Elizabeth Lam

Why does the Vatican experiment in China?

As the deal on bishops' appointments expires, Catholics in China are not convinced that the Vatican knows what they want

Funeral regulations aim to split Chinese Catholics

Perhaps Catholics have a providential chance to promote unity in the Diocese of Shanghai and other parts of China

Chinese communists' nod for bishop deepens division

Fuzhou bishop's state approval has rendered underground Catholics without a leader, but they refuse to join the open church

Will churches reopen in mainland China?

Many now doubt if China achieved zero positive Covid-19 cases as it claimed in April

Wuhan picks up the pieces to crawl back to life

As the Chinese city's lockdown is eased, Covid-19 has changed the lives of many people forever

China's new internet rules harbor sinister goals

The flexibility of religious policy and authorities' excessive power create a threat to freedom of expression

China prefers suppression of Hong Kong to fighting virus

With huge allocations for special-purpose materials and equipment, the policing budget has increased threefold

China's virus spies wreck social stability

The CCP seems to be succeeding in its aim of creating a society lacking transparency and peace.

Religion a mere toy for China's comrades

Under new rules, the Chinese Communist Party will have a say in various aspects of religious life, managing funds and selecting of leaders and staff

Communist China's duplicity more harmful than virus

Many suspected of infection do not get medical attention, while some sleep on streets lest they infect their families

Distrust remains as Sri Lanka's Tamils try to honor their dead

Nuns join efforts to tackle Covid-19 in Vietnam

Relatives fear jailed Indian Jesuit has Covid-19

Philippine Catholic youths vow not to squander vote

Myanmar military release arrested Catholic priest

Land dispute hits Christian cemetery in northern India