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Local Chinese authorities order parents at school to sign pledge renouncing their faith

By News on the Net -- Catholic News Agency——Bio and Archives--March 24, 2023

In another crackdown on religious freedom, local authorities in an eastern Chinese city ordered parents of kindergarteners to sign a pledge that affirms they are not religious.

Guardians of children at schools in Wenzhou, a city in the Zhejiang province, were asked to sign a “pledge form of commitment for family not to hold a religious belief,” according to the human rights group China Aid. ---More...

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