Vatican official says imprisoning clergy damages China's international image
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VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican's highest-ranking Chinese official called on Beijing to release nine arrested Catholic bishops and priests, saying their continued detention "damages China's international image."
Archbishop Savio Hon Tai-fai, secretary of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, made his remarks in an interview published Jan. 17 by AsiaNews, a Rome-based missionary news agency.
"We need to pray for these bishops and priests ... but we must also appeal to those who are holding" them, Archbishop Hon said, endorsing a public campaign recently launched by AsiaNews.
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