The Chinese Communist Party’s heinous persecution of its Uyghur population has deservedly received attention around the world. But the oppression of the Uyghurs is part of an even broader pattern, as religious freedom is under attack not only in China but especially since the pandemic, throughout much of the rest of the globe as well.
Indeed, as governments everywhere have become accustomed to the unprecedented new powers they asserted in the name of fighting the coronavirus, it is increasingly apparent that religious liberty is more in danger today than at any time in generations.
In China, the Communist Party has become ever more intolerant not only of the country’s Uyghur minority but of Christianity as well. Chinese officials recently arrested the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Xinjiang Apostolic Prefecture along with seven priests and ten seminarians. Their crime: failing to register with the Communist Party. For almost half a century, the Chinese Communist Party has insisted on appointing Bishops in China, a practice never recognized by the Vatican. The arrested bishop, Joseph Xhang Weizhu, was ordained in secret in 1991. The Chinese Communist Party did not approve of his appointment, and they have consequently arrested Bishop Weizhu on multiple previous occasions. Likewise, the Xinjiang Diocese has also never been recognized by the Chinese government and is part of the Underground Catholic Church.
Sadly, the world has come to expect this kind of arbitrary oppression of religion in communist nations.
But in a relatively new development, people of faith are now facing similar—though obviously less brutally oppressive—violations of religious freedom in democracies such as Canada and the United States.
Last month, authorities in Calgary arrested Pastor Artur Pawlowski for the crime of organizing an “illegal in-person gathering.” The gathering was a church service.
Throughout the pandemic, we have seen governments use the coronavirus as a rationale to prevent believers from assembling to worship God.
In March of 2020, California deemed all in-service religious activities non-essential. This made any in-service religious activity illegal. That was the law until the Supreme Court ruled against the state of California in favor of religious freedom on February 5, 2021. In other words, the largest state in America instituted a prohibition on all religious gatherings for almost an entire year—and there was virtually no outcry from the media.
Before COVID, it would have been unthinkable for the citizens of western democracy to have to ask the state’s permission to hold a worship service. But as the events of the past year have shown, it was not only a virus that the pandemic brought from China, but new forms of state control as well.
Unfortunately, with COVID-19 restrictions abating, the attacks on religious liberty are still escalating.
Last week, a Catholic Pastor in La Crosse, Wisconsin, Father Altman, was asked to resign after having spoken out against the government’s restrictions to freedom of worship—which he considered an intrusion into the sanctuary that limited Catholics’ ability to share in communion and administer the Sacraments.
Father Altman had also spoken out against abortion and argued that marriage should be between one man and one woman. Even though Father Altman’s parish was flourishing, increasing in the number of registered parishioners and financial collections over the last year, officials in the Catholic diocese seemingly caved to political pressure to silence Father Altman’s voice.
As these and innumerable other examples make clear, religious belief is now under a sustained assault on two different fronts—the threat of communism in the east and that of secular progressivism throughout the western world.
From the atrocious crimes against humanity committed daily against Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang to the unjust arrest of Catholics serving in the Underground Church in China to the harsh and unjustified suppression of believers in Canada and even Wisconsin, a new anti-religious animus is rising around the world.
The courageous examples of Bishop Weizhu, Pastor Pawlowski, and Father Altman, who have met these threats to their faith with unbroken resolve, should inspire believers everywhere to renew their commitment to living by the dictates of their conscience—and standing up for others’ rights to do the same.
Catholic Church is under full attack by the Socialist Democrats and Joe Biden! We must support the few priests that are willing to fight back.
What is going on in the world right now is clearly stated in the Bible. Lord Jesus stated that our times would become the same as Noah experienced 4500 years ago. Good becomes evil and evil becomes good. Persecution comes in many forms: murder in Africa and The Middle East, prison in China and Russia, freedom of speech being denied in portions of the USA and Canada. The Left will do their best to eliminate all of the people’s rights as being demonstrated with various bill proposals in the House and Senate. God will only help us if we right the wrongs that have introduced and past by laws that go against his word.
I pray for our country- get out and organize, contribute to common sense organizations who still foster democratic values. Boycott those businesses and organizations that do not- at some point more people will start asking questions instead of drinking the cool aid of the woke left. Spread the word get involved and fight back!
There are few true governments on earth that provide freedom and liberty. COMMUNISM is the ULTIMATE EVIL as it literally controls all facets of a country. You either follow their rules or guidelines or eventually dissapear if you threaten them.
Virus was cover for Take over & Fauci planned virus in 2017 Georgetown speech.
People who lose liberties become slaves. Whatever free stuff they trade their freedom for is not worth it.
