Chicoms stacking the deck...

Once again reiterating the odious Communist doctrine that communism is the one, true "church", the Chinese government has installed (without approval from the Vatican) yet another "state-approved" bishop in its state-run "catholic" church:

 BEIJING (AP) -- China's state-approved Catholic church welcomed the installation Sunday of another bishop who was not approved by the pope, exacerbating Beijing's already strained relations with the Vatican.

Bishop Vincent Zhan Silu celebrated Mass for 500 Catholics and Chinese officials in a church in the southern city of Ningde to mark his formal appointment as head of the Mindong Diocese. Hong Kong Cable TV showed Zhan holding a gold staff and wearing the white pointed hat, or miter, used by bishops.

Then again, who better to run a church than those who are engrossed with establishing a spotless human rights record, right?




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