Saturday, October 6, 2012

Priests and Nuns Forced to Attend Government Classes

Priests and nuns in the Shanghai diocese have been forced to attend compulsory "study classes", which observers believe were imposed by Chinese authorities in response to the new Shanghai auxiliary’s renunciation of the Catholic Patriotic Association. In September, approximately 80 diocesan priests and 80 nuns of the Our Lady of Presentation Congregation were divided into three groups to take three days of classes at the Shanghai Institute of Socialism, reported the Asian church news agency UCA News.   Read more:

http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2012/10/05/shanghais-priests-and-nuns-forced-to-attend-government-classes/

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