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2002

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2001

  • May 1, 2001 - Priest sentenced to 3 years for activity in underground Church
  • April 22, 2001 - Arrests of Roman Catholic Bishop, Priests, and Lay Persons in China During Easter Season
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2000

1999

  • November 2, 1999 - New Arrests of Roman Catholic Bishop and Laypersons in China
  • September 13, 1999 - New Arrests of Roman Catholic Clergy in China
  • July 12, 1999 - ZENIT news agency: The Pope and Cardinal Kung Exchange Greetings
  • July 12, 1999 - FIDES news agency: The Pope and Cardinal Gong Pinmei Exchange Greetings
  • July 11, 1999 - London Sunday Times: Priest's Murder Jolts Underground Mission
  • July 5, 1999 - Catholic Clergy and Laity Arrested, Beaten, and Killed
  • January 31, 1999 - Arrest of Underground Priests
  • January 30, 1999 - Chinese Government Adopted a Terrorist Policy To Prevent Religious Celebrations
  • January 28, 1999 - UCA News reported Chinese government's violence and harassment against underground Catholic peasants
  • January 5, 1999 - FIDES news agency released news on sexual blackmail against underground Roman Catholic priests

1998

  • October 13, 1998 - Arrest of Underground Catholic Priests and Laity in Hebei China
  • June 26, 1998 - Arrest of an Underground Catholic Bishop in China
  • June 5, 1998 - The Chinese Government Confiscated the Passport of the 97 year-old Cardinal Kung, Arrest of Catholic Bishops Continues in China
  • May 10, 1998 - An Underground Roman Catholic Bishop Under House Arrest After Release From Jail, Another Underground Priest Is also Released
  • April 15, 1998 - Two Underground Catholic Priests Arrested After The Recent Visit of the U. S. Religious Leaders' Delegation to China
  • February 22, 1998 - House Confinement of the Underground Roman Catholic Priests in Shanghai
  • February 20, 1998 - The Unrelenting Religious Persecution Continues in China

1997

  • November 06,1997 - Bishop Su Zhimin of Baoding, Hebei is still detained by the Chinese Government
  • November 06,1997 - Bishop Su Zhimin of Baoding, Hebei is still detained by the Chinese Government
  • October 11,1997 - Re-arrest of Bishop Su Zhimin, Underground Catholic Bishop of Baoding, in Hebei Province, China
  • April 1,1997 - Chinese Public Security Agents Ransacked the Home of Another Underground Roman Catholic Priest in Shanghai, and Seized his Religious Goods and Money
  • March 23,1997 - Chinese Public Security Agents Ransacked the Home of the Underground Roman Catholic Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai, and Seized his Religious Goods and Money
  • January 10,1997 - Document of the Chinese Communist Party details steps to eradicate underground Catholic Church

1996

  • December 1,1996 - Mass arrest of "underground" Roman Catholics in Jiangxi and Hebei provinces.
  • August 12,1996 - Bishop Su Zhimin's appeal to the Chinese Government.
  • June 17, 1996 - PERSECUTION of Roman Catholic Church in China EXPLODED
    The Chinese Government Cracks Down on the Roman Catholics in Baoding, Hebei.
  • May 17, 1996 - It is a crime in China for a Roman Catholic Priest to offer Mass, promote the Roman Pontiff,etc. A Roman Catholic Priest was sentenced to 2 years of reform through labor for these "crimes".
  • March 31, 1996 - No Roman Catholic Easter Mass in most parts of China. Arrests of two bishops and a priest.

1995

  • November 26, 1995 - Rearrest of a Roman Catholic bishop and release of detenee as reported on November 24, 1995.

  • November 24, 1995 - Destruction of a Roman Catholic Church and release of a bishop.

  • November 3, 1995 - Release of Bishop Zeng Jingmu, Bishop Han Dingxiang and Father Chi Huitian

  • October 9, 1995 - Arrest of a Roman Catholic Bishop in China and a review of recent arrests of Roman Catholics there.

  • September 15, 1995 - Arrest of a Roman Catholic Bishop in China

  • September 11, 1995 - Continuous arrests of Roman Catholics in Jianxi

  • August 17, 1995 - Arrest and torture of a Roman Catholic in Handan county, Heipei

  • July 21, 1995 - Is this a miracle? Supernatural celestial phenomenon in the sky over China as witnessed by 30,000 Roman Catholics.

  • July 19, 1995 - A follow up of the mass arrest of Roman Catholics in Jiangxi Province in China

  • May 1, 1995 - A follow up of the mass arrest of Roman Catholics in Jiangxi Province in China

  • April 28, 1995 - Arrest of another Roman Catholic priest by the Chinese Government during the Holy Easter season

  • April 26, 1995 - Renewed mass arrest of Roman Catholics in Jiangxi Province by the Government of People's Republic of China

  • January 17, 1995 - Arrests of Roman Catholic priest and seminarian in Jiangxi Province by the Government of People's Republic of China

1994

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