New Hong Kong bishop's cross removal comments sparks anger

UCA News.com | Aughust 4, 2017 | ucannews .com reporter

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Christians in mainland China were enraged by remarks on the cross-removal campaign that the new bishop of Hong Kong made in a press conference, just as news broke that a dozen church crosses had been removed or received notification for removal in central Jiangxi province recently.

Bishop Michael Yeung, in his first press conference as head of Hong Kong Diocese, also gave only qualified support to China's repressed underground Catholic Church and admitted he would never stand up to Beijing.

When asked about the cross-removal campaign by China's ruling Communist Party in Christian-heavy Zhejiang province between 2013 and 2016, Bishop Yeung said it was just a local issue at the very beginning but later involved many political elements which made it complicated.

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Forgot to post link to article:

http://www.ucanews.com/news/new-hong-kong-bishops-cross-removal-comments-sparks-anger/79923

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Quisling!

[CondorFlight]

Who made him bishop there—Francis?

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Yes, Yeung was consecrated an auxiliary bishop (of Hong Kong) in 2014.

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The State (Chinese Patriotic Association) actually “consecrates” bishops in China as they see fit. Others must swear fealty to the State, or retreat underground.

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Don't believe Pope Francis appointed him, but the fear is Frankie will approve or quasi approve him. (Although, at this point, the Vatican has so gone off the rails that practicing Catholics who have any idea what is going on understand that there is no hope this Pope will do the right thing in any situation. Pope Francis is flat-out not doing his job, which is supposed to be being the CEO of the Catholic Church. Instead, he is using his office to try to force all western nations to become part of the New World Order. What were crazed, far-right rumblings, say, five years ago appear really to be true: this Pope is not a believing Catholic; he is utterly worldly, hates the west, and wants to help destroy the west by encouraging Islamic invasion of Western nations.)

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Bishop Yeung's consecrators:

Principal Consecrator:

• John Cardinal Tong Hon
  Bishop of Hong Kong [Xianggang]

• Principal Co-Consecrators:
  • Joseph Cardinal Zen Ze-kiun, S.D.B.
    Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong [Xianggang]
  • Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-Fai, S.D.B.
    Titular Archbishop of Sila