Vengeful Communists Want to Take Body of Bishop from Catholic Cemetery

AsiaNews: For two days, the faithful of the Diocese of Tangshan (Hebei ) have been keeping vigil over the body of Msgr. Paul Liu Jinghe , who died last December 11. The vigil in the cathedral is not just about prayer : they want to stop the Tangshan police from forcibly taking the corpse to bury it in common ground and not in the Catholic cemetery, according to the deceased bishop’s wishes.

The tension in the diocese is very high: yesterday all the parish priests were forced to take part in a meeting with the State Administration for Religious Affairs , after they published an open letter .  The website of the diocese was shut down for a while and cel phones placed under control. Now the website is working.

The faithful expect the police to raid the cathedral today forcing the common burial of the remains of the bishop  who died at 92 years of age. More on this here.