China
Notable Catholic Saints
St. Francis Xavier (died on Shangchuan Island off the Chinese coast, 1552), St. Augustine Zhao Rong and 119 Companions (Chinese martyrs canonized 2000), Bl. Alberic Crescitelli (martyred 1900)
Asia-Pacific
China
China has approximately 12 million Catholics split between the underground Church in full communion with Rome and the state-controlled Patriotic Association — a division shaped by decades of communist religious policy that a controversial Vatican-China accord has sought, with mixed results, to heal.
China
Notable FEAST DAYs
Feast of Chinese Martyrs (Jul 9); Our Lady of Sheshan (May 24) — Shanghai Marian shrine designated by Pope Benedict XVI as a place of pilgrimage for Chinese Catholics; major Marian solemnities
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