China's Catholics wept and sang hymns as crosses toppled in Christian heartland

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Thursday, 06 August 2015
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About a dozen Catholics wept and sang hymns outside their church as a man climbed to the top of the building and sliced off its steel cross with a cutting torch. It toppled with a thud.

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