Stark, Michael Gilchrist
In his conclusion Stark notes that many in China - which is now embracing the Wests capitalism if not its democratic institutions as yet - have been converting to Christianity.
100 - May 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Hong Kong Cardinal on Vatican-Beijing accord Hong Kongs Cardinal Joseph Zen believes the Vatican can restore diplomatic relations with China but cautions that an agreement may still take some time.
101 - Apr 2006 - News: The Church Around the World
Other cardinals came from Venezuela the Philippines France Spain South Korea Poland Italy the United States (Archbishop Sean Patrick OMalley OFM Cap of Boston) and China.
102 - Apr 2006 - Editorial: New cardinals: Benedict XVI signals his intentions, Michael Gilchrist
The choice of the forthright pro-democracy Joseph Zen Ze-kiun Bishop of Hong Kong was especially significant signalling that Rome would not be cowed by Chinas bullying tactics.
103 - Oct 2005 - Books: A Beautiful Story to be Told: The Legion of Mary in Oceania 1932-2005, Michael Gilchrist
The names of Frank Duff founder of the Legion of Mary in Ireland in 1921 and Fr Aedan McGrath a Columban missionary and founder of the Legion of Mary in China have become legendary within the Catholic Church.
104 - Oct 2005 - Conference: C.S. Lewis: defender of objective truth, Adam Glyn Cooper
In a lengthy appendix to The Abolition of Man Lewis documents a long list of ancient testimonies - from Norway to Egypt from Italy to China - that amount to a formidable consensus on the ubiquitous and normative character of the Tao.
105 - Sep 2005 - News: The Chuch Around the World
Chinese seminary staff at papal audience Pope Benedict XVI welcomed 28 seminary instructors from China to his public audience on 3 August.
106 - Jun 2005 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic News Agency Chinas current stances on the Catholic Church Seven priests of the underground Catholic Church were arrested in Chinas Heibei province on 27 April the Cardinal Kung Foundation reports but were subsequently released.
107 - Dec 2004 - News: The Church Around the World
Of these 153 lie within the zone of silence in which the Church cannot operate openly: in China Cambodia and North Korea.
108 - May 2004 - News: The Church Around the World
Vatican Information Service Religious persecution continues in China Despite constitutional amendment Despite new constitutional amendments that purportedly guarantee religious freedom in China believers are not expecting any serious change in the policies of the Communist Government the Forum 18 news service reports.
109 - Feb 2004 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Service China maintains tight grip on Christianity Economic openness not matched by religious freedom The dynamism and increasing openness of Chinas economy is well known.
110 - Nov 2003 - Tattoos and body-piercing: the moral dimension, Fr Peter Joseph
In China there was once the practice of binding girls feet tightly to stop them from growing because small dainty feet were admired.
111 - Jun 2003 - Letters: Holy Orders (letter), Francis Vrijmoed
FRANCIS VRIJMOED Hong Kong China Editor: There have been numerous other letters expressing similar sentiments to the above which could not be published due to space constraints.
112 - May 2003 - Books: Christianity On Trial: Arguments Against Anti-Religious Bigotry, Bill Muehlenberg
True scientific advances did take root in two other cultures: the Islamic world and China.
113 - May 2003 - Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan (1928-2002): How faith survived in a Communist prison, Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan
From the very first moment of my arrest the words of Bishop John Walsh who had been imprisoned for 12 years in Communist China came to my mind.
114 - Dec 2002 - Books: Biography of Archbishop Pell launched in Melbourne: author interviewed
Likewise his visits to China; I wish I could have run more on that but Catholics are still persecuted over there so what he could tell me was very limited.
115 - Jul 2002 - Interview: George Weigel: the impact of John Paul II's pontificate, Zenit News Service
In the 21st century China today a land of persecution underground churches and martyrs could become the greatest field of Christian mission since the European discovery of America.
116 - Jun 2002 - Books: The Travels of Friar Odoric, 14th Century journal of Blessed Odoric of Pordenone, Anthony Cappello
His chronicle of that period provides us with perhaps one of the most important early eyewitness accounts of life and culture in what are today Iran India Indonesia China Nepal and Russia.
117 - May 2002 - News: The Church Around the World
LifeSite News Pressures on Chinas religious policies But hopes for an early relaxation may be premature In recent weeks there has been speculation that China is adopting a softer approach toward religious freedom.
118 - Apr 2002 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Service Chinese Catholics more united than ever Cardinal Thuan comments on the state of the Church in China Cardinal Francois Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan the President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace said that Chinese Catholics both in the state-approved Church and the Rome-recognised Church are more united than ever.
119 - Mar 2002 - News: The Church Around the World
John Paul II meets with Taiwans bishops Urges them to foster reconciliation with China John Paul II on 29 January urged the bishops of Taiwan to become heralds of reconciliation between Beijing and Taipei.
120 - Dec 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Agency Japanese Catholics China exchange Aim to heal 1930s wounds with China Japanese Catholics are trying to mend the deep wounds caused by their nations 1930s war with China.
121 - Nov 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Vatican-China diplomacy Chinese keen to deflect criticism of its human-rights record The Far Eastern Economic Review reported in October on the latest diplomacy between the Vatican and Communist China aimed at ending the impasse over the role of the Catholic Church in China.
122 - Aug 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Aid to the Church in Need has provided help for all 64 students for the priesthood similarly for all 693 students in Slovakias six seminaries and for those in countries such as China Brazil and Poland.
