Chinese police formally arrest 18 underground church leaders, clearing way for potential prosecution and prison terms.

Last Friday Grace Jin Drexel received a text from her father in China, the prominent pastor Jin Mingri, telling her to pray for another pastor who had gone missing. The text said that the other pastor ...

Despite continuous pressure and oppression from the Communist government, Christians in China refuse to compromise the gospel. Churches have been closed, pastors and church members have been arrested ...

Churches affiliated with China’s state-sanctioned Three-Self Patriotic Movement have effectively been required to sing a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) anthem before the closing benediction in Sunday ...

Christians in the Philippines are holding a “Week of Prayer for Christian Unity” as China allegedly undertook dangerous maneuvers in the South China Sea and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. granted ...

Ahead of Trump’s visit next week, China’s President Xi has launched a major crackdown on the country’s Christians, which number in the tens of millions. Earlier this month, Beijing arrested a ...

CFR scholars provide expert analysis and commentary on international issues. China regularly ranks among the worst-performing countries on freedom of religion. That makes sense, given the crackdown on ...

In his letter, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed May 24, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, to also be a World Day of Prayer for the Church in China. National Shrine and Minor Basilica of Our Lady ...