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June 26, 2017

Vatican calls on China to release bishop form custody and assume ministry

Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin was taken into government custody in September 2016 when he was supposed to take over leadership at the Wenzhou diocese.

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican expressed "grave concern" over the situation of a bishop in mainland China who has been in government custody for almost 10 months and moved repeatedly in an apparent attempt to prevent him from assuming leadership of his diocese.

Published in International