梵蒂冈说，他们将革除中国这个星期任命的一名没有得到罗马教宗批准的主教的教籍。此举将加剧了罗马天主教与北京之间的紧张关系。
罗马天主教教廷7月16日(星期六)谴责中国官方认可的天主教教会不顾其警告，封黄炳章为汕头教区主教。罗马教廷曾警告说，他们不会承认黄炳章，因为梵蒂冈在汕头已经有主教。罗马教廷说，中国政府委任的主教无权辖理广东省南部天主教教区的天主教徒。
中国目前的570万天主教教徒中，有些效忠教宗本笃十六世，有些是中国共产党政府认可教会的成员。
梵蒂冈说，北京不顾一些梵蒂冈正式任命的主教的意愿，强迫他们参加星期四黄炳章的祝圣仪式。罗马教廷还对主教试图抵制的做法表示赞扬。罗马教会赞扬他们的抵制为尊崇上帝的美德。
随着黄炳章成为第三个没有得到罗马教廷认可的主教，梵蒂冈和北京的紧张关系最近几个月不断加剧。教宗本笃十六世指责中国政府向中国的主教施加压力，迫使他们脱离罗马教廷。
梵蒂冈坚持认为，它有权为中国的主教祝圣， 但是中国共产党政府将之视为外国的干涉。
自从中国共产党执政两年后的1951以来，梵蒂冈与北京一直没有正式的外交关系。梵蒂冈表示，愿意与中国就建立外交关系展开对话。但是中国说，梵蒂冈必须首先放弃承认台湾。中国认为分治的台湾是中国的一部分。
The Vatican says it has excommunicated a bishop ordained this week in China without papal approval, heightening tensions between the Roman Catholic church and Beijing.
The Holy See on Saturday condemned China's state-sanctioned Catholic church for ordaining Joseph Huang Bingzhang despite its warnings that he would not be recognized because the Vatican already has a bishop in Shantou city. The Rome church said the Chinese-ordained bishop has no authority to govern the Catholic community in the diocese located in southern Guandong province.
China's 5.7 million Catholics are split between those who are loyal to Pope Benedict and those who are members of the church sanctioned by China's communist government. The Vatican said Beijing forced some of its official bishops to attend Thursday's ordination of Huang against their will and praised them for attempting to resist.
The Rome church called their resistance “meritorious before God.”
Tensions between the Vatican and Beijing have intensified in recent months, with Huang the third bishop China has ordained without Rome's permission. Pope Benedict has accused the Chinese government of pressuring the church's bishops in China to separate from the Holy See.
The Vatican insists it alone has the right to consecrate its bishops in China, while the communist government says it sees that as foreign interference.
The church has not had formal diplomatic relations with Beijing since 1951, two years after the communist government assumed power. The Vatican says it is willing to open talks with Beijing on setting up diplomatic relations. But China says the Vatican must first relinquish its recognition of Taiwan, the self-administered island that China considers part of its domain.
Source: <http://blogs.voanews.com/breaking-news/2011/07/16/vatican-excommunicates-bishop-ordained-by-china/>
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