Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 29 Oct 2018 04:07:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Vatican mishandling China https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/10/29/vatican-china-zen/ Mon, 29 Oct 2018 06:53:01 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=113285 The Vatican is mishandling China and the recent agreement between the Vatican and China is a step toward the "annihilation" of the church in China, says Cardinal Joseph Zen. Zen, who is the former bishop of Hong Kong, says the distinction between the underground Church and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association has not been eradicated. Read more

Vatican mishandling China... Read more]]> The Vatican is mishandling China and the recent agreement between the Vatican and China is a step toward the "annihilation" of the church in China, says Cardinal Joseph Zen.

Zen, who is the former bishop of Hong Kong, says the distinction between the underground Church and the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association has not been eradicated.

He says those who attend the "underground" Church worship in secret and are subject to persecution from the government if they are discovered.

Amid a religious crackdown in China, Zen says priests of the underground Church have been encouraging their parishioners to skip Mass for their own safety. Read more

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