Since Beijing cut formal ties with the Vatican in 1951, the Communist government has only allowed the faithful to worship in churches run by the state-sanctioned Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

• 自从1951北京与梵蒂冈之间断绝外交往来,共产党政府仅允许信徒在国家批准的爱国团体的教堂内进行信仰活动。