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Chinese Catholics Seek Answers to Bishop’s Fate
Bishop Cosma Shi Enxiang has been held without charge for the past 14 years. Credit Ucanews.com
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE
FEB. 13, 2015
HONG KONG — For the better part of the last 60 years, Bishop Cosma Shi Enxiang was imprisoned in Chinese jails and labor camps. For the last 14, he was held without charge in a secret location.
His offense: refusing to renounce his loyalty to the Roman Catholic Church, which ordained him in 1947.
Now, as unconfirmed reports of his death have emerged, Bishop Shi, who was to turn 94 this month, may face the gravest indignity of all. No announcement of his passing. No body for his family members to bury. No urn with his ashes.
The Chinese government has been so secretive about Bishop Shi’s detention that there is no certainty that he is dead.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/14/world/asia/chinese-catholics-seek-answers-to-fate-of-bishop-cosma-shi-enxiang.html?_r=0
