Red Chinese Repression Extends to the Dead
From Unofficial Yantai Bishop Gao confirmed dead
Bishop Gao, Requiéscat in pace.
N.B.: "Unofficial" here means not belonging to the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. The Roman Catholic Church is underground. Red China does not recognize Vatican-appointed bishops.
[For more in the situation of the Catholic Church in Red China, see The Cardinal Kung Foundation.]
From Unofficial Yantai Bishop Gao confirmed dead
- Mgr John Gao Kexian, unofficial Bishop of Yantai died in the evening of January 24 2005 in a hospital in the city of Bingzhou (Shandong). He had been in prison for the previous five years.
His body was cremated and buried the day following his death in the presence of police officers. No relative or faithful were allowed to attend the event. The Bishop died without any religious comforts and his body was not blessed. [emphasis mine]
Bishop Gao, Requiéscat in pace.
N.B.: "Unofficial" here means not belonging to the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association. The Roman Catholic Church is underground. Red China does not recognize Vatican-appointed bishops.
[For more in the situation of the Catholic Church in Red China, see The Cardinal Kung Foundation.]
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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