Recognition and Controversy
August Chapdelaine was beatified in 1900. He was canonized on October 1, 2000, by Pope John Paul II, together with 120 Christian martyrs who had died in China between the 17th and 20th century.
On October 3, 2000, Xinhua News Agency reacted to the canonisation by issuing a press release, painting a very negative portrait of Father Chapdelaine.
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