China – Vatican: the bishop, 7 priests and 10 seminarians of Xinxiang, a diocese not recognized by Beijing, under arrest

On the one hand, the move by the Vatican that appoints monsignor Stephen Chow Sau-yan, Jesuit, on the propelling paper of a soft line towards Beijing, the new bishop of Hong Kong. On the other hand, the latest news from China and released today by AsiaNews: in just two days, the agency reports, almost all the ecclesiastical personnel of the apostolic prefecture of Xinxiang were wiped out with an operation by the police forces of the Hebei province.