闽东教区

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(1) Eva Dou, Retired Cardinal Opposes Vatican's China Detente. Wall Street Journal, Feb 15, 2018.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pop ... nal-says-1518604268

Quote:

(a) "As a priest in the 1980s, Joseph Zen helped revive links between the Vatican and Catholics in China after decades of religious repression by the Communist government. Now, the retired, octogenarian cardinal is trying to block Pope Francis’ detente with Beijing.

"Cardinal Zen calls a Vatican plan to recognize seven bishops appointed by Beijing a betrayal to Chinese Catholics who have refused to recognize the authority of government-backed church organizations and faced persecution for their participation in 'underground' communities loyal to the pope,

(b) " 'They are appointing bad people to be shepherds of the flocks. How can you do that?' he said.

(c) "Vatican Secretary of States Cardinal Pietro Parolin, in an interview with the Italian daily La Stampa last month, said repairing ties with Beijing would help all Catholics in Chia to be in communion with each other and the pope.

"Cardinal Zen once shared that view. In the 1980s, after Pope John Paul II called for building bridges to Catholics in China recovering from persecution under Mao Zedong, Cardinal Zen forged ties with the government-backed community, teaching in official seminaries.

"A the time he was optimistic for an acceptable compromise. Under Pope John Paul's successor, Pope Benedict XVI -- who elevated him to the College of Cardinals in 2006 -- Cardinal Zen tried to negotiate a long-sought breakthrough with Beijing.

"He thought the two government-run organizations overseeing China's Catholics be modified to become acceptable to the Vatican. He later became convinced that Beijing wouldn't allow it.

" 'I have been one of the very first to plead with the Vatican on behalf of the aboveground church,' he wrote in his blog in February 2012 [sic, not 2018].

" 'The atheist government absolutely did not change its policy of total control religion,' he wrote at the time.

"Born to Catholic parents in Shanghai in 1932, Zen Ze-kiun grew up during the Chinese Civil War and left shortly before the Communist victory and the beginning of Mao's 27-year rule.

"He arrived alone in Hong Kong to join the Catholic Salesian order in 1948.

Note:
(a) Its online title: "China's Deal With Pope Francis Is 'Putting Wolves Before Your Flock,' Cardinal Says.
(b)
(i) Salesians of Don Bosco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesians_of_Don_Bosco
(section 1 History; founded by John Bosco and named after Francis de Sales [1567 – 1622; Sales was last name; bishop of Geneva])
(ii) Salesian
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Salesian
(pronunciation)

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(2) Eva Dou, China's Catholics Wary at Prospect of More Control fro, Beijing. Wall Street Journal, Feb 15, 2018.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chi ... -beijing-1518652580
http://www.cetusnews.com/news/Ch ... jing.S1vCZUGDf.html

Note:
(a) The following that appears online is not found in print.
(i) "In the northwestern industrial city of Lanzhou, the bishop acceded to pressure to join the government-backed church in November, according to fellow clerics. The reason he gave to an acquaintance was that he could better carry out his pastoral duties without having his movements restricted, as had been the case.
(ii) "Some so-called underground priests in Shanghai have warned people not to come to Mass, citing the new regulations, according to Cardinal Zen.
(iii) the following entire block:

"Religious life was allowed to recover in the 1980s, as the government turned to free-market policies and foreign investment. Underground worship has since been tolerated in Luojiang. Authorities allowed the church to register under a lay member's name in the 1990s in a nod to the community's traditions.

"Government scrutiny is rising on religious communities, especially those outside official control. New regulations tighten the state's authority over every aspect of religious life, from clergy, schools and places of worship to proselytizing and the size of outdoor statues or icons.

"As the rules’ effective date of Feb. 1 approached, authorities in Luojiang asked underground priests to re-register the church through a member of the Patriotic Association, people familiar with the matter said.

"So far local priests have refused, and local authorities haven’t pushed the issue, they said.

"Local clergy’s faithfulness to the pope is being tested by the Vatican's acceptance of the excommunicated bishops. Bishop Guo said local clergy are in a bind, though he said he didn’t want to exacerbate conflicts within the church.

" 'This isn't a personal struggle for a position,' said Bishop Guo, dressed in a padded blue jacket after spending Sunday morning visiting local Catholics. 'It is just about our religious principles.'

(b) "There have been many Catholics in Luojiang since Spanish Dominicans came to farming villages along China's southeast coast four centuries ago. Today most of the 84,000 Catholics in the area, including the community's popular bishop [GUO Xijin 郭希锦, age 59, of Mindong diocese 闽东教区], worship outside the state-sanctioned church.
(i) This Luojiang refers to 福建省宁德市福安市 罗江街道 -- rather than 福建省泉州市洛江区 (named after 洛阳江 on part of its boundary).
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F%E5%AE%89%E5%B8%82
(section 7 行政区划)
(ii) Situated in the northeastern corner of Fujian province, 闽东教区 has its seat at 福安市 罗江街道, from which the report is dispatched.
(iii) "since Spanish Dominicans came to farming villages along China's southeast coast four centuries ago."
(A) Dominican
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican
(may refer to people from Dominican Republic, Commonwealth of Dominica [independent from UK], Dominican Order [道明会 或译多明我会; founded by Spanish priest Dominic of Caleruega in France, approved by Pope Honorius III in 1216], etc)

A male given name, Dominic is an adjective meaning "of the lord," derived from Latin noun masculine dominus lord.
(B) Specifically:
Kaijian Tang, Setting off from Macau; Essays on Jesuit history during the Ming and Qing dynasties. Brill, 2015, at page 21
https://books.google.com/books?i ... minican&f=false
("In 1632, the Italian Dominican Angelo Cocchi 高琦 (1587-1633) entered Fujian and established a Chinese mission")

He departed from Manila, the Philippines, passed through Taiwan and Amoy 厦门, arrived at 福州 and settled at 福安 (building a church there). That was 1631 or 明.崇祯五年.

(c) "In Luojiang, people profess their faith openly. Posters of crosses adorn the red doors of their brick houses, which are lined with papaya trees and chicken coops. Some rise before dawn to pray together in the local Fuan dialect at the Our Lady of Rosary Church. Many still abstain from eating meat on Fridays, a religious requirement that was relaxed in the U.S. in the 1960s."

Many Catholic churches share the same name, including "Our Lady of Rosary Church."  The one in 福安市 罗江街道 is 罗江玫瑰圣母堂 (pictured in this WSJ report -- online only, not in print), which is also the seat of diocese 闽东教区主教座堂.