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Under the new leaders, the Catholic community is expected to fully implement Beijing’s policy on the “Sinicization” of religion and firmly uphold the Chinese Communist Party’s leadership. Newsroom (28/08/2022 2:00 PM Gaudium Press) Top political adviser Wang Yang has urged new Catholic leaders in China to resist foreign influence and ensure that control of the church remains in the hands of patriots. He made the remarks after the two state-sponsored Catholic Church bodies in China elected new leaders at a twice-a-decade conference that wrapped up in Wuhan, Hubei province, on Saturday. During the three-day meeting, Archbishop Joseph Li Shan of...
