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Xi and Mao replace Jesus and Mary in Chinese churches

www.telegraph.co.uk Xi and Mao replace Jesus and Mary in Chinese churches

Christians face harassment and disruption in Beijing crackdown on religion, US government agency reports

Xi and Mao replace Jesus and Mary in Chinese churches

In their effort to “exert total control” over religion and to “sinicise” Catholic and Protestant Christianity, the authorities have “ordered the removal of crosses from churches [and] replaced images of Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary with pictures of President Xi Jinping,” the report said.

The report concluded that “every facet of religious life for Buddhists, Catholics and Protestant Christians, Muslims, and Taoists” was facing pressure to incorporate CCP ideology, and religious elements considered contradictory to the state’s political agenda were being eradicated.

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