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August 25, 2021 Featured Today No Comments By COURTNEY MARES ROME (CNA) —Catholic dioceses across China hosted celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) this year, while pilgrimages to China’s national Marian shrine were forbidden.“Every community, every diocese has done congresses, performances, theaters, and even pilgrimages to the places of the Communist Party history,” Fr. Bernardo Cervellera — a missionary priest and journalist who closely covered the Church in China for the past two decades as editor-in-chief of AsiaNews — told Catholic News Agency.Bishop Joseph Li Shan of Beijing hosted a watch party at the bishop’s...
