This is an international conference with scholars from around the world. The theme of the conference is the development of the Catholic Church in China on several levels, which are that of the state, government, society, and individual across different time periods from 1979 to 1989; 1989 to 2006; and 2007 to the present.

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The conference organizers welcome panels and individual papers on Chinese Catholic Church history, the development of pastoral care and rituals, ordinary Catholic families and converts, and the impact of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) on China.