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Church in the WorldBeijing vows to go on ordaining bishopsChina Ellen Teague - 14 July 2007China will continue to "self-elect and self-ordain" bishops, according to the vice chairman of the state-registered Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, writes Ellen Teague. "We ordain bishops only for the sake of evangelisation in the mainland and nobody can stop us," said Anthony Liu Bainian. He told the Bangkok-based UCA News on 3 July that without the contribution of these state-approved bishops, "the China Church couldn't have achieved its development today", and Rome needed to recognise them. Pope Benedict's recent open letter to Chinese Catholics - widely seen as an overture to Beijing to restart talks on establishing diplomatic relations - called for unity among China's estimated 15 million Catholics, currently divided between the official Church answerable to Beijing and the underground Church loyal to the Holy See, although there is an increasing overlap between the two. The Pope insisted on the Vatican's right to appoint its own bishops but Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong has said Beijing's response so far to the letter has been "mild". |
 In this week’s issueMaking markets moral Iron and velvet Love in a Catholic climate Someone to talk to A good Lent takes planning South American surprise Can the Church support abuse victims on its own terms? Elena Curti Is the Church too slow in recognising that academies are the future for Catholic schools? Christopher Lamb Goodwin the scapegoat Elena Curti The pain of being a coeliac Catholic Sr M, guest contributor The Church's moral obligation to victims of clerical sexual abuse Speeches from this week's conference in Rome This week in Rome bishops and religious superiors met at the first Vatican-backed symposium devoted to forging a global response to the crisis of clerical sexual abuse that has disgraced ... Archbishop voices 'shame and sorrow' after priest's abuse trial Longley to visit parishes 'damaged' by Walsh Today, Tuesday 7 February, Bede Walsh, who served as a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Birmingham, has been convicted by a jury, following a 10-day trial at Stoke-on-Trent ...
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