<!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai’s would-be Catholic bishop has been a virtual prisoner in that city’s main seminary for nine months and counting, his penalty for openly challenging China’s ruling Communist Party by withdrawing from the country’s official bodies that oversee the church. The treatment dealt out to Thaddeus Ma Daqin is the most glaring and high-level example of China’s heavy-handed control of the church and the challenge that poses for the Roman Catholic Church as cardinals gather to choose a new pope. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Catholics look to next pope to improve China ties
Catholics look to next pope to improve China ties
<!– google_ad_section_start –> BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai’s would-be Catholic bishop has been a virtual prisoner in that city’s main seminary for nine months and counting, his penalty for openly challenging China’s ruling Communist Party by withdrawing from the country’s official bodies that oversee the church. The treatment dealt out to Thaddeus Ma Daqin is the most glaring and high-level example of China’s heavy-handed control of the church and the challenge that poses for the Roman Catholic Church as cardinals gather to choose a new pope. <!– google_ad_section_end –>
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Catholics look to next pope to improve China ties
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