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Chinese Catholic Priest Convicted of ‘Fraud’ and ‘Impersonating Religious Personnel’ for Refusal to Recognize Communist-Sanctioned Church …

A Catholic priest in China was convicted of “fraud” and “impersonating religious personnel” on Sept. 13, ChinaAid reported. Father Joseph Yang Xiaoming of the Wenzhou Diocese in Zhejiang, China — south of Shanghai — was found to be in violation of the law after he refused to register with the state-sanctioned Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association (CCPA). The court-imposed administrative penalties on Yang include…