ASIA 11 Sunday April 8, 2012 Â„ CatholicNews # HONG KONG â€“ R E Peter Shao Zhumin of Wenzhou 5 " 6 Sunian, were taken into custody ! 7 March to attend â€œlearning class 1 < Âš < / ( E Q by the Holy See to lead Wenzhouâ€™s unregistered, or underground, M??O not recognised by the government. E 5 6 * ( > E 5 6 â€œintelligent enough in their learningâ€?, they will be allowed back soon; if not, they will be detained : ! ( â€œThis implies their release depends on whether they accept the governmentâ€™s religious policies,â€? Âš < / ( Sources also said a few of Wenzhou dioceseâ€™s 17 underground priests were summoned in mid-March. Some were told to remain behind while others were allowed to return home the same day, the sources added. > 6 E 6 X Ruowang of Tianshui was taken away for â€œlearning classesâ€? at an Coadjutor Bishop Peter Shao Zhumin (right) and Fr Paul Jiang Sunian of Wenzhou. UCAN File Photo 6 ( < ! * 4 gious policy is â€œmoving backwardâ€? with the 30 Tibetan monks and nuns who have self-immolated in ( In Hong Kong, Mr Patrick Poon, a member of the diocesan R Âš < / *ers were especially vulnerable to detention without charge under ! 4 Procedure Law. â€œPolice tend to guesthouses or force them to take the so-called learning class for a prolonged period of time without giving any reason,â€? he said. Recent revisions that obliged authorities to notify family members of such detentions â€œdo not deal with what is the disciplinary treatment for ! 1 Âš < / ( Â„ CNS Bishop Anthony Lee Bishop Paul Tan of Melaka-Johor diocese (centre) at the Chrism Mass. With him were permanent deacons Leslie Petrus (extreme left) and Anthony Chua (extreme right). The others are altar servers. Photo: FRANCIS GOPAL By Vincent Dâ€™silva JOHOR BAHRU â€“ Bishop Paul * 76 6 susâ€™s prayer before suffering His passion. 6 R 5 ther and He are one, so that the world may believe, said Bishop Tan at the Mass held at the Sacred 8 6 E March 20. 3 priests and permanent deacons is to unite all the people of God through their ministries.â€? said Bishop Tan. â€œAt this Mass my permanent deacons and priests renew their or- dination promises to be obedient to their bishop and work with him in unity as a family to look after the people of God,â€? said Bishop Tan. The bishop also took the opportunity during the Mass to thank all priests, permanent deacons and lay collaborators for the work they were doing for the people of God in his diocese. one of the principal expressions of the fullness of the bishopâ€™s priest of the priests with him. < J * J blessed, is usually held on Maundy Thursday. Â„ !" By Thomas Seo BINTULU, MALAYSIA â€“ On March 20, Bishop Anthony Lee of Miri O@ K?? ioners gathered at St Anthonyâ€™s E ( Among those present were 11 archbishops and bishops from the E 4 Singapore, Brunei, and several diocesan priests. O@ ! ! special moment for a bishop as he : ! tarily submit his resignation to the Holy Father. This year is also the bishopâ€™s B@ ! QK tion anniversary. Â„ BANGKOK â€“ A Vatican delegation scheduled to evaluate the cause for Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan has been refused entry to Vietnam. Fr Peter Nguyen Huu Giai, pastor of the An Bang parish of Hue diocese, said the delegation, which planned to interview witnesses in < 1-3, has been denied visas. â€œI have been told that the Vatican delegation could not visit the country because they were refused entry visas by the government.â€? Fr Giai, 70, and nine other clerics, Religious and laypeople had been assigned to provide testimony to the three delegates from the Pon 6 " ( He said he believed the refusal of entry visas was the result of ! ! ! ( B in prison, nine of them in solitary 8 R < R ! days before South Vietnam fell to O@( 35 ! Â• R tor archbishop], made one week before their arrival in Saigon on B? < O@ conspiracy between the Vatican Â— 4 1 Thuan had explained during a religious conference in Los Angeles shortly before his death in 2002. - ew of Ngo Dinh Diem, president of South Vietnam who was assas KB( â€œI have prepared documents in English and French to present the delegation, but it is regretted that I could not meet them,â€? Fr Giai said. â€œI look forward with optimism 4 process because the Holy See has the right to beatify him [regardless of] the government.â€? 8 ! MB ! 6 8 uled to give testimony to the delegation. 8 < O MP( 8 ! as rector of the local minor seminary and vicar general of the archdiocese before being named bishop / KO( Â„ See related story on Page 26