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China Detains Bishop Amid Crackdown On Unregistered Groups

By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News BEJING (Worthy News)— China’s communist authorities have rearrested a Catholic bishop over his refusal to join the state-controlled Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association overseeing churches, Christians told Worthy News Thursday.Peter Shao Zhumin, a Catholic priest appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as an auxiliary bishop, became the bishop of the Diocese of Wenzhou in 2016.“However, over the years, Bishop Shao has opposed the dictates