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Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Following today's General Audience, the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI issued the following appeal for the Church in China: “I commend to your prayers and to those of Catholics throughout the world the Church in China, which, as you know, is going through a particularly difficult time. We ask the Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of Christians, to sustain all the Chinese Bishops, who are so dear to me, so that they may courageously bear witness to their faith, placing all their hope in the Saviour whom we are awaiting. We also entrust to the Virgin Mary all the Catholics of that beloved country, that, through her intercession, they may be able to live an authentic Christian life in communion with the universal Church, contributing in this way also to the harmony and common good of their noble people.” (SL) (Agenzia Fides 01/12/2010)
