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…an approved bishop<\/a><\/p>\n

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Tomorrow at 9am, in the Cathedral of Shenyang (Liaoning, north-east China), there will be another episcopal ordination: Fr Paul Pei Junmin will be consecrated as coadjutor bishop of Shenyang by the ordinary bishop, Mgr Jin Peixian. The very important fact is that this new ordination takes place with the approval of the Holy See. \u201cFr Pei Junmin received the approval of the Holy Father,\u201d a Vatican source told AsiaNews<\/em>. \u201cAnd he is an excellent candidate from all points of view.\u201d Fr Pei Junmin met Benedict XVI on 3 August 2005. Together with another 22 Chinese priests on a trip to Europe, he managed to attend an audience with the pontiff, who greeted him with \u201cparticular affection\u201d. Interviewed by AsiaNews<\/em> on that occasion, Fr Paul had said: \u201cThe meeting with the pope was a surprise! None of us would ever have imagined it; we did not even know we would come to Rome. But it was a marvelous thing: the Church of Rome is the mother Church of all churches, including the Chinese one. We wanted to show that the Church in China is united to the Holy See.\u201d<\/p>\n

The ordination of Fr Pei comes a few days after the illicit ordinations in Kunming and Wuhu that took place without the pope\u2019s permission. They have been branded by a Vatican statement as \u201ca grave violation of religious freedom\u201d and a \u201cserious wound to the unity of the Church\u201d, incurring \u201csevere canonical sanctions\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Fr. Z comments:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Again, a subtle game of chess is being played out.  I cannot help but wonder if the two sides are playing by the same rules (actually, I don\u2019t wonder at all \u2013 I am sure they are not) and also whether the Holy See really grasps the reality of playing Chinese chess, or that it is fundamentally different from the diplomatic game they are used to playing.  <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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