Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 29 Jun 2017 02:55:09 +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 Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Fears for missing Chinese bishop https://cathnews.co.nz/2017/06/29/fears-missing-chinese-bishop/ Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:06:01 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=95788

The Chinese government has ignored "grave concern" over the abduction of Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou. In response to the Vatican's concerns for the bishop, Lu Kang, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said: "China opposes any country interfering in China's internal affairs." Shao Zhumin was forced from his diocese on 18 May Read more

Fears for missing Chinese bishop... Read more]]> The Chinese government has ignored "grave concern" over the abduction of Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou.

In response to the Vatican's concerns for the bishop, Lu Kang, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said: "China opposes any country interfering in China's internal affairs."

Shao Zhumin was forced from his diocese on 18 May by the Chinese state. He has not been seen since.

Lu Kang also said China is "strengthening [its] management of religious affairs."

The Beijing Government has consistently demanded control over the Catholic Church in China.

Shao Zhumin, who is a Vatican-appointed bishop, is not a member of the state-run Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. As this is the case, he is part of the underground church not recognized by the communist government.

 

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