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Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A. Bishop Jia Zhi Guo ÙZÖ·øÖ÷½Ì, the underground Roman Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Zheng Ding in Hebei Province was arrested by three officials of the Religious Bureau on January 5, 2005 at approximately 5:30 in the afternoon (Beijing time) in a church located in Wu Qiu village. According to a report that we received, Bishop Jia could have been detained somewhere in Shijiazhung. In fact, Bishop Jia was also arrested on December 14 together with 11 priests. They were all released shortly after few hours. Bishop Jia is 69 years old and was ordained a bishop...

Catholic Church in China Part II: Persecution and Confusion This is the concluding part of this article (Part I was published in Issue 65) and is based on the speech that Joseph Kung gave at our Fatima 2000 Peace Conference in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Joseph Kung is a nephew of the great Cardinal Kung, who suffered a dry martyrdom for the Roman Catholic Faith. The Chinese Communists imprisoned Cardinal Kung for over 32 years for being the leading Roman Catholic Bishop in China. He would not betray the Pope nor the Catholic Church by joining the false Catholic Patriotic Association...

Catholic Church in China Persecution and Confusion By Joseph M.C. Kung On July 5, 1999, we issued a press release. An underground Roman Catholic seminarian, Wang Qing, was arrested in May 1999. He was tortured, hung for three days by his hands with his toes barely touching the ground. He was severely beaten. He suffered extensive injury. In addition, he was force-fed with filthy fluid causing serious gastric-intestinal illness and severe diarrhea. Three days later, he was let go without any medical care. On May 13, another underground priest, Father Yan Weiping, was not that "lucky." Father Yan went to...

THIS IS AN OPEN LETTER.. 1 I. IS THE CHINESE CATHOLIC PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATION A SCHISMATIC CHURCH?. 1 II. WHY ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS AND RELIGIOUS ORDERS EDUCATING SEMINARIANS OF THE SCHISMATIC CPA? 3 III. WHY ARE ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN THE UNITED STATES GRANTING PRIESTLY FACULTIES TO PRIESTS OF THE CPA? 5 IV. IS IT TRUE THAT THE VATICAN HAS RECOGNIZED SOME PATRIOTIC BISHOPS?. 7 V. WHY ARE CATHOLIC OFFICIALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING THE CPA AND NOT THE UNDERGROUND ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CHINA?. 8 VI. CATHOLIC VISITORS IN CHINA ATTENDING RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN OR BY THE CPA CHURCH.....