Chinese government rips Vatican statement
December 22, 2010
Less than a week after the Holy See denounced the Chinese government's repressive control of Church affairs, the State Administration for Religious Affairs has blasted the Vatican for its "attack on religious freedom in China."
"The Vatican's behavior is very imprudent and ungrounded," a government spokesman said. "The Vatican's position is well-known. It works to promote political ideas under the pretext of religious belief, which is very dangerous and will seriously harm the healthy development of Chinese Catholicism in China."
"Chinese citizens enjoy freedom of religion and at the same time, religious organizations should not be influenced by foreign forces," the statement continued.
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