Yes, here in Kalifornia (AKA the Peoples Republic of ☭alifornia), good ole Governor Gruesome (our self-anointed Pied Piper and Exalted Leader of the masses) did nix assembling for Church services. And in part this is why we have a recall election coming up to remove him from office.
Unfortunately, the Demshevik administration in Kalifornia (we have our own “Deep State” here, no less), has put off the actual election for as long as possible so that the memory of the pandemic will hopefully fade enough that people will forget the reasons why he should be removed from office.
The recall petition had gathered over 2 million signatures when only 1.5 million valid signatures were required to validate the petition for setting an election. We are hoping to consign Governor Gruesome to the dustbin of history, but he and his party are going to fight this tooth and nail, with every expectation of ultimately surviving the recall. One would be amazed at how much money they have accumulated in their war chest to fight this recall. Let’s just hope that the winds of sanity prevail and that we end up with a new governor!
Neither socialism and especially communism have any use nor tolerance for religion of any type. Religion in general, not just Christianity, is viewed as direct competition to the supremacy of government as the ultimate power. This has all been well documented for well over a hundred years in literally hundreds of books on the subject, as well as interviews over the years of people who advocate socialism or communism. So it should not come as a surprise that individual socialist or communist countries, globalist organizations aspiring to a one world order centered around socialistic values and those individuals that support them would take advantage of every opportunity to go after what their perceive to be a direct threat to their power.
What socialists and communists truly object to is the notion of choice. The ability of the individual to have their own beliefs, whatever they may be, and their own values on how best to live their lives. Socialism and communism are essentially centered around the regimentation of society where the government either partially controls society (socialism) or fully controls society (communism) and the individual and eventually free thought ceases to exist. The government decides everything and the people are reduced to cogs in the great machine of an all-knowing, all-powerful government.
I am frequently overwhelmed by the magnitude of depravity present in our world today. We also are so commonly misled my the very people who have taken responsibility to expose/inform us of these acts that we can excuse our inaction. Please pray, it is the least we can do.
Well it all depends on how you look at it but I think we need to do 1776 all over again in this country. The only way to get rid of king George and his terrorist plot called Obama and Permanently eliminate all the little thugs that are Communist.
People retain their strength and fortitude; from their religious faith. This attack on God, religious faith, the ‘American Family’, and traditional values however; started in the 1960’s and before that. Communist influence, was deliberately focused in these areas. They knew that if they could dismantle belief in God; ‘Our Founding Fathers’, the ‘American Family’, and our religious belief; then, they could destroy a Great Nation.
Anybody that defends the CCP’S Claims that this virus was not started in the Lab in Wuhan are Two bits Scum-sucken liars and should be tried and Summarily Hung for Treason, that includes anybody on the Left, the News Media, sports and sold out RINO’S. We should sue them in World Court for everything they have. They are developing Germ warfare, make them pay the ultimate price and fined out why American tax dollars were sent to help fund this research .
I AGREE WITH THE 4 OR MORE COMMENS.BUT, JUST HOW ARE WE GOING TO OVER TAKE FAUCI AND CHINA WHEN A GREAT NUMBER OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN THEM.
RIGHT FAUCI SHOULD BE IN JAIL AND NOW NOT AT A LATER DATE.CHINA IS OUT TO OVER TAKE AMERICA. BUT, A GREAT PERCENTAGE ( OVER 60 % ) OF AMERICANS WANT TO LIVE
LIKE THEY DO IN CHINA AND RUSSIA.ESPECIALLY ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE OF THE FIELD.
I WOULD THINK THAT THIS GREAT PERCENTAGE DON’T WHAT THEY SEE THEY BELIEVE THAT CHINA AND RUSSIA ARE VERY GOOD PEOPLE.ESPECIALLY THE ( BLACKS ) THEY
DON’T BELIEVE THAT CHINA HAS SLAVERY. THEY BELIEVE THE LYING BLACK DEMOCRATS.
” THIS IS IN ALL HONESTY CHINA HAS 87 THOUSAND SLAVES. IN SLAVE CAMPS ”
THEY MAKE ( ALL ) OF AMERICAS SPORTS CLOTHS AND GET PAID $00.00* THAT’S RIGHT
YOU READ THAT RIGHT. FOR ALL SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOL, COLLEGE AND PROS. AND EVEN IN CHILD SPORTS, NOW. ( HERE IT GOES ) BUT, YET BLACK PEOPLE SCREAM ABOUT SLAVERY IN THE USA. HOW??? CAN THEY SAY THIS ??? HOW ???
