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Posted on 04/27/2017 6:49:28 PM PDT by ebb tide
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A still image of a video that captured the moment when Chinese police entered a church in Wudalianchi disrupting a Mass service to detain a lay leader and priest on April 20. (Photo of internet video)
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Local communist officials in northeastern Heilongjiang province cracked down on an underground Catholic community trying to celebrate a weekday Mass on April 20, adding a further hurdle to closed-door negotiations being conducted by the Vatican and Beijing.
A 10-second video clip circulated online showed several police arguing with the congregation who were trying to stop them from detaining a lay leader and Father Shen Yanjun, an underground priest who began working at the Qingshan Church in Wudalianchi city seven months ago. The video clip was later removed.
The local government later released a work report saying they had "successfully stopped an underground Catholic priest from holding illegal religious activities" in a joint action involving officials from the Religious Affairs Bureau, the Public Security Bureau and the United Front Work Department.
It's a basic human right that we, lucky Americans of all stripes have in writing; Freedom of religion and Freedom of speech. If I lose that case in court, every American loses that right too.
China is still atheistic communist to the core. The west tends to forget this at its peril.
Don’t go to church in a secret location the government does not know about and you will have no problem. The operative word is underground and the Chinese Government will never tolerate those kinds of meetings. Private assembly is illegal in China.
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