Priest Ngong Zhoiseng (1st L) of the Tibetan ethnic group administers baptism for a baby in the Shangyanjing Catholic Church at Shangyanjing Village of Markam County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 16, 2009. First set up by a French missionary in 1855 and rebuilt in 1989, the Yanjing Catholic Church is the only one of the kind in Tibet Autonomous Region. More than 700 Catholics of the Tibetan ethnic group from the nearby four villages carry out their religious services at the church

Catholics of the Tibetan ethnic group attend a religious service in the Shangyanjing Catholic Church at Shangyanjing Village of Markam County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 16, 2009.

Priest Ngong Zhoiseng (R Back) of the Tibetan ethnic group distributes Holy Communion to Catholics during a religious service in the Shangyanjing Catholic Church at Shangyanjing Village of Markam County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 16, 2009