Quotes of the Day
Thursday, May. 04, 2006
This represents a grave wound to the unity of the church, for which, as it is noted, there are severe canonical sanctions.
- Joaquin Navarro-Valls
- A Vatican statement by the pope's spokesman, on the unapproved ordination of bishops Giuseppe Ma Yinglin and Giuseppe Liu Xinhong (shown right) by China's state-controlled Catholic Church
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