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Tag Archives: China
16 January 2012
Appeal to authorities for Chinese New Year: release of three bishops and of six priests who have disappeared
I hope other bloggers will pick this up and share it with their own readers.
Perhaps after reading this you could stop for a moment and say a Memorare for the missing priests and bishops as well as for the softening … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Modern Martyrs, The future and our choices
Tagged China, PRC
4 Comments
27 July 2011
The embattled Church in Eastern Asia
News from the embattled Church in Eastern Asia. First, this from CWN with my emphases:
Cardinal Zen rips Beijing’s bid to control Catholic Church
July 26, 2011
Cardinal Joseph Zen has denounced the “preposterous and ridiculous” efforts by the Chinese government to exert … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Martyrs
Tagged Card. Zen, China, Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, Fr. Nguyen Van Ly, PRC, Vietnam
6 Comments
22 July 2011
Patriotic Church in China reps met with… ?
Just as the Patriotic (state run) Church in Communist China is planning to consecrate a few more bishops, here, I read at CWN that …
Leaders of Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association meets with Brazilian bishops, propose dialogue
A delegation from China’s government-backed … Continue reading
19 July 2011
Bp. Finn (D. KC-St.J): Will China Buy Our Silence About Persecution of Catholics?
From the most excellent Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Most Rev. Robert Finn, appearing on the blog of the Catholic Key. My emphases and comments.
Will China Buy Our Silence About Persecution of Catholics? – Bishop Finn
From the upcoming edition of … Continue reading
16 July 2011
China (PRC): Government Bishop excommunicated by can. 1382
From VIS/News.va:
Statement of the Holy See on the Episcopal Ordination in the Diocese of Shantou (Mainland China) [Note the distinction of "mainland". The Holy See has diplomatic relations with Taiwan at a higher level than with the PRC.]
The following clarifications … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged can. 1382, China, D. of Shantou
13 Comments
12 July 2011
Chinese bishops siezed in advance of another illicit consecration
A reader clued me into a story about another potential ecclesial train-wreck in poor China. From Sino Daily we read this, which originated with AFP:
Chinese bishops ‘taken away’ by police: report
(AFP) – 1 day ago
VATICAN CITY — Four bishops loyal … Continue reading
4 July 2011
Declaration concerning the consecration of bishops without papal mandate… in China
From VIS:
DECLARATION CONCERNING EPISCOPAL ORDINATIONS IN CHINA
VATICAN CITY, 4 JUL 2011 (VIS) – The Holy See Press Office today released the following English-language communique concerning the episcopal ordination of Fr. Paul Lei Shiyin, which took place on Wednesday 29 June … Continue reading
30 June 2011
AFP: China detains Vatican-backed Catholic priest
From Agence France-Presse:
China detains Vatican-backed Catholic priest
(AFP) – 6 hours ago
BEIJING — Chinese police detained a Vatican-backed Catholic priest and blocked his ordination as a bishop, a parishioner said Thursday, in a move likely to raise tensions with the Holy … Continue reading
10 June 2011
Of Richard McBrien and the persecution of the Catholic Church in China
The gentlemanly Sando Magister has a must-read piece today at his site Chiesa called: Bishops Or Mandarins? The Dilemma of the Chinese Church.
Here is the introductory section of Magister’s piece, just to give you some context. Then I will give … Continue reading
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Archbp. Hon, China, NCFishwrap, Richard McBrien
15 Comments
20 April 2011
Chinese Family Planning Official Kills Man Over Forced Sterilization
A few days old, but this comes from Life News:
Chinese Family Planning Official Kills Man Over Forced Sterilization
by Steven Ertelt | Beijing, China | LifeNews.com | 4/7/11 1:53 PM
Seeking to enforce the one-child policy that involves forced abortions and sterilizations … Continue reading
28 January 2011
10 January 2011
A Catholic (“Patriotic”) parish in China
The Holy Father spoke about religious liberty in his recent “state of the world” speech to the diplomatic corps.
I now want to draw your attention to an article in The Pilot, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Boston.
Think about what … Continue reading
10 December 2010
What is going on in China?
In all seriousness.
John Allen, the nearly ubiquituous, fair-minded writer for the ultra-lefty NCR has a piece about what is going on in China.
Crackdown in China takes church ‘back to the time of Mao’
by John L Allen Jr on Dec. 10, … Continue reading
25 November 2010
China consecrates a bishop. Canonist Ed Peters comments.
I would like today to remind Catholic readers in America, especially, to be thankful for the blessings of a still society and the still free exercise of religion.
You have probably heard that there was a consecration of a bishop in … Continue reading
13 March 2010
Loyal Chinese priest arrested
From AsiaNews with Ucan with my emphases and comments:
Priest arrested in Fujian for organizing winter camp for 300 university students
Fr. John Baptist Luo was arrested on 3 March. Three other priests have been issued arrest warrants, but not yet detained. … Continue reading
