Orientations for the Chinese Clergy is a Vatican document issued by the Holy See on 28 June 2019, published through the official Vatican news outlet on the Feast of the Sacred Heart. It responds to questions raised by Chinese Catholic bishops about matters of conscience and conscientious objection, and it sets out guidance on the civil registration requirements that Chinese law imposes on religious leaders. The document addresses the practical difficulties facing clergy who must reconcile church teaching with the regulatory framework governing religious activity in China.
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Orientations for the Chinese Clergy is a June 28, 2019 document of the Holy See, published in full on the Feast of the Sacred Heart on the Vatican's official news site, that answers various questions – specifically, about conscience and conscientious objection – asked by the bishops of the Catholic Church in China, and that offers guidelines regarding the mandatory civil registration of religious leaders in China.
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