ASIA/CHINA - The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church will be of great help with pastoral activity and catechesis a Chinese priest told Fides

Saturday, 9 July 2005

Beijing (Fides Service) - The new Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, made public on June 28 in Rome, has been welcomed by Catholics in mainland China. A priest told Fides the new publication will be of great help in pastoral work and catechesis. He said: “Catholics in Beijing and all over China are very devout and are filled with missionary zeal. Although they are regular mass goers, they pray and receive the sacraments and take part in adoration of the Blessed Sacrament many are lacking in basic knowledge of the faith and if they were questioned about the faith they would find it hard to explain. For example they know this is the Year of the Eucharist and they fill the churches for prayers and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, but not many fully understand the riches of the Eucharistic Mystery. This makes it difficult for the laity, young people in particolar to evangelise. Our young people are well educated and they want to know more about their religion. So this new publication will be a great use to us I am sure and I hope our bishops will arrange for a Chinese translation as soon as possible”.
(Agenzia Fides 09/07/2005 Righe: 22 Parole: 232)


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