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Underground Catholic bishop arrested in China

Underground Catholic bishop arrested in China

AsiaNews sources had confirmed to the Catholic publication that Chinese polices and government officials had picked up an underground bishop from Heibei, to prevent him from delivering a letter to the Chinese Catholics. .

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