New China-Vatican row brewing over bishops

[Dale_M]

China’s state-controlled Catholic church says it will move swiftly to appoint new bishops in dioceses where there are none, in a step that is certain to worsen tensions with the Vatican.

Filling the more than 40 empty bishop’s seats is an urgent task because the vacancies are causing serious problems in the handling of church affairs, the official Xinhua News Agency quoted a spokesman for the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association as saying Thursday.

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110624/ap_on_re_as/as_china_vatican

This Chinese announcement comes a week after a Vatican announcement calling for illicitly ordained bishops in China to repent.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=570555&highlight=china

The next illicit consecration of a bishop could come as early as this weekend:
ucanews.com/2011/06/23/leshan-to-ordain-unapproved-bishop/

 

[CTCatholic5]

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110624/ap_on_re_as/as_china_vatican

This Chinese announcement comes a week after a Vatican announcement calling for illicitly ordained bishops in China to repent.
forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=570555&highlight=china

The next illicit consecration of a bishop could come as early as this weekend:
ucanews.com/2011/06/23/leshan-to-ordain-unapproved-bishop/

Why can’t our episcopal selections be made so promptly and definitively?