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Chinese authorities arrest underground Catholic bishop ahead of Easter
Lifesite News ^ | April 15, 2025 | Michael Haynes

Posted on 04/16/2025 5:44:31 AM PDT by NorthernDancer

Officials from the Chinese Communist Party have once again arrested a bishop of the underground church in the latest targeted arrest aimed at preventing him from celebrating the Holy Week liturgies.

According to AsiaNews, Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was arrested on April 10, along with his aide Father Jiang Xu Nian. The pair were taken by officials from the National Security Bureau, and AsiaNews reports that their current location is unknown.

Shao’s latest arrest came last Thursday, meaning that he has been taken away from his underground church community for Holy Week and Easter.

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TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arrest; bishop; china; zhumin
Bishop Shao Zhumin is one of the many bishops practicing outside of the Vatican’s hypocritical agreement with Communist China.
1 posted on 04/16/2025 5:44:31 AM PDT by NorthernDancer
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To: NorthernDancer

This is beginning to read like the Tom Clancy novel “The Bear and the Dragon.”

Could it be?


2 posted on 04/16/2025 7:11:22 AM PDT by Racketeer
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