Since the 2018 Sino-Vatican agreement on the appointment of bishops, the Vatican has faced criticism from inside and outside the Church for failing to speak out against Chinese government oppression.
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BEIJING (CNS) Retired Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan, who was persecuted and forced to spend years in labor camps during the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 98.
Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan was persecuted during China s Cultural Revolution. After his arrest in 1966 he served 10 years of a 15-year sentence in labor camps and factories before his acquittal in 1980. He never joined the state-sanctioned church.
BEIJING (CNS) Retired Bishop Stephen Yang Xiangtai of Handan, who was persecuted and forced to spend years in labor camps during the Cultural Revolution, died at the age of 98.