China Battles Catholic Church for Control of May 24 Holy Day
CATHOLIC CULTURE
CHINA -Chinese government officials have set up security checkpoints around the shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan, discouraging Catholics from traveling there on May 24: the day established by Pope Benedict XVI as a special day of prayer for the Church in China. Annual pilgrimages to the Sheshan shrine once drew tens of thousands of Catholics each year. [link]
CHINA -Chinese government officials have set up security checkpoints around the shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan, discouraging Catholics from traveling there on May 24: the day established by Pope Benedict XVI as a special day of prayer for the Church in China. Annual pilgrimages to the Sheshan shrine once drew tens of thousands of Catholics each year. [link]
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