Shanghai's Bishop Ma in Surprise Reversal on 'Official' Church Group

[ComplineSanFran]

In a stunning about face, Shanghai’s Bishop Thaddeus Ma Daquin has publicly recanted his decision to abandon the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (C.C.P.A.), which he had dramatically broke with on the day of his episcopal ordination in July 2012.

I am not a Catholic, but I have heard a number of times that there are difficulties in China with the RC community and hierarchy. Could someone please explain to me the different groups claiming to be Catholic? Who does the Vatican recognize? What is the government’s position? And why is Bishop Ma’s decision ‘stunning’? I am confused about the whole lay of the land, as it were. Thank you!

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[PaulfromIowa]

“Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Patriotic_Catholic_Association

 

[Tomdstone]

I am not a Catholic, but I have heard a number of times that there are difficulties in China with the RC community and hierarchy. Could someone please explain to me the different groups claiming to be Catholic? Who does the Vatican recognize? What is the government’s position? And why is Bishop Ma’s decision ‘stunning’? I am confused about the whole lay of the land, as it were. Thank you!

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Communist approved Patriotic Catholic Church is not allowed to preach against contraception and abortion. The underground Church does.