Did You Know?

The Communist Chinese Government:

Declared the Roman Catholic Church ILLEGAL? and Created a Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association to replace the Roman Catholic Church?

That it transferred all the properties of the Roman Catholic Church in China to the Communist founded Patriotic Association, leaving the loyal Church penniless?

Did You Know That

Under no circumstance can a Roman Catholic accept just any other Church as a substitute without abandoning his faith as a Roman Catholic? Or that Roman Catholics in China, therefore, cannot keep their faith and at the same time follow their government's instruction to join the Patriotic Association to reject the Pope's supreme authority, even at the risk of persecution?

By remaining and obedient to the Pope, the Roman Catholic Church is outlawed in China and is known as the underground Church, also known as the loyal Church or clandestine Church?

The Chinese government calls the underground Church an "unofficial" Church while the Patriotic Association is called an "official" or "open" Church.

Did You Know That

The Patriotic Association does not recognize the supreme authority of the Pope and therefore is not in communion with the Pope and the Universal Church?

The Holy Father had said many times and latest in Manila in January, 1995: "A Catholic who wishes to remain such and to be recognized as such cannot reject the principle of communion with the successor of Peter."?

The Patriotic Association, although calling itself Catholic, is not Catholic because it is not in communion with the Pope, the successor of Peter?

The Canon Law section 751 states:". . . schism is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff . . ."?

Did You Know That

The Holy Father :

• Has never recognized the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.

• Has instead said in July, 1991: "With what prayerful longing and love do I follow the life of the loyal Chinese Catholic communities"?

• Has also said in September, 1994:"The great majority of Chinese Catholics, precisely in order to live this fidelity in fullness, have chosen the path of suffering and silence. With deep affection, our hearts turn to these brothers and sisters of ours who suffer great hardship, thankful for their generous and heroic example."?

Did You Know That

• The Patriotic Association has appointed and ordained scores of Bishops without the permission of the Holy Father, in other words, without a papal mandate?
• On this subject, the Canon Law Section 1382 states:"a bishop who consecrates someone a bishop and the person who receives such a consecration from a bishop without a pontifical mandate incur an automatic "latae sententiae" excommunication reserved to the Apostolic See."?
  

Did You Know That

• Numerous articles have appeared in the media, including diocesan newspapers, about the "Catholic Church in China"? These articles were, in fact, describing the Patriotic Association Church without even mentioning it by name?

• Patriotic Association priests and bishops, masquerading as bona fide Catholic clerics, traveled around the world and solicited donations?

• According to the magazine 30 DAYS, Catholic institutions donated $ 4.7 million while the underground loyal bishops were left with nothing?

Did You Know That

• In order to receive millions of dollars of donations from Roman Catholic Institutions, the Patriotic Association's bishop must convince their overseas benefactors of their fidelity to the Roman Catholic Church?
• To do so, the Patriotic Association bishops, while overseas, never fail to publicly proclaim their "loyalty" to the Pope "in their hearts?
• The benefactors are not aware that these bishops are also officers of the Patriotic Association, and officers of the "China Catholic Bishops College" which is the deceptive name of the Patriotic Association Bishops' Conference?
• As officers, they have the fundamental duty to defend the current constitution of these two organizations?
• The most important and basic article of these two constitutions is the autonomy of the Patriotic Associaton from the Pope?
• That autonomy effectively makes the Patriotic Association bishops non-Catholics?
  

Did You Know That

• Many Roman Catholic missionaries returned to China and started various charitable projects at the invitation of and operating under the supervision of the Patriotic Association and the communist government?

• They do not work with the underground loyal bishops, nor do they ask for their permission to work in their dioceses?

• This is contrary to the Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church?

Did You Know That

• There are about 50 Patriotic Association seminarians and priests studying in various seminaries across the United States?
• Those seminarians are given full tuition, room and board scholarships from various seminaries?
• This program is sponsored by Maryknoll on behalf of the Patriotic Association?
• A number of Patriotic Association priests have been given full faculties in some Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States and are authorized to administer any Holy Sacrament to the public?
  

Did You Know That

• The Roman Catholic Church in China has been severely persecuted by the Chinese Communist Government?

• Such persecution is not ancient history? It is on-going?

• The persecution continues and gets worse at a time when China is given much freedom in business and finance, at a time when China is making significant economic progress, at a time when China is working hard to claim its status as an important member of the international community?

Did You Know That

• In April and May, 1996, Chinese government mobilized 5000 troops, about 30 armored cars and some helicopters in order to seal a tiny village called Dong Lu in Hebei province and to destroy a Marian shrine there?
• The Statue of Holy Mary at the Marian shrine in Dong Lu was confiscated?
  

• Dong Lu was consecrated as the Shrine for Our Lady of China in 1932 by Pope Pius XI?
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• Even though the Chinese government tried to stop this annual pilgrimage to Dong Lu, over 100,000 "illegal" Roman Catholic braved the physical abuses, roadblocks, and other restrictions to pray at the shrine in May, 1995?
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• Holy Mother rewarded the pilgrims with a spectacular apparition on May 23, 1995? This miracle, witnessed by over 30,000 pilgrims, was certified by the Bishop of Baoding?
  

Did You Know That

• In the Diocese of Baoding where Dong Lu is located, the Bishop of the diocese, Bishop Su Xhimin, has disappeared after he was arrested in March 1996?

• The Auxiliary Bishop of Baoding, the pastor of the destroyed shrine in Dong Lu, and many lay leaders are all in jail?
  

• All the priests in Baoding diocese are either in jail or in hiding?

and that:

• The government destroyed three other underground churches and sealed two others?

• The government coerced Roman Catholic students to sign statements to leave their church, or risk dismissal?

• By deceit, bullying, threats, fines and torture, Catholics were forced to renounce their religion?

• Many Catholics were tortured as the result of their refusal to do so?

• A church-operated home for the elderly was forced to dissolve?

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