Some ‘underground’ priests abandoning ministry after China-Vatican deal
January 25, 2019
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CWN Editor's Note: Some priests of the “underground” Church in China have abandoned ministry in the wake of a Vatican-Beijing agreement, the AsiaNews service reports. The priests refuse to cooperate with the government-backed Patriotic Association.
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Posted by: Randal Mandock -
Jan. 25, 2019 6:25 PM ET USA
Wasn't the agreement supposed to unify the Church in China? Could anyone have predicted that priests would walk away from their ministry rather than betray it? Oh yeah, the cited article points out that Cardinal Zen did predict this outcome. Seems that someone in this forum did as well.
