Communist Party - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 May 2013 04:36:30 +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 Communist Party - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Communist Party tightens grip on naming Chinese bishops https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/05/24/communist-party-tightens-grip-on-naming-chinese-bishops/ Thu, 23 May 2013 19:02:55 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=44686 Observers say a new ruling from the Chinese government is aimed at giving the government-backed Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church control over the election of bishops. Under the new ruling, a diocese has to seek agreement from the Beijing-based BCCCC and religious affairs bureau to begin the process of electing and ordaining a new Read more

Communist Party tightens grip on naming Chinese bishops... Read more]]> Observers say a new ruling from the Chinese government is aimed at giving the government-backed Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church control over the election of bishops.

Under the new ruling, a diocese has to seek agreement from the Beijing-based BCCCC and religious affairs bureau to begin the process of electing and ordaining a new bishop.

It also stipulates that bishops must support the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party and its socialist system.

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