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". – As the honourable Member and I have both noted, other churches have been involved. For example, there was the case of a Swedish Protestant pastor. A number of Protestant missionaries were similarly expelled, and last year the Moscow branch of the Salvation Army was disbanded.
So this is an issue of general concern. Whenever Christian pastors or missionaries are treated in this way, it should be a matter of considerable concern.
Having spent Good Friday this year in Shanghai Cathedral where the Veneration of the Cross was celebrated by the Bishop of Shanghai, who spent about 20 years of his life in solitary confinement in prison, I am aware – as are we all – of the remarkable sacrifices made by Christian missionaries, priests and bishops in countries where, alas, freedom of religion is not enjoyed as it is by and large in the European Union."@en1
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