Opening
Letter of Pope Benedict XVI to the Church in China
Synopsis
Reflections

Opening
Vatican Conference on the Church in China - Papal Letter to Follow
Prisoners of Conscience
Cause for Cardinal Kung's Beatification Still on Hold
Make Reservations Now for Annual Mass for Underground Church in China
Novice Nun Adoption Program
Searching for Bishop Su

Fifteenth Anniversary
Puppet Show of Love
Annual Mass
Adoption of Novice Nun
Qualified Charitable Distributions (Donations) From IRA
China - Vatican Relations

Opening

Pope Benedict XVI Publicly Excommunicating Four Patriotic Bishops

The Vatican's China Policy and an Underground Bishop's Death

Patriotic Association Condemns The Da Vinci Code

Underground Roman Catholic Bishop Arrested

China Policy of Freedom Loving Countries and Corporations

The Olympic Games In China In 2008 Should Be Cancelled

Boycott Chinese Made Products

Cause for the Possible Canonization of Ignatius Cardinal Kung

Special Project to Investigate Post-communist Martyrdoms in China

Foundation Speaking Events

Annual Mass

Opening

Bishop of Hong Kong Among Newly Named Cardinals

Cardinal Kung’s Possible Cause for Beatification

Novice Nun Program – Can You Adopt A Novice?

University Scholarship for Nuns in China

Other Help to Nuns and Male Religious

A Review of Continuous Persecutions of Roman Catholics in China

Letter from the President

The Possible Cause for Cardinal Kung's Beatification

Bishop Zen Ze-Kiun, Hong Kong, Claims Two Chinese Catholic Churches are One

A secret profession of faith is a contradiction in terms

Is the Vatican unwittingly helping the Chinese government  to eliminate the underground Church?

Why is the Vatican not appointing new underground bishops?

Media speculation met by Vatican silence.

The underground Church deserves greater respect in the universal Church

Sino-Vatican Relations

Cardinal Roger Mahony: Celebration of Holy Mass in the Patriotic Association Church

Obedience to Magisterium

Novice Nun Program: Can you adopt a novice?

Educational program for professed nuns and male religious

Letter from the President

Request for Letters of Testimony for Cardinal Kung’s Cause

Meeting With the Underground Religious in Rome

Ordination of a Patriotic Association Bishop in Shanghai

Website Prayer Room Is Now Working

Essay Contest: the Winners Have Been Selected

Letter from the President

Commemorating the 5th Anniversary of Cardinal Kung's Death

The Latest on Underground Bishops in Prison

Appeal to Release and Exonerate All Imprisoned Religious in China

China Has New Regulations on Religious Affairs

Prayer Room

Reminders

China and the Pope

Solemn Memorial Mass for the Fifth Anniversary of the 
Death of His Eminence Ignatius Cardinal Kung:
Homily
Prayers of the Faithful

Christmas 2004

Letter from the President
Petition to Initiate Cause for Cardinal Kung’s Canonization
Prayers Answered: Recovery of Cancer Believed Through the Intercession of Cardinal Kung
New Vatican Guidelines for China
Please Support the Underground Catholic Church in China
Cardinal Kung Foundation Testified at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China

July, 2004

Letter from the President
The American Election and its Influences on the Underground
Roman Catholic Church in China
Priestly Faculties Granted to Patriotic Association 
Priests in the United States
Wrong Image of  “Our Lady of China” Mosaic in the 
Basilica in Washington, D.C.
Underground Religious Trained in Europe Returning to China
Heroism in the Face of Tyranny: An American Perspective 
on the Roman Catholic Church in China

Easter, 2004

Letter from the President
The Loss of Two Great Friends
Underground Roman Catholic Bishop -- Arrested then Released
and the Vatican's Historically Unprecedented Protest
The cause of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen
and an article about his involvement with the
Underground Roman Catholic Church in China

Christmas, 2003

Letter from the President
Pope John Paul II's Solidarity with the Underground Church in China
Cardinal Etchegaray's Erroneous Remarks and Our Opinion of Them

Summer, 2003

Letter from the President
Needs of the Foundation
Information From the Underground Church In China
Letters From China
Press Release by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom

Easter, 2003

Letter from the Director
The Spiritual Dimension of Our Mission
The Information Dissemination Dimension of Our Mission
The Educational Dimension of Our Mission
The Stipend Dimension of Our Mission
The Social and Apostolic Dimension of Our Mission
Preserving the legacy of His Eminence, the late Ignatius Cardinal Kung

Christmas, 2002

Letter from the Director
The Dedication of “Our Lady of China” Mosaic
Continued Persecution of the Underground Church in China
Remembering Our Founding Chairman

July, 2002

Remembering Bishop Peter Joseph FAN Xueyan
Tenth Anniversary Of His Martyr Death
"The Good Shepherd Lays Down His Life For The Sheep" John 10:11
Notes From Our Mail Box

