Posted on 08/14/2021 2:52:15 PM PDT by ebb tide
CHINA — Catholic dioceses across China hosted celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this year, while pilgrimages to China’s national Marian shrine were forbidden.
“Every community, every diocese has done congresses, performances, theaters, and even pilgrimages to the places of the Communist Party history,” Father Bernardo Cervellera, a missionary priest and journalist who closely covered the Church in China for the past two decades as editor-in-chief of AsiaNews, told CNA.
Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing hosted a watch party at the bishop’s residence for President Xi Jinping’s July 1 speech marking the CCP centennial. Forty priests and Church members attended a symposium in Jiangxi province to study how to “implement the spirit” of Xi’s speech. And Catholics in Hubei held a flag-raising ceremony and celebration of the Party, according to the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association website.
“But they are forbidden to go on pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sheshan, which is the national sanctuary for Our Lady in China,” the priest said.
For Father Cervellera, the situation exemplifies the challenges currently facing Catholic communities living under the eye of the CCP.
Three years after the Vatican China deal
In the nearly three years since the Holy See entered into an agreement with Chinese authorities in September 2018, the situation on the ground has been very different for underground Catholics than for those under the leadership of the government-approved Patriotic Association.
For the underground Catholic community, life has been “very harsh,” Father Cervellera explained.
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“From what I’ve seen, bishops who have been ordained, nominated, and ordained, they are all president or secretary of the Patriotic Association. So this means that they are very near to the government,” Father Cervellera said.
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Bergoglio’s prototype for the Church worldwide. Kyrie eleison.
The Pope is a communist.
Another Bergoglio gift.
Will he be stopped?
I positive Google will help the CCP to keep an eye on Catholics. Google/YouTube seem to censor those of us in the USA as much as they help the CCP to do the same in China.
I’M positive Google will help the CCP to keep an eye on Catholics. Google/YouTube seem to censor those of us in the USA as much as they help the CCP to do the same in China.
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