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Mainland Catholic websites were ordered by Chinese government officials to remove the full version of the Papal letter in which the pope was firmly critical of the interference by the Chinese government in Church affairs, and the attempts made by some state agencies to place themselves above the bishop and guide the life of the Catholic community which “does not correspond to Catholic doctrine.”

The official Foreign Ministry response to the the papal letter included:

“We have taken note of the letter released by the Pope. China has always stood for the improvement of China-Vatican relationship and made positive efforts for that. China is willing to continue candid and constructive dialogue with Vatican so as to resolve our differences,” Qin said.

He also reiterated China’s position that improving China-Vatican ties still has two conditions: the Vatican must sever its so-called diplomatic ties with Taiwan and recognize the People’s Republic of China as the sole legitimate government representing all of China, and it shall never interfere in China’s internal affairs, including in the name of religion. “We hope the Vatican side takes concrete actions and does not create new barriers,” he added.

In a gesture of good faith to resolve it’s differences with the Vatican, China has yet to publicly imprison or execute any of the webmasters who had up-loaded the papal letter onto their Catholic websites.

Source: Union of Catholic Asian News