Angry Vatican Excommunicates Chinese Bishop

The Vatican has excommunicated a newly ordained bishop in China’s Catholic Church, reports Reuters, peeved that the Beijing church went ahead and ordained the Rev. Joseph Huang Bingzhang without papal approval. The Vatican maintains that Pope Benedict alone has the right to name bishops; Beijing sees that as foreign interference,…

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Angry Vatican Excommunicates Chinese Bishop

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