Posted on 08/06/2021 6:13:22 PM PDT by marshmallow
AsiaNews reported that Fr. Joseph Liu of the diocese of Mindong was arrested Tuesday as a result of refusing to join the government-run independent church, formally known as Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA).
July 30, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — On the day a Chinese bishop was consecrated under the terms of the secret Vatican-China agreement — an event heralded by the Vatican — a faithful Catholic priest was detained by the police and tortured for 10 hours after refusing to join the church recognized by the Chinese authorities.
AsiaNews reported that Fr. Joseph Liu of the diocese of Mindong was arrested Tuesday as a result of refusing to join the government-run independent church, formally known as Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA). Sources confirmed to AsiaNews that the priest suffered “terrible violence,” and after “10 hours of torture, six policemen took him by the hand and forced him to sign.”
Liu was made to sign an official document denoting his membership of the government-recognized church, described by AsiaNews as “an expression of the Chinese Communist Party.”
“The persecution of Catholic religious is not stopping,” stated the news outlet’s source.
On the same day, Bishop Li Hui was consecrated as the new coadjutor bishop of Pingliang. He was consecrated by Bishop Ma Yinglin of Kunming (Yunnan), who is president of the Chinese Bishops’ Conference and vice president of the CPCA.
Three other diocesan bishops were also present for the occasion, along with over 30 priests and 20 nuns.
Vatican News hailed the consecration of Bishop Li, noting that he was the fifth bishop since the Vatican had signed its controversial agreement with China, “the Provisional Accord between the Holy See and the People’s Republic of China on the nomination of bishops.” Matteo Bruni, the Holy See’s Press Office director, confirmed that Li had......
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Hey Francis, how’s that deal with Satan workin’ out ?
“For under an appearance of patriotism, which in reality is just a fraud, this association aims primarily at making Catholics gradually embrace the tenets of atheistic materialism, by which God Himself is denied and religious principles are rejected.”
Pope Piux XII, Communism and the Church in China, 1958
“Hey Francis, how’s that deal with Satan workin’ out ?”
That’s about it.
Pope probably would answer “just fine”.
The late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen spoke out frequently and even wrote a full book Communism and the Conscience of the West (which I own).
“Hey Francis, how’s that deal with Satan workin’ out ?”
Bergoglio would respond: “Oh, the things I have to put up with! Sheesh! I am always being told what to do.”
The evil repercussions of the papal china deal continue to reverberate violently.
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