ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 2月16日 13時10分

The roots of the the Catholic Church’s problems in China go far back. But today, a new clash is resonating in Mindong, a rural region on China’s southeast coast. It’s centered on the thorniest issue dividing them: who controls the bishops and priests who run the Roman Catholic Church in China. The basic plan would give the Vatican a formal role, and possibly even veto power, in how clergy are appointed in China. In return, the Vatican may force many local communities to accept clerics appointed by China’s Communist authorities rather than popular “underground” church leaders who have resisted state control for decades. The prospect of such an agreement has unleashed intense emotions around the globe. But the people most affected by these proposed changes — residents in places like Mindong — say they have more pressing concerns. The total number of Catholics in China peaked around 2005 at 12 million and has since declined to an estimated 10 million. That makes Catholicism the smallest major religious group in China, and the only one that’s shrinking. @lamyikfei photographed people praying at Bishop Bai Cave, a holy site in southeastern China where a Dominican friar hid from Qing dynasty soldiers before being executed in the 1700s. Visit the link in our profile to read more about China’s Catholics.

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