Easter, 2002

Letter from the Director
Update on the Canonization Process
A Tale of Two Bishops - (from Crisis Magazine with permission)
Letter from Father Raymond Dunn

Christmas, 2001

Letter from the Director
Letter to a Cardinal and a Disappointing Reply (Part II)
Irresponsible Journalism
Establishing Diplomatic Relations Between the Vatican and China - The Deciding Factors
Annual Masses

July, 2001

Increased Persecution Of Chinese Catholics Confirmed
Letter to a Cardinal and a Disappointing Reply
A First-Hand Experience of the Persecuted Catholic Church in China
Michigan Parish Hosts Cardinal Kung Foundation

Easter, 2001

The First Anniversary Mass for the Late Ignatius Cardinal Kung
Christianity or Communism: Which is the Real "Imperialist Foreign Import?"
Second Class Relics for Cardinal Kung
Recent Activities to Advance the Cause of the Underground Catholic Church in China

March, 2001

Two Anniversaries
Two Efforts for the New Evangelization
The Instensifying Campaign Against the Underground Church
Fr. Aedan McGrath: RIP

Christmas, 2000

Christmas Message
Holy Father Salutes Fidelity of Chinese Martyrs
The Cause for Cardinal Kung's Canonization
Excerpts from Papal Homily
Holy Father Meets with Pilgrims
Selections from the lives of 3 Chinese Martyrs
How to Report Miraculous Cures

August, 2000

The Canonization of 120 Martyrs of China
The Cause for Cardinal Kung's Canonization
Recent Reactions to Our Open Letter
The Cardinal Kung Foundation Network
The 120 Blessed Martyrs of China - A Brief Historical Sketch

June, 2000

Followup to Our Open Letter to the Vatican (March, 2000)

Christmas 1999

Christmas Message
Homily by Most Rev. Andrew Tsien, Bishop of Hualien, Taiwan
(from Anniversary Mass, July 31, 1999)
"A Weed-Eating Monk" - Testimonial

Easter 1999

President's Letter
Holy See's Suggestion for a Nunciature in Beijing Triggers Mixed Feelings
Remembering Dr. William Marra
A Rebuttal Letter to the Editor of Catholic New York
An Undergound Catholic Priest's Experience in a Chinese Labor Camp

Christmas 1998

Christmas Message
Legislation Update
Orphanage Update
Training Chinese Seminarians. Maryknoll's Reply
Recent Arrest of The Underground Religious and Faithful
Articles by Underground Roman Catholic Priests in China
1) The Power of Justice Will Pervail. The Might of Truth will live forever.
2) "Go into the whole world and proclaim the good news to all creation."

August 1998

Cardinal Kung's Birthday Celebration
China Confiscated Cardinal Kung's Passport
FIDES Interview with Cardinal Kung
An Open Letter from an Underground Catholic
Remembering Father Maurice Wong
Remembering Father X
Underground Clergy Studying in Europe
Mass Stipend
Underground Orphanage for the Handicapped and Retarded
Legislation Update
Other News from China
Homily of Paul Cardinal Shan
United States Religious Delegation to China
President Clinton's Recent Trip to China
Patriotic Association's New Retreat Center
Human Suffering is Spiritual Joy
(An article by a former religious prisoner of conscience who now suffers from breast cancer)

Christmas 1997

Remembering The Most Rev. Walter W. Curtis, S.T.D.,
Founding Chairman of the Cardinal Kung Foundation
Recent News
Legislation
The Patriotic Association's Anniversary,
And Thoughts From The Underground Coadjutor Bishop of Shanghai
Products From China And Prayers

Autumn 1997

Rare Visit by Underground Church Member
Many Attending Underground Church Services
Support an Underground Priest
The Freedom from Religious Persecution Act of 1997 (HR 1685)

June 1997

Examples of Recent Persecution
Persecution Continues - Why?
What Can We Do To Help?

July 1996

The Government Mobilized ... 5000 Soldiers
Brutality And Mounting Suppression
Bishop Su Chimin, ... Missing

Spring 1996

New Wave of Fines, House Arrests, and Detentions
Misinformation
Knowledge As Our Driving Impetus
Profile And History Of The Patriotic Association
Testimony Before The United States Congress
Destruction Of Churches
Training Of Seminarians

Summer 1995

The Persecution In China Has Not Stopped

Autumn 1994

Contributions To The Patriotic Association
Accepting The Patriotic Association Religious
Rumors And False Documents
Sales Of R. C. Church Properties By The Patriotic Association
Donation To Chinese Catholic Church

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by Don Bandow
This article appears in National Review as of January 4, 2007

Reprint from the Asian Wall Street Journal, OpEd page - February 4, 1998

This article, written by Joseph Kung, addresses the first American religious delegation to investigate the numerous reports of widespread religious persecution in China.

by Margaret Chu

This is a true-life experience of the author. She spent 23 years in jail and in the labor camp. In 1979, while still in the labor camp, Margaret, almost miraculously, received permission to leave China to join her brother, Joseph Kung, in America. Margaret wanted to share her experience with you to give you more insight into the condition of the thousands of Catholics in China. Unfortunately, the persecution is still ongoing. Some of her friends are still in labor camps. Many are in great poverty because they missed the education and career opportunities as ex-prisoners.

