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CATHOLIC NEWS OF THE WEEK . Saturday, 24 September 2016
Another step in revising regulations on religion

HONG KONG (UCAN): A draft bill to amend the Regulation for Religious Affairs was released by the Chinese government for a one-month public consultation on September 7.

This follows an extensive build-up over the last year that...

Media censorship versus social media freedom

HONG KONG (SE): While there is a popular perception abroad that censorship in China is an across the board restriction placed on the whole population, Mu Chunsan points out in an article published in The Diplomat on September 14 that in fact, it is quite...

Sticky politics around bishop’s funeral

WENZHOU (SE): While many more than the limited number the government was willing to allow to attend the funeral of the late Bishop Vincent Zhu Weifang, from Wenzhou in Zhejiang province of China, turned up at the church on September 13 for his requiem Mass and at his...

China first with Saint Teresa of Kolkata parish

CANGZHOU (SE): The first parish church in the world dedicated to Saint Mother Teresa of Kolkata was dedicated on the day of her canonisation in Rome, September 4, in Cangzhou, in the diocese of Xi’an, China.

It has been...