"The Church on trial in Mao's China" published
It is the latest work by Fr. Angelo Lazzarotto, PIME. An historical study based on exclusive documents, on the lives of PIME missionaries in Henan, on the impact of Maoism and its persecution against foreign clergy and the local Catholic community, up to today's halfhearted openness and the party's continued attempt to create a Church independent of the Holy See. Here we publish the introduction by Archbishop Claudio Celli, one of the leading experts on China in the Vatican. The volume goes on sale beginning January 26 (LAZZAROTTO A., La Cina di Mao processa la Chiesa, Emi, Bologna, 2009, pp 528, euro 20).
