To then Chinese ordinations. (It's in Italian, will post link to English as soon as it appears.)
Via Zadok, who links to a Reuters story that summarizes the statement
"The Holy Father learned the news with deep displeasure," the Vatican said in an unusually strongly worded statement.
It said it had received information that bishops and priests in China had come under "strong pressure and threats" to take part in the ordinations, which it branded "illegitimate".
"The Holy See reiterates the need to respect the freedom of the Church and the autonomy of its institutions from any external interference," the Vatican said, adding that "such unacceptable acts of violent and intolerable constraint" should not be repeated.
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