Rev. Xavier Cai (Tsai), S.J., and Rev. John A. Houle, S.J., are remembered in this informative article.

Joseph Kung reviews recent and current events, with an eye to history and to the future of the faithful underground Catholic Church in China.

Reprint from the New York Times - January 26, 1997 Front Page

This article was published in spite of efforts by the Chinese Communist government to keep foreign reporters from revealing the truth.

Date Published: June 15, 1996

A detailed examination of the characteristics and issues of the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association.
Preface
Chapter 1: What is the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association,
Chapter 2: Observations
Epilogue

Reprint of an article by Rev. Matthias Lu, Ph.D.,S/Th.L. analyzing the Patriotic Association's pastoral letter on women. The article analyzes the language of the document, explains the status and structure of the government approved bishops' conference and critiques the pastoral letter's endorsement of "China's Platform for the Development of Women." 

Chinese National Conference
of Roman Catholic Bishops -Pastoral Letter

Saluting both the 700th anniversary of the mission of Blessed John of Monte Corvino, the first archbishop of Peking (Beijing), and the fifth anniversary of the Chinese National Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops, this pastoral letter was released January 31, 1995 by the Roman Catholic bishops in China through the Cardinal Kung Foundation in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. (Since the Roman Catholic Church is illegal in China, this pastoral letter could not be released there publicly.)
Following an account of the history of the Chinese Church, the bishops analyze the differences between the Roman Catholic Church in China and the government sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association - which does not maintain ties with Rome and the Pope - as well as the distinction between their respective representative bodies, the National Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops and the China Catholic Bishops' College. Arguing that "no member of the clergy of the universal Church is permitted to be in sacramental communion" with the Patriotic Association or the China Bishops' College, the bishops call for prayers that their "separated brothers and sisters" may "return home to the universal Church ruled by our sovereign Pontiff." 

The Holy Father requests prayers for the suffering Roman Catholic Church in China. 

This is a paraphrase of an assortment of essays received from the underground Roman Catholic faithful on the celebration of the Month of Mary in Dong Lu, Hubei province, China. 

Supernatural Occurrences in Dong Lu, China - May, 1995 

Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association's representation and the West's need for cautious process in evangelizing China. 

Both letters were written by the late Rev. Camille Graff, S.J. who was a missionary working in the Diocese of Shanghai under Bishop Kung before his incarceration by the Chinese Government. Rev. Graff was expelled from China in the early 1950's, and worked subsequently in Taiwan for many years. The first letter commemorates Bishop Kung's 30th anniversary of his imprisonment. The second letter reiterates the author's unwavering belief in Bishop Kung's faith and allegiance to the Pope after the media speculated otherwise on the occasion of Bishop Kung's release from prison in 1985. These two letters were originally written in French, and were translated into English by an unknown person. 

On May 27th 1995, we celebrated Cardinal Kung's triple anniversaries. This article, reprinted from AMERICA magazine, recounts the celebration and the price of religious freedom. 

On two occasions in 1995, reports circulated that Pope John Paul II had concelebrated Holy Mass with Chinese Patriotic Association priests. We should be more judicious in reading the news report. 

Archbishop of Canton

A symbol of the suffering Roman Catholic Church in China, His Excellency passed away on June 27th, 1995. Archbishop Tang was imprisoned by the Chinese Government for 22 years because of his refusal to renounce his faith in Roman Catholicism and his obedience to the Pope. 

This account was written by a Little Sister of the Poor of St. Ann's Novitiate following a visit by Cardinal Ignatius Kung to Queen of Peace Residence on August 30, 1993, feast of Blessed Jeanne Jugan - Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor. 

The communist...took the ciborium and threw it on the floor with all of the Sacred Hosts spilling out...a small girl...saw every thing...the little girl came back...There she made a holy hour...After her holy hour she...bent over and with her tongue received Jesus in Holy Communion...The little girl continued to come back each night...to receive Jesus in Holy Communion on her tongue. On the thirty-second night, after she had consumed the last and thirty-second host, she accidentally made a noise and the guard...caught her and beat her to death. 

Poetry

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Two Poems

A reprint of two poems on the two leaders of Shanghai, His Eminence Cardinal Kung, Bishop of Shanghai appointed by the Pope, and Rev. Aloysius Jin who also alleges to be the Bishop of Shanghai but was appointed by the Patriotic Association.