I JUST WENT DOWN THE ROAD EVERY STORE AND EVERY FACTORY HAS SIGNS OUT
FRONT ( NOW HIRING TOP WADES ) ” WHERE IS THE SLAVERY ?? ( GET THEI )
THE DEMOCRATS ARE PAYING PEOPLE ( NOT TO WORK ) WHY??? SO, THEY CAN HIRE
CHEAP LABORS, INMIGRANTS WILL TAKE THEIR PLACE. BUT, AMERICANS ARE TO ( STUPID TO UNDERSTAND THIS..I FIRMLY BELEIVE IF YOU VOTED FOR THE DEMOCCRATS. YOU
VOTED TO ( KILL AMERICA ) I COULD GO ON AND ON, HOW AT LEAST 70% OF YOU SO, CALLED AMERICANS VOTED OR WANT TO KILL OFF AMERICA. YOU ASK FOR MY THOUGHTS
WELL YOU GOT SOME OF THEM. I WANT ” AMERICA FIRST ) NOT LAST..
KEEP AMERICA OR PUT AMERICA IN FIRST PLACE AGAIN.
TOP OF THE DAY TO YOU AND A VERY GOOD TOMORROW.
Hopefully, Father Altman’s parishioners have raised holy hell with the Catholic hierarchy!
Oh, I’m shocked! The ChiComs are doing something bad? Don’t you know that Doctor Falsie says we can trust them and Senile Joe says they aren’t our enemies or even our competitors!
How ridiculous will President Biden be talking to another president overseas when he can even put back his pen in the pocket in his suith
People voted Biden in to Office YOU MADE YOURE BED SO LYE IN IT. Unfortunately does of us who had some sense and did not vote for him or Democrat have to suffer. Wale up AMERICA>
I have been in agreement with that idea for quite a while. I absolutely do not trust the Democrats. And today, after all of the time I have been interacting with AMAC, I keep getting this message.
Mr Eric Early,
Consider CA 19280 Enactment as your CA Atty Gen run basis.
If CA 19280 is CA LAW, how is it enforced?
Why isn’t 19280 taught K – 12 grade?
Ask former CA Atty Gen, VP Kamala Harris; Adam Schiff, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi,
CA Senator Dianne Feinstein (Who told me she WORKED ON 19280,) .
What if it were?
Does prison work? What if CFTB helped criminals become employed, law – abiding, tax paying citizens?
Criminals wages garnished to pay back their 19280 Enacted / Enforced 19280 victims.
Criminal – owned property CFTB liened, confiscated, sold to GUESS WHAT:
PAY BACK THEIR VICTIMS!.
Don’t forget CA Penal Code 1203(e) 10% annual compounded interest!
CFTB financial burden on doing all this collection, tracking, etc BILLED TO CRIMINAL, not a taxpayer burden, nor the victim.
Were 19280 K – 12 grade taught, parents 19280 FINANCIAL liability aware:
WHY would PARENTS allow JUVENILES to become criminals, or gang members?
19280 criminal tracking, wage garnishment (Employment assistance,) property confiscation, CFTB financial burden ADDED ONTO THAT OWED BY CRIMINAL;
NOT ANOTHER TAXPAYER BURDEN, NOR DEDUCTED FROM THAT OWED TO VICTIM.
There’s a couple of other 19280 related CA Penal Codes that interact:
Delinquent criminal restitution is grounds for parole denial;
CA Court conviction for multiple heinous crimes is grounds for PERMANENT parole denial;
Exiting CA while on parole is a felony.
If CA 19280 is CA LAW, how is it enforced?
Ventura School of Law had to have 19280 explained.
19280 not on the CA State Bar Exam?
Is ANY CA Licensed Attorney fit for duty?
What about CA Judges, District Attorneys, staff …
CA weather, beach, sun …
Make CA Great!
China is one of the big players in the finish. We are not, we need to find our pace in eternity, while we have time and opportunity.
Exactly. Biden is owned by China. And America is going along with. We are ruled by a man who should be in jail. We are going to pay a steep price for it, it has started already.
Instead of what the Chinese government wants the world to call it, the world should be calling it, “The Wuhan Walking Dead” virus.
In a way, I think the church has mainly itself to blame. The rising authoritarianism and anti-Christian bias is an aftereffect of the general loss and decay of faith. This loss of faithfulness is, I think, a consequence of the churches’ failure to confront the rise of materialist philosophies and ideologies over the last century, allowing them to gain ever more traction in the culture by appeasing and even adopting adopting concepts that not only are anti-biblical but have no rational grounding in natural science. The roots of this failure are likely many and complex but the ultimate result is in view and without reformation, certain.
