Rome, Italy, Nov 9, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Analisis Digital, the news agency of the Archdiocese of Madrid, is reporting this week that an unprecedented symposium on the social teachings of the Catholic Church has taken place in the Chinese capital of Peking.
According to the news service, the symposium was organized by the Social Academy of China and the Bishops’ Conference of Germany. The event was billed by the Chinese as a sort of “ecumenism” between Catholicism and the ideals of the communist revolution.
Some of the issues discussed included the social services offered by the Christian Churches, emphasizing that despite official state propaganda, “poverty is wreaking havoc in China.”
According to Analisis Digital, this situation has led the Chinese government to consider the possibility of “authorizing the entry of Catholic missionaries into the country to work with the poor,” given the Church’s vast experience in this field and the fact that missionaries carry out their work with everyone regardless of creed or nationality.