China’s Religious Persecution and the Vatican’s Complicit Silence
The Catholic News Agency portal reports on a Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing where witnesses detailed Beijing’s systematic destruction of religious freedom. Former U.S. Ambassador Sam Brownback emphasized that China’s detention of 10 Catholic bishops constitutes a national security threat, while ChinaAid founder Bob Fu described Chinese Communist Party (CCP) agents threatening his family in Texas. Grace Jin Drexel testified about her father Pastor Ezra Jin’s arrest, noting his underground church served tens of thousands before being crushed by authorities. Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) argued that U.S. credibility on religious freedom requires first addressing domestic issues like migrant deportations affecting Catholic communities.









