Our Lady of Sheshan, persecution and division
25 May 2010
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Loading ...by Bernardo Cervellera Chinese Catholics at home and around the world prayed for the Church in China, according to the intention laid out by Benedict XVI in his letter of June 2007. The shrine is a place of encounter between underground and official Christians, the government continues to prohibit pilgrimages. Unity in truth for the [...]
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