The Underground Church

What would you risk for your faith? For tens of thousands of our fellow Catholics in China, this is not a hypothetical question. Under the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) systematic campaign to destroy the Church, ordinary men, women, and children are facing that choice - and choosing to stand with Christ.

This gripping book tells their stories.

Like the early martyrs who died under Nero and Diocletian, the vast majority of China's Catholic martyrs are known only to their families and to God. Author Stephen Mosher has gathered the stories of a faithful few to stand for the countless many. As he writes, "Each of them stands for a vast multitude of witnesses who have died at the hands of the biggest killing machine in human history."

These pages will move you, challenge you, and strengthen your own faith. You will read of martyrs who chose gruesome torture over betraying Christ, of priests who publicly defied the state-controlled Patriotic Church to profess loyalty to Rome, and of laypeople who quietly kept the Faith alive and handed it on to their children. You will also discover:

• How the CCP cut down the ranks of priests and religious in China by thousands by 1954
• The Red Terror's campaign to "kill without shedding blood" - and how the faithful resisted
• Divine signs in the midst of martyrdom: fire from Heaven, angelic appearances, and light in the sky
• Our Lady's miraculous appearances to and intercessions for the suffering Chinese faithful
• How the lay faithful sparked a "Church renaissance" in the 1990s despite relentless persecution
• What the 2018 Sino-Vatican Agreement means for Catholics living under the CCP's "Marxification" of religion

The Chinese faithful have something urgent to say to every Catholic who takes the Faith for granted. Let their witness awaken yours. Open these pages and let their courage transform you.