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well, i can tell you. would you like me to tell you? sure, yeah. ok, for example, the ngo chinaaid has catalogued various different cases in which chinese catholics, including bishops, have run into profound problems with the chinese authorities. bishop dong baolu refused to join the state run patriotic church system. his own church in hebei province was then demolished by party officials. there s another bishop in china, joseph zhang weizhu, he is missing, been missing since 2021. i m sure you re aware of these cases. well, as a practising catholic, i can tell you the real situation in china is that.many different religions are being encouraged in china, including catholic. and there s an increasing number of practising catholic in china today. and with that, there is an enhancement of the relationship between china and vatican,
By renewing a secretive agreement with Beijing, the Vatican is dangerously close to being complicit in the Chinese government’s deepening rights abuses.