The last line in the story you linked tospeaks of the divided Catholic Church in China; is that misleading or in error? Isn't the 'underground' Church the Catholic Church And the 'official' church something else?
Dim Bulb | 05.29.06 - 10:05 am | #

Dim Bulb;

You are correct. The 'official' church in China can hardly be spoken of as Catholic. Plus, a divided Catholic Church in China is much different than saying the Catholic Church is divided. "In China" tells us that this is the broad perspective in China and not a world view that the Church is divided (a much more biased and far reaching claim). We know what the real Church.

All in all, though, I thought the article was fair - from my popular news piece reading history, I saw many opportunities within that story where the Holy See could have been portrayed more in a negative light and wasn't.

Of course, it would have been good to point out the actual numbers of followers of the underground Church (the majority) vs. the state-sanctioned church but I'll take what I can get. It's better than usual.
Michael Austen | 05.29.06 - 11:13 am | #

Please pray for the bishop, I'm afraid he'll need it.
Dean | 05.29.06 - 12:47 pm | #

Bishop Qinjing has just joined Cardinal Zen on my "cool Chinese Catholics" list.
Catholicgauze | Homepage | 05.29.06 - 9:57 pm | #

Hi, thanks guys. I know him very well. Bishop Wu had sent a picture for me. You can find it in my News Space.
http://spaces.msn.com/johnpaulii...74A5! 1143.entry
Jin | Homepage | 05.29.06 - 11:44 pm | #