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Bill in Congress Targets Religious Persecution
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WASHINGTON -- The state of religious freedom -- or persecution -- in China continues to surface in various ways.
Currently making its way through Congress is the Freedom from Religious Persecution bill, which has China, Vietnam and the Sudan, particularly, in its sights. At the same time, the leader of an eight-member Beijing Religious Affairs Bureau delegation, on a visit to Washington in July, declared that China is enjoying a religious resurgence, "a golden time."
For Catholics, this divergence of perception is to some extent mirrored in China itself, where Beijing maintains a dual policy of cooperation with Patriotic Association -- "aboveground" -- Catholics (whose bishops are not …
