China has renewed a war of words with the Vatican, saying its criticism of a meeting of the state-sanctioned Catholic Church this month is both "imprudent" and "ungrounded."
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中国和梵蒂冈再次爆发口水战 (China, Vatican Renew War of Words)
中国再次跟梵蒂冈展开舌战,说梵蒂冈对中国政府承认的天主教会这个月举行的一次会议提出的批评既“不明智”,也“没有根据”。
中国的国家宗教事务局星期三发表的简短声明是对梵蒂冈上个星期谴责中国天主教爱国会的回应。中国天主教爱国会在全国代表大会上选出了一个新的领导人。中国官方的天主教会承认罗马教皇的权威。
梵蒂冈说,参加这次代表大会的主教、教士和非神职人员是被迫参加这次会议的。他说,这次代表大会体现了北京“控制公民生活中最隐秘领域的一贯愿望”。
China has renewed a war of words with the Vatican, saying its criticism of a meeting of the state-sanctioned Catholic Church this month is both "imprudent" and "ungrounded."
Wednesday's terse statement by the government's Religious Affairs department came in response to the Holy See's denunciation last week of the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association, which elected a new leader during its assembly. China's official Catholic Church does recognize the pope's authority.
The Vatican says the bishops, priests and lay people who attended the conference were forced to attend the event. It says the assembly represented Beijing's "persistent desire to control the most intimate area of citizens' lives."