123 - May 2001 - Books: 'Becoming Fire' by Fr Ken Barker mgl, Peter Westmore
Available from AD Books (03) 9326 5757) Most people I suspect would prefer to read a history of the Ming Dynasty in China than a book on Christian spirituality.
124 - May 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
This local Church has a strong missionary spirit and sends missionaries to the former Soviet republics other Asian countries (including China) Africa and South America.
125 - Mar 2001 - News: The Church Around the World
Zenit News Service Church in China: Taiwans role A bridge to evangelising mainland China says Cardinal Schotte The Catholic Church in Taiwan is committing herself to be a bridge for the evangelisation of mainland China according to Cardinal Jan Pieter Schotte Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops.
126 - Feb 2001 - Letters: Church in China (letter), Angela Martello
Francis Vrijmoeds letter about the Church in China is full of contradictions of which he is seemingly unaware.
127 - Feb 2001 - Religious persecution continues in Vietnam, AD2000 Report
One document issued by the Bureau of Religious and Minority Affairs in the northern province of Lao Cai bordering China included ten recommendations to control the spread of Christianity including working hard to control religious leaders as well as improved propaganda efforts.
128 - Dec 2000 - Letters: The Church in China (letter), Francis Vrijmoed
As a frequent visitor to China I would like to comment on the article Religious persecution in China continues (July AD2000) from Catholic World News.
129 - Nov 2000 - Canonisation of 120 Chinese martyrs: has much changed under communism?, AD2000 Report
This followed an earlier heated reaction from the Communist Chinese Government that this date coincided with the anniversary of the founding of the Communist state in China in 1949 and was therefore a calculated slap in the face.
130 - Aug 2000 - 'We Shall Overcome': 'liberal' Catholicism after Vatican II, Norm Yodgee
And so the students waved The Little Red Book of Chinas Chairman Mao and everyone sang We Shall Overcome - the former a potent symbol the latter a virtual anthem of the times.
131 - Jul 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
Catholic World News Religious persecution in China continues Priest jailed for printing bibles A Chinese Catholic priest was sentenced to six years in prison on 25 May after he was convicted of printing Bibles and other religious materials in an eastern province of the country.
132 - May 2000 - News: The Church Around the World
Cardinal Kungs death could provide a decisive impulse to the unification of the underground and official Churches in China.
133 - Dec 1999 - Stress Christianity's uniqueness says Pope, Father Bernardo Cerveller
He mentions the Church in mainland China with a touching message for Chinese Catholics (never allow hardship and sorrow to diminish your devotion to Christ and your commitment to your great nation) that of North Korea (for reconciliation between North and South) and that of Jerusalem (for that citys peace and integrity).
134 - Oct 1999 - The UN's war on population confronts religious principles, Stephen Hitchings
The UNFPA has continued to support the infamous one-child policy in China in which pregnant women are bribed threatened pressured or handcuffed and dragged to abortion clinics while others are deprived of food water and wages have their possessions confiscated are expelled from their homes or even subjected to sexual abuse torture by electrified batons being hung upside down or tied to poles in the summer sun and freezing winter winds until they agree to abortions.
135 - Sep 1998 - Archbishop Pell: 'Humanae Vitae' teachings 'are not an optional extra', Michael Gilchrist
The Pope said Dr Pell foresaw that popular pressure and government authority might be brought to force people into contraception sterilisation and even abortion: this is very publicly the case in some countries such as China but even in our own country couples tell me they are constantly urged by friends family and work circumstances to keep their family size small.
136 - Dec 1995 - Beijing UN Conference on Women - How Holy See took on the feminist agenda, Rita Joseph
China objected that there are no universally recognised scientific conclusions concerning hormonal contraceptives .
137 - Nov 1993 - In the aftermath of 'Veritatis Splendor', B.A. Santamaria
Population policies To believe that Catholicism - an infinitesimal minority religion - bears any responsibility for the population policies of countries like India and China (with two billion people between them) - or of the machismo of the Latin American male - is of course fatuous.
138 - Aug 1992 - The problem of suffering, Fr Campion Murray OFM
One was a friend of mine a Franciscan missionary in China before during and after the Second World War who died a couple of years ago.
139 - Nov 1991 - NCC Anniversary: National Civic Council 50th anniversary celebration, 7 October 1991 - address, Bishop George Pell
History has vindicated your judgement and only the dominoes of Cuba Vietnam North Korea and China remain to fall.
140 - Oct 1991 - The priesthood: one layman's view, B.A. Santamaria
I am inclined to think that the central problem lies in the cultural revolution an event which did not occur in China - where it was formally proclaimed by Mao Tsetung - but which did occur in the West at the end of the fifties and the beginning of the sixties.
141 - Sep 1989 - Christianity: new threats in the aftermath of the fall of Communism, Paul Johnson
The reform forces in Soviet Russia and Communist China too for that matter may lose the internal battle and state socialism may be resumed with Stalin-like ferocity.
142 - May 1988 - John Paul II's new social encyclical, Sollicitudo rei socialis, B.A. Santamaria
India is about to lay the keel of its third aircraft carrier and to buy six Soviet nuclear submarines although as far as one can see no power threatens its shores China with more than one billion people follows exactly the same policies although in recent times it appears to have reduced its defence expenditure.
143 - Aug 2012 - Letters: Women priests, Francis Vrizmoed
144 - Jul 2011 - Letters: St Peter's wife, Francis Vrijmoed
145 - Jun 2007 - Letters: Vatican II (letter), Francis Vrijmoed
146 - Oct 2006 - Letters: Pessimistic view, Francis Vrijmoed