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100,000 PEOPLE ANNUALLY ADOPT CHRISTIANITY IN CHINA
AZG DAILY #229, 11-12-2010
During the past six years, more than 100,000 people were converted to
Catholicism each year, according to a report approved at the 8th
national congress of Chinese Catholics on Thursday.
The report noted that China now has more than six million Catholics
across the country.
The congress concluded in Beijing Thursday following three days of
meetings in which a new leadership of the Chinese Catholics was
elected.
The conference also approved the report submitted by the Patriotic
Association (CCPA) and Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in
China (BCCCC) on their work during the past six years.
According to the report, 25 bishops were consecrated in China since
2004, and nearly 300 new Catholic churches were built across the
country. Currently, the number of Catholic churches in China has
reached 6,300, Chinese Xinhua reported.
The congress began on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by 341
representatives from across China,
From: A. Papazian
AZG DAILY #229, 11-12-2010
During the past six years, more than 100,000 people were converted to
Catholicism each year, according to a report approved at the 8th
national congress of Chinese Catholics on Thursday.
The report noted that China now has more than six million Catholics
across the country.
The congress concluded in Beijing Thursday following three days of
meetings in which a new leadership of the Chinese Catholics was
elected.
The conference also approved the report submitted by the Patriotic
Association (CCPA) and Bishops' Conference of the Catholic Church in
China (BCCCC) on their work during the past six years.
According to the report, 25 bishops were consecrated in China since
2004, and nearly 300 new Catholic churches were built across the
country. Currently, the number of Catholic churches in China has
reached 6,300, Chinese Xinhua reported.
The congress began on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by 341
representatives from across China,
From: A. Papazian