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Article: Vatican's Canonization, a Severe Provocation to Chinese People: Commentary (1)
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- October 2, 2000
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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.
The Vatican's "canonization" is equivalent to ...