olympic games – NZ Catholic Newspaper https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Wed, 28 Feb 2018 01:30:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.4 Authorities detain unregistered Chinese Catholic bishop https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/09/03/authorities-detain-unregistered-chinese-catholic-bishop/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/09/03/authorities-detain-unregistered-chinese-catholic-bishop/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2250 HONG KONG (CNS) A Chinese Catholic bishop not registered with the government was taken away from his residence by Chinese public security officers and government officials. A Catholic source told the Asian Church news agency UCA News that Bishop Julius Jia Zhiguo of Zhengding, 73, was resting and talking with some Catholics in his room

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/09/03/authorities-detain-unregistered-chinese-catholic-bishop/feed/ 0 Hong Kong bishop says he has mixed feelings about attending Olympics https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/08/16/hong-kong-bishop-says-he-has-mixed-feelings-about-attending-olympics/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/08/16/hong-kong-bishop-says-he-has-mixed-feelings-about-attending-olympics/#respond Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2463 VATICAN CITY (CNS) A Chinese bishop said he had mixed feelings about attending the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing because of the government’s continuing mistreatment and mistrust of the Catholic Church. "The five rings of the Olympic logo are known throughout the world. I wish China would attach the same importance to

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/08/16/hong-kong-bishop-says-he-has-mixed-feelings-about-attending-olympics/feed/ 0 Pope offers best wishes to China, Olympic participants https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/08/13/pope-offers-best-wishes-to-china-olympic-participants/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/08/13/pope-offers-best-wishes-to-china-olympic-participants/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2685 BRESSANONE, Italy (CNS) Pope Benedict XVI offered his best wishes to China, the International Olympic Committee and all the athletes who will participate in the August 8-24 games in Beijing. "I am happy to send the host country, the organizers and participants — especially the athletes — my cordial greeting with the hope that each

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]]> https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/08/13/pope-offers-best-wishes-to-china-olympic-participants/feed/ 0 Catholics react to priest carrying Olympic torch in China https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/07/08/catholics-react-to-priest-carrying-olympic-torch-in-china/ https://www.nzcatholic.org.nz/2008/07/08/catholics-react-to-priest-carrying-olympic-torch-in-china/#respond Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:00:00 +0000 http://nzcatholic.iconmedia.co.nz/?p=2337 TAIYUAN, China (CNS) Chinese Catholics expressed mixed feelings about a priest carrying the Olympic torch along its relay route in the Shanxi provincial capital. Father Paul Meng Ningyou, vicar general of the Taiyuan Diocese and pastor of Immaculate Conception Cathedral, was the 122nd of 208 torchbearers when he ran June 26 in Taiyuan, an industrial

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