Posts Tagged ‘Heilongjiang province’

Priests punished for shunning illicit episcopal ordination

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012

The Chinese government is punishing seven priests of Heilongjiang province who refused to co-operate in the illicit episcopal ordination of Father Joseph Yue Fusheng on July 6. Government officials have forced all seven to leave their parishes to “repent of their wrongdoing”. Local sources say they are now either staying with parishioners, have returned to Read more