Chinese Catholics Worship As Pope Sends Rare Greetings to Nation's Leader

BEIJING, CHINA - AUGUST 14: Young Chinese Catholics sit in pews during a gathering as part of a summer camp at the government sanctioned Xishiku Catholic Church on August 14, 2014 in Beijing, China. In his first visit to Asia, Pope Francis sent a rare message of goodwill to China's President Xi Jinpeng today before landing in Seoul, South Korea. There have been no official relations between China and the Vatican since 1949. The Catholic Church in China is split into two avenues of worship: a state sanctioned Church known as the Patriotic Association that answers to the Communist Party, and underground Churches where worshippers are loyal to the Pope in Rome. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)