Beijing, Jul. 14, 2008 (CWNews.com) - Two Chinese Catholic priests who were arrested in May are still being held in custody, the Cardinal Kung Foundation reports.
Father Zhang Jianlin and Father Zhangli, both priests of the "underground" Church, were taken into police custody after they set out to join in a pilgrimage to the Marian shrine of Our Lady of Sheshan. Pope Benedict XVI (bio - news) had strongly encouraged the pilgrimage on May 24: the date that he had designated as a special day of prayer for the Church in China. (more)
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