It’s not just Christianity under attack. Judaism is as well. In fact, ANY belief of a higher power than the gov’t is being persecuted. The commies are afraid of that because it takes their ability aware from TOTAL control over the populace.
democRATS working with the chinese got together and used this virus to create the problems we have now. we also need to look within the traitors in the democRAT party and its minions and start arresting them and hold them for trails followed ny jail time and execution, its time
Effing chink “leaders” and they will own us too through biden if we don’t boot his senile ass.
Should be known OBAMA is a beautiful g part of America changes unfortunately we the people didn’t see it coming nor did the fake news let anyone in on it except the DEMONCRAT RADIACAL
The FBI has had Hunter’s laptop since Dec 2019 and hid it. The FBI is where evidence goes to die if it indicts Democrats. The bureaucracy is full of partisan Democrats.
The Communist Party has become ever more intolerant not only of other country’s but here in America. We fought Communist in Korea and Viet Nam and now we are letting them take over the USA, what the hell are people thinking of?????
How much is enough?
Let USA return to being the greatest country God made.
This is the real “hope and change” that Obama talked about, people putting their HOPE in the government so the government can CHANGE you into what THEY want you to be.
This radical ideology will not recognize any other opinions than their own. If you disagree they will ruin you however possible. They think they know what is best for you. Listen to their catch phrases that trick the masses into following them. “grow the middle class” , “improve education”, “save the planet”, “equality act”, tax the wealthy” , “gun laws”, “diversity”. The Affordable care act” the new green deal” The American people do not read the details. Wake up America, Shame on you for trusting them. Shame on the media for not disclosing all the facts. Look at the new “infrastructure” bill. Sounds good, but it’s Big money for the socialist programs and global warming and a few dollars for roads.
We are fast approaching the end of the age. So many predictions in the bible have already come true. There are way too many to list, but the behavior of people described in second Timothy chapter three verses one through five is pretty obvious. Also the surrounding of Israel by enemy countries. It also says the true religion will be hard to find in that time. I believe it’s talking about the seven years of tribulation, but with the religious persecution, it’s pushing in that direction. Anyone interested in more information should check David Jeremiah’s turning point site which has a load of items about current and soon to be times.
We have no one to blame but ourselves. Too busy to get involved while the radical left has been infiltrating socialistic ideology in our universities, culture for decades and all it took for the walls to collapse was 8 years of Obama/Biden transformation efforts to the loss of a warrior for our Republic (Trump) who was vilified by the Left and aided by mainstream news media and big tech because he was blustery us, I woke and not politically correct but who enacted policies and actions that made our country strong and prosperous again and then an election loss to the OBiden basement run campaign and pretense of a moderate candidate who pledged to unify people and the country but actually is a Trojan horse for Socialism, open borders, high taxation and huge spending budgets that will cripple our country with regard to saving the Republic once under God but now under threat of radical Left’s socialistic agenda. Moderates in both Parties must rise up to oppose this attack on our country by any means necessary with extreme prejudice for against the socialistic autocracy that has advancing this ideology for years and we let this happen so now if we don’t get our party
Hidin’ Joe Biden … otherwise know as the “China sin drone” of USA politics. He is the most dangerous element of National governance at present, although Nosee Pillowsea and Camela Hairash are strong competitors for second place. I can only hope that when America goes to the poles in near future times they avoid DemocRats like the plague (a real plague, not an exaggerated Corona Virus type plague).
A G Merrick Garland is now in charge of the Biden Dept. of (in)Justice. He has definitively stated there are no crimes or criminals in America that rise to the level that Trump, his family and ALL 80 million of his supporters are engaged in. They ‘are the greatest threat’ America faces. He doesn’t have the money, time or personnel to pursue any others.
I would imagine that ALL evidence previously gathered on Hunter Biden since the FBI acquired his laptop(s?) in the Fall of 2018, has now been destroyed or ‘lost’. You can be pretty certain that it will never result in any repercussions or prosecutions or revealed to the American people by the Biden administration (in)Justice Dept. Our only hope is that the facts will be disseminated through the people and private entities that have also had copies of the hard drives since the repair shop gave them to them when it appeared the FBI was not going to treat Hunter as the criminal he is as they would for any other citizen
I believe the New York Post reporter who’s been writing about Hunter’s sleazy and unlawful activities has written a book which will come out this Fall. She says she hasn’t even released the worst half of it so far.
Keep talking to the Man upstairs. Also, keep the faith.
Well, here we are. Covidism for more than a year, DC corruption for many years, now, we know what they did and are doing, we even know their names ……….and here we are, 300 million plus, just sitting here.
If they don’t fear God now, they will on the great day of judgment
Man created this Global Pandemic. But for the grace of God multitudes have been spared by His great MERCY kindness, and Agape love.
