Xichang Catholic Church Article on Morality
The Xichang Cathedral was built one hundred years ago. The last Bishop here died in 1999. French missionares from the Paris Association for Overseas Missions built the church in Xichang as they built many other churches throughout Sichuan. Eight priests reside at the cathedral. All are under 40. Father Yang told me he graduated from the catholic seminary near Chengdu in Pi County. He also got a year of training at a seminary in Beijing. A parishioner told me that he hopes that negotations now underway between China and the Vatican will succeed soon. Mass is celebrated every day at 7 AM in the Vatican II rite in Chinese with prayers for Pope Benedict XVI.
Xichang Catholic Church Article on Morality
The Xichang Cathedral was built one hundred years ago. The last Bishop here died in 1999. French missionares from the Paris Association for Overseas Missions built the church in Xichang as they built many other churches throughout Sichuan. Eight priests reside at the cathedral. All are under 40. Father Yang told me he graduated from the catholic seminary near Chengdu in Pi County. He also got a year of training at a seminary in Beijing. A parishioner told me that he hopes that negotations now underway between China and the Vatican will succeed soon. Mass is celebrated every day at 7 AM in the Vatican II rite in Chinese with prayers for Pope Benedict XVI.