China continues repression of a free Catholic Church.Beijing -- On Sunday, April 30, the secretary-general of the state controlled Patriotic Catholic Church, Ya Minglin, was ordered to be ordained or·dain tr.v. or·dained, or·dain·ing, or·dains 1. a. To invest with ministerial or priestly authority; confer holy orders on. b. To authorize as a rabbi. 2. a bishop by Chinese authorities. They ignored an earlier Vatican request that this be delayed while dialogue between China and the Vatican continues. A few days later the ordination ordination: see ministry; orders, holy. as bishop of another state-church Catholic priest, Liu Xinhong, took place in Anhui province, again against the Vatican's wishes. Liu Xinhong had declined the ordination in February after the Vatican declined to approve it. The Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse (AFP) French cooperative news agency. Based in Paris, it has roots in the Bureau Havas, created in 1832, which in 1835 became the Agence Havas, the world's first true news agency. reported that: Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , elevated by Pope Benedict For other uses, see Benedict. Benedict is the regnal name of the current Roman pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI (2005–present) and has been the name of fourteen other popes (and three antipopes):
Accusing China's official Patriotic Association of using "pressure, threats and, it seems, also deceit Deceit Aimwell pretends to be titled to wed into wealth. [Br. Lit.: The Beaux’ Stratagem] Ananias lies about amount of money received for land. [N.T.: Acts 5:1–6] Ananias Club all its members are liars. [Am. " in consecrating Fr. Ya, he said Beijing's action had "destroyed the atmosphere of mutual trust so necessary for a successful dialogue." The Cardinal also warned the Sino-Vatican dialogue "cannot continue because people will think we are prepared to surrender," he told the South China Morning Post The South China Morning Post, together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a English-language newspaper of Hong Kong, with a circulation of 104,000. . "We cannot budge. When you brutally place such a fait accompli, how can you call this dialogue? This totally runs against the spirit of dialogue" (Nat. Post, May 3, 2006). The approved Church has about four million worshippers, official figures show, while the Vatican estimates the illegal, or underground, Church has about 10 million. The two bishops ordained by China's state-approved Catholic church, and the two bishops who presided over the consecration without Vatican consent, have been automatically excommunicated. The Vatican strongly criticized the bishops' ordinations, saying they represented a "grave violation of religious freedom" and hindered dialogue between the Vatican and Beijing (CNN.com, May 4, 2006). |
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