Vatican Says Catholics Arrested in China

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Guardian

Saturday April 2, 2005 4:16 PM


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VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican said Saturday that Chinese authorities have carried out a new series of arrests of officials from that country's non-government controlled Catholic Church.

The most recent arrest occurred Wednesday, when a priest was picked up in Hebei, the same diocese whose bishop was arrested Jan. 3.

The statement said security forces also detained the 86-year-old bishop of Wenzhou, Monsignor James Lin Xili, on March 20 and two days later a lay official of the diocese.

China broke ties with the Vatican in 1951 and demands that Catholics worship only in churches approved by the state-controlled church group, which does not recognize the pope's authority. However, even state churches acknowledge the pope as a spiritual leader.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4909162,00.html?gusrc=ticker-103704

CHINESE Pope coming up?

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1. Please Be a Liberal!

Jesus was...

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2. China = Fascism eom

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4. The USA Treaty of Permanent Normal Trade

with China directly funds Chinese Fascism and enriches the Chinese fucks at the top of the Chinese Food Chain.

Bernie Sanders is working on a bill to repeal this.

MONEY SPENT AT WAL-MART KILLS
GOD'S UNBORN CHILDREN!!!

Get some of those bloody posters that the Anti-Choice crowd uses to picket Planned Parenthood, and use them to picket Wally World.
I’m absolutely PRO-CHOICE, but think the Fundies need to face this hypocrisy.

Wal-Mart supports
COMMUNIST DICTATORS!!!

Will the Republicans stand on Moral Values when their wallet is threatened?
Only immoral people (Communist abortion lovers) shop at Wal-Mart!

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3. It appears a number of Catholic priests have been arrested here in America

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ned=tus&q=Catholic+priest+Arrested+&btnmeta%3Dsearch%3Dsearch=Search+the+Web

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