Gabriel Liu, S.J.’s “Divided Yet One: The Two Catholic Communities in China” offers a first-hand glimpse at the situation of the Catholic Church in China where he avers that instead of two Churches – one sponsored by the government and another underground – there are instead two divided communities. Tracing the history of this unfortunate division and the Communist government’s continual attempt to regulate religion in China, Liu refers to a deepening wound that this has engendered between the two segments of the one Catholic Church. At the same time, he points to some glimmers of hope that seem to signal an ongoing shift towards change and openness in the relationship between these two communities, as well as in the relationship between the Chinese government and the Holy See.

