Sinicization… The Church In China Faces A New Prison
By FR. BERNARDO CERVELLERA (Editor’s Note: Fr. Cervellera is the editor of AsiaNews, a PIME missionary online publication.) + + + ROME (AsiaNews) — The entire Church in China, official and underground, is about to enter a new, great prison through one magic word: Sinicization, assimilation to Chinese culture and society and above all submission to the party. It will allow the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Patriotic Association (PA) to control not only people (bishops, priests, faithful), but also what they think and the fruit of their thinking: historical records and interpretations, theology, social doctrine, architecture, sacred art, and even liturgical books and liturgy. In short, this is a political colonization of the minds and consciences of Chinese…Continue Reading