Nun and Priest Beaten for Speaking Out Against Government's Control of Church Propert

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9/7/11 China (AsiaNews) Nun and Priest Beaten for Speaking Out Against Government's Control of Church Property -

In the 1950s, several churches and church-owned properties were seized when Mao Zedong took power in China — properties that are now due for return to their rightful owners. Unfortunately, while the central government has on occasion said that the properties should be returned to the diocese, the Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association and the Religious Affairs Ministry have always opposed any request for restitution. Despite 16 nuns being beaten in Xian in 2005 for attempting to take back one of their schools, a nun and a priest still attempted to restore two church properties to the Catholic church on September 3, 2011. At least a dozen assailants attacked Sister Xie Yuming and Father Huang Yusong as they tried to return church properties that had originally belonged to the Kangding diocese. Although Father Yusong only suffered minor injuries, Sister Xie Yuming is still in the hospital. Full Story