“All roads lead to Rome: Two “Official” Chinese bishops will attend the Catholic synod”, Bitter Winter, September 25, 2023:
“The Catholic Church will celebrate what many regard as its most important Synod of Bishops ever starting October 4, where prelates from all over the world will discus the synodal nature of the Church and the relationships between the local churches and the Vatican.
While two Chinese delegates attended the previous Synod in 2018, when a list of participants was released in early July no Bishop from Mainland China was included. However, a few days before the Synod opens, a second list has been published. This time, it includes Bishops Yang Yongqiang of Zhouchun, Shandong, and Yao Shun of Jining, Inner Mongolia.
The two are loyal “patriotic” bishops. Yao was the Spiritual Director of the National Seminary of the government-controlled Patriotic Catholic Church when it was clearly separated from the Vatican, in the 1990s, and was then widely regarded as the key member of the Patriotic Church’s Liturgical Commission…..”
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