Our Father desires to wake up the sleeping giant we call the Church. The church at one time like Samson, but was lulled to sleep by the infiltration of worldly ideals to draw people. Instead it was robbed of its strength and became just a daily grind, waiting on its Lord to be Lord again.
Our Father has created His own Pandemic in some of His remnant. He knows it will spread Globally because it is not genetically modified truth but the uncompromised truth.
That when His kingdom suffers his saints know were our help comes from.
His children called to Him infected with a spiritual virus that will become the Pandemic of prayer crying out to wake up, repent, and fall to our knees in effectual fervent prayer around the world, making war on the floor like never before.
His genuine agape love that will shine through us will melt the hardest heart and the staunchest critics.
Chapter 13 LOVE.
Father do again one more time what you have done many times before, Send your word deep into the hearts of these last days Soldiers to hunker down pray and seek you with an intentional, effective inspired attitude of gratitude so we can say look what the Lord has done and rejoice forever more.
Will we be infected, as directed?
China just like the muslims are here to steal everything you have and kill you for exposing them!!!
Much of what has occurred these past (18 ) months or so has actually been with us for decades, truth be told, with the exception of the plandemic itself. The CCP virus was the key ingredient these left wing Marxist driven people needed to rapidly push their agenda forward from stealing the presidential election away from Trump & they also rigged the 2018 midterms as well & gaining control of the House…Our basic rights of practicing our religious freedoms in our houses of worship were STOPPED by overzealous politicians, i.e. governors in numerous states & this AMAC article is touching on this subject with regards to other Communist nations in the world, i.e. China with their punishing repression of ANY form of religion. Many governors did in fact consider ANY gatherings of worshippers as NON essential & violators subject to arrest which in fact did happen in many instances around the nation, places like CA, MI & WI really stand out with their draconian anti-religious laws enacted & enforced with zeal. We as a FREE people have been told by STATE authorities we CANNOT attend church but can enter any BIG BOX store to buy essentials…
We can enter establishments that sell cigarettes & alcohol but we cannot attend church services, even outside in numerous instances. Gov. Whitmer of MI even disallowed buying certain items in the BIG BOX stores & allowed the purchasing of other items in that same store… I call this power & lunacy running rampant as did so many others…The moral of the story here: Too much power, corrupts & look what it has got us in Washington, DC & all ( 3 ) branches of OUR government…
God bless America,
Bill on the Hill… :~)
I think it’s about time the United States of America and many other countries around the world affected by the coronavirus unleashed by China should cancel their debt owed to China and forget about paying anything back to them, and maybe then we can ALL JOIN TOGETHER AND BANKRUPT THE COUNTRY OF CHINA, AND DESERVEDLY SO!!!!
NO CHINA DID NOT MAKE THIS VIRUS. WHETHER, YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
THIS VIRUS WAS DEVELOPED IN THE HARVARD U. LABS. ( FOR CHINA )
WAR FARE AGAINST AMERICA. BUT, IT GOT OUT-OF HAND.
RIGHT ( HARVARD U. DID THIS.) ASK THE FBI & CIA ..IF THEY WILL TELL
YOU THE TRUTH. THE FBI AND CIA PEOPLE ARE KILLING AMERICA.
THANKS TO YOU ( YOU ) ARE THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR THE LEFT, ETC,
EVIL PEOPLE.
WHAT I AM ASKING IS FOR AMAC TO FIND OUT ( THE REAL ) TRUTH. REPORT IT..
SO, DON’T GIVE ME THE CHINA JUNK. OXFORD U. UK ALL READY THAT TIS IS
IMPOSSIBLE. ( NO BATS OR WHATEVER IN THE WET MARKET.) AND IT WAS NOT
MADE IT THE CHINA LABS.. HELLO HARVARD U. GO TO THE OXFORD FILE.
I ALSO THINK THAT YOUR READERS SHOULD BECOME MORE IN FORM BEFORE THEY
TOOT THEIR ( WISLE’S ).. GO TO NEWSMAX AND OANN PLUS A FEW GOOD HONEST
NEWS PEOPLE LIKE AMAC + ( ALL OF THE TIME )
NO! NOT FOX, FOX IS THE NEW CNN + FAKE JUNKIES.
FOR ME NO MORE FOX STUFF. BY THE WAY FOX JUST GAVE 20 MILLION BUCKS
THAT’S RIGHT 20 MILLION BUCKS TO THE CHINA SLEEPY JOE BIDEN LEFT, DEMOS, ETC.
SO, HOW CAN FOX BE FOR (AMERICA )????
Why do ignorant people post in capitals. It does not make them smarter.