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Chinese Communists Arrest Bishop, Priests, as Church Prays for China

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan 25 May 2021 ROME Officials of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have arrested the bishop of Xinxiang along with 10 priests, in an apparent attempt to apply further pressure to the illegal underground Catholic Church, Asianews reported Monday. Police took the bishop and priests to a hotel where they have been kept in solitary confinement and subjected to “political sessions” to indoctrinate them with the CCP’s understanding of religious freedom, reported AsiaNews, the official press agency of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions. On May 24, the Catholic Church marked the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China, a yearly feast established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. The bishop of Yangon in neighboring Myanmar, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo, called this year for a special week-long prayer campaign for the Chinese people.

Minority lawmakers stand against forced conversions

The parliamentary committee made in this regard has yet to produce a solid legislation ISLAMABAD: On April 16, the National Assembly of Pakistan witnessed an unprecedented event, where floor was opened to six minority lawmakers. All of whom, one after another, took the stage to express their deepest concerns about the country s long, cruel history of anti-minority crusades.  In doing so, the six members of the lower house, called attention to the ever pertinent issue of forced conversions, which has been plaguing their communities in the absence of legislative safeguard. Noticing surge in violent cases, Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) s Keeso Mal Kheeal Das, who was among the six lawmakers determined raise the issue on the floor.

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