In the midst of our Novena to St Genesius, let us remember the Church persecuted in many countries in the world. But particularly let us pray for the faithful bishops, priests, religious and laity in China who resist the atheistic Communist party who try to force them to break communion with Christ's Church led by the successor of St Peter by joining the so called Patriotic "Catholic" Church. News has come through that many faithful Catholics have been arrested. I regret that in his defamatory attack on the person of the Holy Father and the Holy See, the present Taoiseach of Ireland has encouraged this brutal persecution of faithful Catholic men, women and children by the Chinese authorities. We must pray for him, he has done more damage than he probably aimed to do and may have put the lives of innocent people at risk. The last thing the Chinese need is encouragement. How we must be wise and prudent when we open our mouths to speak: truly blind is the man who had not first considered the consequences of his speech.
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