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China keeps faithful away from underground bishop’s funeral
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On Ash Wednesday, 95-year-old Bishop Andrew Hao Jinli of Xiwanzi, who shepherded believers in the illegal, underground Catholic church in northeastern China, died of natural causes. Security forces were mobilized to block the faithful from paying last respects or attending his funeral. China allows adult Catholics to worship in state-sanctioned Patriotic Catholic Churches,…
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