Vatican Announces Second Assembly on Church in China
(28 Mar 09 - RV) A second meeting of the Special Commission for the Catholic Church in China was announced today .
The Commission, formed at the specific request of Pope Benedict XVI, will hold its second plenary session here at the Vatican next week, running from Monday March 30th through to April 1st , and includes members of the curia, representatives from the Chinese bishops conference and religious congregations.
The first plenary assembly, held March of last year, examined the reception inside and outside of the People’s Republic of Pope Benedict’s 2007 letter to the Catholic faithful in China.
A press office statement writes that this year important religious issues currently facing the church in China will be discussed as well as aspects of the life of the Church in the light of Pope Benedict’s letter.
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