Chinese culture and Catholicism

Student`s Name Instructor Course Date Chinese culture and Catholicism The difference in culture between Catholicism and the Chinese State is entrenched in the doctrines which the vast population of the Catholic Church believes in. According to Wickeri, Catholicism is severely against forced abortion and use of contraceptives which are strongly advocated by the People`s Republic of China (645-667). The Catholic culture diametrically opposes the one-child policy, and the lavish government`s use of the death penalty. Such policies have been viewed by the Catholic adherents as violations of human rights and oppression of religious liberty thus the call for rapprochement. Accordingly, the cultural difference causing the number of Catholics to be reduced is escalated by the State`s compelling the people to give allegiance to the State over the Vatican Pope. According to Gan, the government of China created the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the subsequent Chinese Catholic Bishops Conference. The creation of such entities was in ...