Letter to China

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LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE BENEDICT XVI TO THE BISHOPS, PRIESTS, CONSECRATED PERSONS AND LAY FAITHFUL OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH 1 IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA##9999 2 Purpose of the Letter PART ONE THE SITUATION OF THE CHURCH THEOLOGICAL ASPECTS 3 Globalization, modernity and atheism 4 Willingness to engage in respectful and constructive dialogue 5 Communion between particular Churches in the universal Church 6 Tensions and divisions within the Church: pardon and reconciliation 7 Ecclesial communities and State agencies: relationships to be lived in truth and charity. 8 The Chinese Episcopate 9 Appointment of Bishops PART TWO GUIDELINES FOR PASTORAL LIFE 10 Sacraments, governance of dioceses, parishes 11 Ecclesiastical provinces 12 Catholic communities 13 Priests 14 Vocations and religious formation 15 The Lay Faithful and the Family 16 Christian initiation of adults 17 The missionary vocation CONCLUSION 18 Revocation of faculties and of pastoral directives 19 A day of prayer for the Church in China 20 Farewell