The church was besieged for two months by the Boxers. 3000Catholics took refuge in it, under the protection of the French bishop Mgr Favier.

义和团反复猛烈围攻北堂，达两月之久，约三千名男女教友躲避在堂内，在樊国梁主教的保护下，终于得救。

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The very modernity of its traditional retailing may be one reason, suggests Mr Favier.

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But Dr Mary Favier, said the expected legislation does not go far enough and not just because it does not allow for abortion in cases of rape, incest or where the foetus cannot survive outside the womb.

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