Chinese Government Forbids Catholic Seminaries to Teach against Abortion Says Congres

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WASHINGTON, October 19, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Congressional-Executive Commission on China released its 2005 Annual Report last week, which detailed a myriad of deplorable human rights abuses routinely committed by the Chinese regime. The Commission, created by Congress in October 2000 with the legislative mandate to monitor human rights and the development of the rule of law in China, reports that “The Chinese government monitors and inspects registered seminaries, where it is forbidden to teach anything contrary to Party policy, including Catholic moral teaching on abortion, euthanasia, contraception, and divorce.”
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The Lifesite link doesn’t seem to work, but the Congressional-Executive Commission on China 2005 Annual Report, on page 50, does say:
The Chinese government monitors and inspects the registered seminaries, where it is forbidden to teach anything contrary to Party policy, including Catholic moral teaching on abortion, euthanasia, contraception, and divorce.
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The Executive Summary of the report also says:
The Chinese government continues to repress Catholics. Chinese authorities are currently detaining over 40 unregistered clergy and have taken measures this year to tighten control of registered clergy and seminaries. Despite assurances of its desire to establish diplomatic relations with the Holy See, the Chinese government has not altered its long-standing position that, as a precondition to negotiations, the Holy See must renounce a papal role in the selection of bishops and break relations with Taiwan.
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Despite assurances of its desire to establish diplomatic relations with the Holy See, the Chinese government has not altered its long-standing position that, as a precondition to negotiations, the Holy See must renounce a papal role in the selection of bishops and break relations with Taiwan.
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Surely this ought to be a no brainer. If the Vatican accepts conditions like this it needs a General Patton in the Vatican diplomatic corps.
 
“The Chinese government monitors and inspects the registered seminaries, where it is forbidden to teach anything contrary to Party policy, including Catholic moral teaching on abortion, euthanasia, contraception, and divorce.”
And then what do the Patriotic “Catholic” priests think about this and generally, what would be the policy of a Patriotic “Catholic” priest on the issue of ABC or abortion? I thought that a bishop in northern California had given faculties to visiting Patriotic “Catholic” priests from China. And that the Vatican had invited a few Patriotic “Catholic” bishops to attend the recent meeting of bishops. This would seem to be out of order if the Patriotic “Catholic” clergy hold to the official Chinese Communist government views on ABC or abortion?
 
This amkes me so sad and angry, we shouldnt trade with china.

This should be big news around the world, but no one cares.
 
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And that the Vatican had invited a few Patriotic “Catholic” bishops to attend the recent meeting of bishops. This would seem to be out of order if the Patriotic “Catholic” clergy hold to the official Chinese Communist government views on ABC or abortion?
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The Vatican probably knows more about these priests’ views than the Chinese government does. But being under the guise of the official “Chinese Catholic” church allows them to reach out to people they normally couldn’t connect with. It is certainly a shady area, but I understand it too.
 
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The Vatican probably knows more about these priests’ views than the Chinese government does…
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Does anyone else know what the Patriotic priests are teaching or believe on these issues?
 
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