a society that hungers for spirituality at a time when Catholicism's traditional stronghold in Europe is flagging. The stakes are high for the Communist Party, too. The Catholic Church is perhaps the largest non-party institution in Communist-led China. The church has been in China since Jesuit missionaries first arrived in 1534, longer than the party, and it is growing. China officially recognizes five religions - Buddhism, Taoism, Islam,
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