51.   Millions of Chinese Catholics faithful to the Vatican worship in underground churches, where they risk arrest.

52.   Rather than severing ties with the worldwide church, many Chinese Catholics worship in underground churches, risking harassment and arrest.

53.   The estimate does not include members of the underground churches.

54.   The foundation, which monitors the underground church, gave no reason for the renewed repression.

55.   The raid in Sui county was at least the fifth police have conducted in Henan, a center of activity for the underground Protestant church, since October.

56.   The religious broadcaster and Christian Coalition founder said his organizations have condemned abuses of religious freedom in China in the past and had contacts with the underground church.

57.   The timing especially angered Beijing, which is combatting underground Catholic churches and other banned spiritual movements it sees as a challenge to its authority.

58.   The two leading television networks broadcast documentaries on dissidents and the underground church in China just days after the handover.

59.   The underground churches reject government controls.

60.   The underground church loyal to Rome is suppressed in China.