They hate you because of me - For the Telegraph, Damien McElroy reports on the lengths Bishop Julius Jia in China must go to in order to visit and give Mass to "underground" Christians in China.
McElroy begins:
Bishop Julius Jia comes rushing through the lacquered rosewood door dressed like a Chinese peasant, his blue cotton Mao suit topped with a navy sailor's cap.
The country's leading "underground" bishop has been flouting a ban on visiting members of his congregation and his disguise is vital for his safety.
Only when the elderly leader of hundreds of thousands of persecuted Chinese Catholics, who must worship in secret, pulls his bishop's ring from his pocket and slips it onto his finger is he transformed into a religious figure.
He goes on to report the cat and mouse game Bishop Jia must play with police because he is under house arrest.
The Bishop has endured 20 years in prison along with beatings for his faith.
The Great Separation continues.
