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(CCCB – Ottawa) A delegation of Chinese government and religious representatives visited the offices of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops on Monday, February 17. The delegation, on an official visit to Canada and the United States, was headed by Mr. Ye Xiaowen, Director-General of the State Administration for Religious Affairs. He was accompanied by Bishop Fu Tieshan of Beijing, President of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, as well as ten other Chinese dignitaries. The CCCB was represented by a delegation led by Archbishop Marcel Gervais of Ottawa who told the visitors that Church and government function side by side...