Article: Vatican's Canonization, a Severe Provocation to Chinese People: Commentary (1)

The Vatican canonized on Sunday 120 foreign Catholic missionaries and their followers, including some who had committed monstrous crimes in China. This is a severe provocation to 1.2 billion Chinese people, said a commentary that will be published on October 3 People's Daily.

The commentary said that on the very occasion when the Chinese people were celebrating the 51st anniversary of the founding of New China, the Holy See, disregarding strong opposition from the Chinese people including Chinese Catholics, intentionally held a so-called "canonization" ceremony in St.Peter's Square, which seriously hurt the feelings of the Chinese people.

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