China’s Christians Oppressed Under Communist Government | John Kusske | Episode 55

John Kusske grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota (USA) and is a practicing Catholic. John attended Franciscan University of Steubenville for 1 year and graduated from St. Olaf College in Minnesota. Following college/university, he spent 12 years living in China while pursuing liturgical singing. After China, he worked for 2 years in Japan in the JET  (Japan Exchange and Teaching) Program. He now lives back in Minnesota, where he continues his passion of liturgical singing. 

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Timestamps: 

0:00- Introduction 
1:48- 19th Century Taiping Rebellion- 20 Million People Died
3:30- 1940’s Communist Revolution
5:00- 1940’s-1970’s Christianity Under Mao Zedong
6:50- Great Leap Forward & Cultural Revolution
9:30- Religious Make-Up of China 
10:35- 1970’s & 1980’s Growth in Christianity 
13:15- Materialism & Government Pressure on Christians
13:55- State & Underground Church
16:10- Religious Orders Are Not State Permitted, Others are Underground 
17:25- Chinese Liturgies & Restrictions on Church
21:00- Vatican Approving Bishops, Media, Apostolates 
24:21- Chinese Missionaries Going Into Muslim World
25:25- Christians Not Allowed to Talk About Politics
29:30- Hong Kong’s Church at Present is Still Mainly Free 
31:29- Ways to Support Christians in China/China Little Flower
33:05- Outro 

Music by Oleksii Holubiev