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Catholics in China told to defend faith even if it means martyrdom
Jun 18 2009, Dennis

oseph Zen, the former archbishop of Hong Kong, said the Vatican should harden its line towards Beijing and that a planned meeting of China’s officially sanctioned priests and bishops would be a “slap in the face” to Benedict XVI.

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