Posted on 04/22/2021 6:16:34 PM PDT by marshmallow
Across China, multiple celebrations mark the anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. Catholics and other believers can choose among a panoply of seminars, conferences, trips, visits, and exhibits. For Mgr Ma Yinglin, without the Communist Party there would be no New China, no socialism with Chinese characteristics, and no happy life for people today.
Rome (AsiaNews) – The centennial of the founding of the Communist Party of China is being celebrated under the banner of “knowing, thanking, listening, following the Party”.
Catholics can choose among a number of seminars, conferences, trips, visits, and exhibits, after the Council of Bishops and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) decided to decree the centennial as the most important event for the Church in China. Indeed, “knowing” means “knowing the history” of the Party, which is why a deep 'communist' education must be assimilated.
In Fujian, conferences and visits to sites important in the history of communism were held between 12 and 14 April under the banner “Love the Party, love the homeland, love socialism” with the participation of more than 50 representatives from all official religions (Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Catholicism, Protestantism).
The official report of the events stressed the emergence of a “State Church”, totally obedient to the emperor with “a solemn flag raising ceremony in a Catholic church in Changting (Fujian) in what was the first event of its kind involving the five main religions in a place of religious activity in the province".
Seminars on “knowing, thanking, listening, following the Party” were also held in Guangdong. Last Saturday, the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Church focused on an “Independent, Self-Managed, and Self-Elective Church (in episcopal appointments and ordinations).”
These reflect the long-term goals of the CPCA, and before that, Mao Zedong, i.e. the creation of a Chinese......
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“All with the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state” Benito Mussolini. Over 25,750 Americans died fighting this in Europe, about the same in the Pacific. 20 years before I was born. Grandma used to say No more Hitlers, Tojos or Mussolini’s”.
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